Hello, my name is Bryan Douglas Hall
EVENTS, PORTRAITS AND FAMILY
Bryan D. Hall is an accomplished Photographer. 1980's Entertainment Photographer, Historical New York Amsterdam News. Worked with Eugene Gillis, a writer who wrote articles of critique on many of the Great Artist of the Music industry large and small.
Bryan Photographed Entertainers at Madison Square Garden, Apollo Theater and small venues in The Village. Bryan has Photographed many in the Entertainment Business some examples on this website.
From the Beginning
My photography interest started in college and grew into the neighborhood on the upper west side. My brother who was a musician, saw my talent and introduced me to a friend that worked for the local weekly New York Amsterdam News. Gene Gillis wrote as a music critic and I was tasked to follow him around town to photograph events that he would critique.
Decades of Experience
James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali, Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Teddy Pendergrass, Teddy Riley, Prince, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, Diana Ross, Bill Withers, The Commodores, Stephanie Mills, Alyson Williams, Chaka Khan, Queen Latifa, Jay Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes, Tupac, Ice Cube, 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Heavy D., Big Daddy Kane, KRS One, Puffy, Chuck D, MC Lyte, Ice-T, Kurtis Blow, Keith Sweat, Al B Sure, Run DMC, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Wynton Marsalis, Sarah Vaughan, Pat Metheny, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Earth Wind and Fire, The Isley Brothers. TLC, New Edition, The O'Jays, Gladys Knight and the Pips, 112, SWV, Silk, Also, Many Known and Unknown Artist, Entertainers passing through New York City in the 80's and 90's.
