![Sharon Joens & The Dap Kings performing at Bumbershoot Music and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-sharon-jones-the-dap-kings-300x199.jpg)
Seattle photographer Alex Crick is a frequent contributor to GeneStout.com. His specialty is music photography, and he has a flair for capturing the essence of a live performance in a single frame.
His interest in photography began in high school in the early ’90s. He now travels throughout the country to photograph music events. His work has appeared in Spin, Billboard and Esquire.
![Skrillex performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival Skrillex (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-skrillex-300x199.jpg)
Over Labor Day weekend Crick was at Bumbershoot working long hours to photograph live sets by AWOL Nation, Gotye, Hey Marseilles, Jane’s Addiction, Mac Miller, Mudhoney, Passion Pit, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and Skrillex, among many others.
Enjoy this gallery of more than a dozen photos from the festival Sept. 1-3 at Seattle Center. And learn more about Crick by visiting his website here.
![Reignwolf performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival Reignwolf (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-reignwolf-300x199.jpg)
![Passion Pit performing at KEXP Lounge druing Bumbershoot Music a Passion Pit (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-passion-pit-300x199.jpg)
![Mudhoney performing in the KEXP Lounge at Bumbershoot Music and Mudhoney (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-mudhoney-300x199.jpg)
![Mac Miller performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival Mac Miller (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-mac-miller-300x199.jpg)
![M83 performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival M83 (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-m83-300x199.jpg)
![Lee Fields & The Expressions performing at Bumbershoot Music and Lee Fields and the Expressions (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-lee-fields-and-the-expressions-300x199.jpg)
![Jane's Addiction performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festiv Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-janes_addiction-01-300x199.jpg)
![Hey Marseillies performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festiva Hey Marseilles (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-hey-marseilles-300x199.jpg)
![Gotye performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival Gotye (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-gotye_01-300x199.jpg)
![Fishbone performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival Fishone (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-fishbone-300x199.jpg)
![Bryan John Appleby performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Fest Bryan John Appleby (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-bryan-john-appleby-300x199.jpg)
![AWOL Nation performing at Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival AWOL Nation (photo: Alex Crick)](https://www.genestout.com/wp-content/uploads/bumbershoot-2012-alex-crick-awol-nation_01-300x199.jpg)