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One Photo Only with Guitarist, Producer and Photographer @otisserie

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Name a gig in the music business, Otis Barthoulameu (@otisserie) has probably done it: he was the guitarist for punk bands Fluf and Olivelawn, a sound engineer for Dinosaur Jr., a producer on Blink-182’s first record and a roadie for Muff. He’s also a veteran photographer. Lately, he’s been shooting a new series of images – a throwback to the days before we had the ability to take thousands of pictures without blinking an eye.

“I got this thing I made up called 1 Photo and 1 Photo Only,” says Otis, over the phone from Southern California. “I was just challenging my friends. I go, ‘Look, you guys take 50 pictures and you edit them forever. I am going to take one and it’s going to be better than any of yours.’”

For each series, Otis always goes in with a plan. A few months ago, he tried it out on his friend, Black Flag and Off! singer Keith Morris.

“I was like, let me take one picture, and he didn’t know what to do,” says Otis, who typically goes by “O.” “He was messing with his hair, and I took him outside. I got him while he was putting his hair in his hat. ‘Like, hold it out here real quick.’ I had to pose him a couple times. I had to drag his hand around. He was getting mad at me the whole time. Then afterwards he was like, ‘I like that. It was an awesome photo.’”

––Instagram @music

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