The Best Photos of Coachella 2012 (That You Did Not Take)

This is where I post photographs that I did not take, but wish I took.

As a sometimes professional concert photographer, I find it especially interesting to see the way that other people choose to document their Coachella experience. Poring over the thousands upon thousands of photos that get posted after the event is always one of my favorite parts of the post-festival period. In this thread, I am going to post a few of my favorites. I invite you to join and post your own picks if you see a photo out there that you feel does a particularly excellent job of capturing the moment. PLEASE DO NOT POST PHOTOS THAT YOU TOOK. This thread is about celebrating the terrific photography work that other people are doing. There are other threads for posting your own photos, such as this one.

Please fully credit the photographer and source for all work so we can give these folks their due.




And, for archival purposes, this is the 2011 thread.

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GEE WIZ THANK GOD YOU SPAMMED US WITH THESE SHITTY FUCKING PICTURES

ITS LIKE I DIDNT EVEN NEED TO GO TO COACHELLA BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WOULD POST THIS BULLSHIT

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Dickless Malcolm, at least stay out of the threads that offer something legitimately worthwhile and interesting.

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ok dude thanks for your feed back

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GEE WIZ THANK GOD YOU SPAMMED US WITH THESE SHITTY FUCKING PICTURES

ITS LIKE I DIDNT EVEN NEED TO GO TO COACHELLA BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WOULD POST THIS BULLSHIT

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Ok dude thanks for your feed back

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GPS!!!

Awesome thread, keep the pictures coming! Love / hate looking at them though because it makes me eager for next year!!!!!

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i love that (^) Rhianna picture. The girl freaking out on our left makes it.

hahhaha serious...all very good pics.

Great pics! It's making work a lot better, keep em coming

Thanks for collecting these all here! Though I have to say, I was right next to the kid in the yellow poncho, and I felt kinda sorry for him. His mom was camping out for Pulp most of the day, but the kid didn't seem too interested in a lot of the bands and spent most of the time sitting on the ground.