“Beautiful images…One of those moments when I feel music journalism is being reinvented on this platform.” - Will Hermes, New Music + Old Music, author of Love Goes to Buildings On Fire and Lou Reed, The King of New York.

“Jacob is the rare sort of music photographer who truly hears as he shoots. An important chronicler of our scene” - Nate Chinen, The Gig, Author of Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century.

That Million Dollar Bash is an attempt to make a direct connection between music creators and music lovers through in-depth, collaborative, image-driven stories.

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED

A free subscription brings all of our primary feature stories to your inbox. We hope to transmit the story far and wide to promote the artists who provide the unique access to make the work possible.

FRIEND of a PHOTOGRAPHER

$6/mo. or $58/yr.

To do things the right way requires significant time and resources. Our paid subscribers make this work possible!

A paid subscription gets you a hand-made membership card, an initial 20% discount on a museum-quality print purchase, and special posts that take you deeper inside the process.

FOUNDING MEMBERSHIP

$175 annually

This founder-level subscription includes a credit of $125 towards a print or store purchase, plus invites to special online and in-person events along with full membership benefits described above.

PRINTS a la carte

A physical print is a wonderful way to connect with the music and support this project. These archival, museum-quality prints reveal details not seen on a screen. Most images published here as well as from my archive are available as a custom print. I will also be curating a special selection of favorite images.

Occasionally, I will be offering very special editions and one-off prints that are signed by the featured artists as well.

Please visit www.33-13.com/tmdb/prints for sizing and pricing information.

PRINT SALES

SPONSORSHIP

For individuals, businesses and organizations, a one-time contribution can help underwrite the production costs of a feature story. If you would like to promote your business we can include a banner graphic, and if you are a passionate private citizen, give you credit if you would like it. For contributions of $1,500 and above, I will also print a custom portfolio of three 11x17 prints from the the project.

Substack is not configured to offer this on their platform, contact me directly at jacob@33-13.com to discuss.

About JACOB:

I have been photographing music professionally for over 20 years, publishing photo essays with NPR Music, Rolling Stone and NYT’s Lens Blog. From 2014-2019, I produced, wrote and photographed the portrait/interview series ‘Contact’ and documentary photo-essay series ‘On The Road’ with with Mother Jones. I’ve shot culture assignments for The New York Times, visually complimenting the writing of renowned critics like Jon Pareles, Ben Ratliff, Nate Chinen, and Jon Caramanica. And I’ve had commissions to create album artwork and publicity portraits for Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant, Joe Jackson, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, John Pizzarelli, The Cactus Blossoms and others. I also play bass guitar, collect records, obsessively futz with vintage hi-fi equipment and fly fish.

Surveying the last 20 years, my most meaningful work has overwhelmingly come from self-initiated and self-funded projects, so the time has come to do this work with you and for you.