12 min

Shooting Stars: A Love Letter to the Backstage Photo The Deep Dive from The Walrus

    • News Commentary

Lou D’s intimate snapshots of Madonna, Jay-Z, and other VIPs are fascinating dispatches from a time before Instagram changed celebrity photography forever. Lou was backstage with some of the most iconic musicians of the 1980s and ’90s. As a photographer, he has recorded pop culture history in publications worldwide.

This week, we hear from Connor Garel, who was recently The Cannonbury Fellow at The Walrus. Connor is an arts-and-culture reporter with bylines in BuzzFeed, Fashion, Canadian Art, and of course, The Walrus.

Lou D’s intimate snapshots of Madonna, Jay-Z, and other VIPs are fascinating dispatches from a time before Instagram changed celebrity photography forever. Lou was backstage with some of the most iconic musicians of the 1980s and ’90s. As a photographer, he has recorded pop culture history in publications worldwide.

This week, we hear from Connor Garel, who was recently The Cannonbury Fellow at The Walrus. Connor is an arts-and-culture reporter with bylines in BuzzFeed, Fashion, Canadian Art, and of course, The Walrus.

12 min