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Mitchell Kearney (born 1980 in Winston-Salem, NC) is a photographer

Life and Career
Kearney grew up in New Jersey, began his career in New York City, and eventually moved to Charlotte and found success as a commercial photographer.

He got a B.A. in Theatre at Davidson College in 1984. Celebrities he has photographed include: Stiv Bators, William S. Burroughs, Cheetah Chrome, Maria Duval, Peter Gabriel, Debbie Harry, Juan Logan, Wynton Marsalis, Iggy Pop, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Marky Ramone, Richard Rawlings, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Andy Warhol, John Waters and Frank Zappa.

In his home base of Charlotte, NC Mitchell has worked closely with many institutions, especially in the arts, including the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the Levine Center for the Arts, McColl Center for Visual Art, the Mint Museum, the NASCAR Hall of Fame and Opera Carolina.

PRIVATE NOTES OF EDITOR
Contemporary Carolina photographers in the show include Sean Busher, Mitchell Kearney, Linda Foard Roberts and Kristina Rogers.


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 * Kearney is linked from
 * Galaxy 500 (album), McCallum and Tarry, Bradley McCallum

Mitchell Kearney was a teenage jazz drummer, which led to photographing local musicians. “One night in the fall of 1974, I walked into CBGB to see and photograph the Ramones. Before I could sneeze, Dee Dee barked out ‘1-2-3-4!’ and the buzz bomb of guitars, drums, and vocals which followed reset my understanding of live music forever.”
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And so began Mitchell’s life as a punk rock photographer,


 * people citations
 * Lou Reed
 * Peter Gabriel
 * Iggy Pop
 * Debbie Harry of Blondi
 * Dee Dee Ramone of the Ramones
 * Joey Ramone of the Ramones
 * Johnny Ramone of the Ramone of the Ramones
 * Marky Ramone of the Ramones
 * Patti Smith of the Ramones
 * Frank Zappa of the Ramones