Nick Miners Photography

The Icelandic com­poser and pian­ist Ólafur Arnalds played at the rather grand Queen Eliza­beth Hall on London’s South Bank on Tues­day, sup­por­ted by the delight­fully exper­i­mental Mes­sage to Bears. This was an extremely tricky gig to shoot, with the low light and noise levels com­bined with the poor view from my alloc­ated seat, mean­ing I had to sneak around the aud­it­or­ium being as incon­spicu­ous as pos­sible, with every click of the shut­ter sound­ing, to my self-​​conscious ears, like a party pop­per. How­ever hav­ing the free­dom to move around also meant I was able to exper­i­ment with vary­ing vant­age points.

Tags: concert, Erased Tapes, gig, London, Message to Bears, music, Olafur Arnalds, Queen Elizabeth Hall, UK