Some Things About Rebecca Blissett

Rebecca Blissett freaking rocks. Plain and simple. And no, she did not write this herself. Who would do such a thing?

I've known Rebecca Blissett for many years now and have filtered her innate talent in photography and the written word down to one simple noun: angle. Blissett's angle is always unique and absorbing. When she covered the Penticton Elvis Festival she didn't follow around the myriad Kings of Rock and Roll like everyone else... She followed their wives and girlfriends around to produce a fresh look (finally) at the strange world of Elvis impersonators.

Her creativity and originality appears in her portraiture photography, too. When she shoots bands, for instance, Blissett doesn't put them up against a brick wall and have them look off into the distance as though they're watching their muse being carried off by a fruit bat... She finds that singular nuance of character that defines that person or people at that time in their musical careers.