Speed Limit 30, Nashville, 2017 Mimi, Fond Object, Nashville, 2017 People of the music scene, The East Room, Nashville, 2016 People on the dance floor, Nashville, 2018 Jenna French inhaling, The Dream House, Nashville, 2017 X'd hands holding roses, Exit/In, Nashville, 2016 Jacob head bobbing, Nashville, 2017 Harlan and Scott in red, Nashville, 2017 Zach and Lex kissing on the dance floor, Nashville, 2017 Lying on the ground, Nashville, 2017 Interactions outside the show, Nashville, 2017 Emily dressed in red, The East Room, Nashville, 2017 The Dream House, Nashville, 2017 The Green Room, Nashville, 2018 Grabbing a beer, Murfreesboro, 2016 The light's growing dimmer, Baby Gap, Philadelphia, 2019 Janna, Philadelphia, 2021 Backyard, Baby Gap, Philadelphia, 2021 Molly and Luca, Philadelphia, 2021 Crew outside Girard Hall, Philadelphia, 2019 EAT, Girard Hall, Philadelphia, 2019 Horseplay, Girard Hall, Philadelphia, 2019 Eli and Lane, Julia's House, Philadelphia, 2020 Small house show, Baby Gap, Philadelphia, 2019 Heather going into Baby Gap, Philadelphia, 2019 Janna and Sarah, Baby Gap, Philadelphia, 2019 Gazing, Philadelphia, New Year's Eve, 2018 Stevie and Johnny's embrace, Haus of Yarga, Philadelphia, 2019 Punks playing poker, Girard Hall, Philadelphia, 2019 Scott smoking by the tour van, PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, 2021





Pom Poms


Pom Poms is a series of photographs of audiences in DIY music scenes in Nashville, Philadelphia and New York. This work started in 2016 and has carried on today. I wanted to show how the relationships and styles within a crowd make up the atmosphere of a scene, rather than focusing solely on the musicians themselves.
    In Nashville, an influx of color was in the scene; vibrance and nostalgia was everywhere. Friend groups seemed as though they were from another decade. Each event, no matter how low the production, always had a touch of glamour. My flash illuminated this world, aiding my attempt at creating a dreamscape.



Press


‘Marcus Maddox captures the everyday romance of the music scene’
Document Journal, 2023
  
‘Pom Poms by photographer Marcus Maddox’ 
Booooooom, 2020




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    Philadelphia caused my sense of the scene to change. Darkness was let in, and the light I chose was more natural. I started shooting in black and white to focus less on the surface, and more on what was happening inside the minds of the subjects. Emotion mattered more to me; getting a sense of the dark atmosphere became important to me. This style carried over into my pictures of the scene in New York.