
SimonThePhotographer
Concert Photographer · Simon Pokorny
I capture the moment, before it fades.
Live photography for bands, labels, festivals, and the press—from 20-person basement stages to headliner slots.
Bands photographed
277 acts captured on stage
Refused, Alexisonfire, Story of the Year, AFI, Enter Shikari, The Subways, Boysetsfire, Horse the Band, Chiodos, Alesana, My Passion, Craig Owens, 30 Seconds to Mars, A Day to Remember, Billy Talent, Blessed by a Broken Heart, August Burns Red, The Last Mile, Bring Me The Horizon, Cancer Bats, A Skylit Drive, Feine Sahne Fischfilet, Emery, Flogging Molly, Dead by April, Bionic Ghost Kids, K.I.Z, Two Stories Away, Anti-Flag, Evergreen Terrace, Jessie J, The Menzingers, Materia, Red City Radio, Forever the Sickest Kids, Not Called Jinx, Silverstein, Aiden, Atreyu, The All-American Rejects, The Audition, Die Toten Hosen, Kraftklub, The Black Sheep, Your Demise, Marathonmann, Die Ärzte, Twin Atlantic, Welle Erdball, Terror, Heaven Shall Burn, Alkaline Trio, Hot Water Music, The Blackout, ZSK, Yellowcard, Simple Plan, Miss May I, I Am Ghost, Disco Ensemble, Max Herre, The Used, Skrillex, We Butter The Bread With Butter, Tony Hawk, Make Do and Mend, The Wonder Years, Kill Her First, Set Your Goals, Bouncing Souls, Bury Your Dead, Finch, Joe Ginsberg, Dritte Wahl, Lagwagon, Comeback Kid, Carnifax, Madball, Funeral fo a Friend, The Ghost Inside, Pennywise, Machine Head, Electric Callboy, Emmure, Lamb of God, Suicide Silence, Unearth, Broilers, Street Dogs, Soulfly, I Killed The Prom Queen, Asking Alexandria, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, Hatebreed, In Flames, Caliban, Days in Grief, Adept, From First to Last, Slayer, Haste The Day, John Allen, Every Time I Die, Korn, Backyard Babies, Antitainment, The Fall of Troy, Kmpfsprt, Agnostic Front, Seez Nuts, War From A Harlots Mouth, Sick Of It All, Callejon, Being As An Ocean, Paramore, Die Emil Bulls, Bless The Fall, Jennifer Rostock, Good Charlotte, Trashmonkeys, Shai Hulud, Stick to Your Guns, Walls Of Jericho, We Came As Romans, Volbeat, All Time Low, Misery Signals, Memphis May Fire, Icke & Er, Escape the Fate, Dropkick Murphys, It Dies Today, Beatsteaks, Sparta, Streetlight Manifesto, Sido, Mayday Parade, Bullet for My Valentine, Maroon, Catch 22, Bleeding Through, Billy the Kid, First Blood, Lag Wagon, No Turning Back, Rancid, No Fun At All, Clueso, The Interrupters, Crystal Castles, Peter Fox, The Flatliners, Brian Fallon, Rise Against, Sister, Parachutes, The King Blues, Sam Ryder, Frank Turner, 5Bugs, Carpathian, Panic! at the Disco, Dance Gavin Dance, Hadouken!, Taking Back Sunday, A Wilhelm Scream, Chuck Ragan, Saosin, Monsters of Liedermaching, Fettes Brot, Asking Alexandria, Dúné, His Statue Falls, Protest The Hero, Carnifex, Skindred, Fellsilent, Escape Fails, Soilwork, Ektomorf, Death By Stereo, Kill Hannah, All Its Grace, Illectronic Rock, Eternal Tango, Boys Like Girls, Poison The Well, Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, Fire In The Attic, Modestep, Amon Amarth, As I Lay Dying, Pro Pain, Sonic Syndicate, Converge, Green Day, The Academy Is, The Streetdogs, The Ataris, Pierce the Veil, Mad Caddies, Social Distortion, Jimmy Eat World, Senses Fail, New Found Glory, Bad Religion, Sounds Like Violence, Bowling For Soup, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Blessthefall, Hawthorne Heights, At The Farewell Party, I Set My Friends On Fire, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, C.J. Ramone, Against Me!, Killswitch Engage, Dave Hause, Touche Amore, The Gaslight Anthem, Metro Station, Brand New, Hopes Die Last, The Get Up Kids, Pitchtuner, Flyleaf, Biffy Clyro, Radio Havanna, Sleeping With Sirens, City and Colour, From Autumn to Ashes, You me at Six, Four Year Strong, Moonbootica, Portugal The Man, Across Five Aprils, Tiger Army, MxPx, Anberlin, Motion City Soundtrack, Tim Vantol, Thursday, Strike Anywhere, Ska-P, Underoath, Gallows, Strung Out, Millencolin, N.E.R.D, Kool Savas, The Ghost Of A Thousand, Less Than Jake, The Story So Far, Ignite, Dan Webb and the Spiders, Pornophonique, DJ Pdex, Jared Hart, Tom Gabel, Pitchtuner, Chris Snelgrove, Buster Shuffle, Gym Class Heroes, DeeCRACKS, Dan Andriano, Toyguitar, Bombay Bicycle Club, My Chemical Romance, Authority Zero, Mad Sin, Skinny Lister, Dregen, Cory Branan, ITCHY, Attack! Attack!, Fei Comodo
My Work
Pictures from the Stage Pit
A small selection. More photos are available in the galleries.

12. August 2026
Lagwagon
SO36, Berlin

31. July 2026
Evergreen Terrace
SO36, Berlin

30. July 2026
Less Than Jake
Columbia Theater, Berlin

30. July 2026
A Wilhelm Scream
Columbia Theater, Berlin

17. June 2026
Alexisonfire
Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin

28. September 2025
ZSK
Rio-Reiser-Platz, Berlin

19. October 2022
Kings Elliot
Columbia Theater, Berlin

19. October 2022
Sam Ryder
Columbia Theater, Berlin

23. November 2009
Billy Talent
Velodrom, Berlin

15. November 2009
A Day To Remember
Columbiaclub, Berlin

25. August 2009
AFI
Lido, Berlin

About
Between the stage and the barrier.
Since 2003, I've documented live moments that would otherwise only exist in the crowd's memory. Over two decades from support slots to headline shows.
More about meServices
Photography that matches the sound.
Live Photography
The first three songs, the whole show, or a full festival weekend.
Band Promo & EPK
Press photography that matches the band's sound.
Tour Documentation
From backstage to stage, for bands who want to tell their story.
Festival Coverage
Multi-day accreditation, multiple stages, fast turnaround.
Stage is set for your band.
Club show or festival headliner, get in touch and let's find a date.
Get in touchFAQ
Common Questions
Yes. I'm available for club shows, tour dates and festivals Worldwide and travel regularly for assignments. The fastest way to reach me with a date, venue and location is the contact form.
Standard turnaround is 2–5 business days for a single show, a little longer for multi-day festival weekends depending on scope. For urgent press deadlines, an express preview of select images within 24 hours is available on request.
Yes, licensing for editorial use, band promo and artwork is part of the offering and agreed per project. Happy to walk through details in an initial conversation via the contact form.
For requests coming through a venue or booking agency, I usually coordinate accreditation directly with them. For requests from bands directly, a photo pass or quick approval from the venue is still typically required. We'll sort that out together in advance.
Images are delivered as JPEG in web and print resolution as standard. The website itself automatically serves galleries as WebP/AVIF, with these images being more compressed. However, this only affects the display in the browser, not the original files delivered to clients.