Tim Motion is exhibiting some of his photographs this year at the French festival Jazz à Vienne as part of a collective show by a number of photographers.

Vienne celebrates the 35th edition of the festival in 2015 and the exhibition aims to provide festival-goers with an insight into the different approaches of a ranges of photographers. Focusing on the discipline of live concert photogaphy and its ability to capture sheer emotion, pictures included in the show have been chosen from shots taken at the festival down the years. Other photographers exhibiting are Daniel Peyreplane, Christophe Charpenel, Marion Tisserand, Paul Bourdrel, Isabelle Delfourne, Catherine Manin, Christelle Thibaut, and Emma Pittalis.

Tim has been a jazz photographer since 1971 when he captured a striking image of Miles Davis in performance at the Lisbon jazz festival in Portugal and has been a familiar presence on the live jazz scene in London since taking pictures at the leading central London clubs of Ronnie Scott’s and the Pizza Express Jazz Club in particular for many years. He has a vast archive of icons of the music taken over the years catalogued in his jazz and blues archive. After an opening showcase at 6pm on 25 June, the exhibition, which is to be held at the salle des fêtes in place Miremont, runs from 26 June to 11 July. More details can be found on the festival website.

Stephen Graham

Tim Motion, above, in front of some of his images exhibited during his 2010 Eye for a Sound exhibition. Photo: William Ellis