Nine years ago, Jennifer Finch called on fans to help her process a ton of old film, mostly photos of other musicians, both live shots and candids. I donated money, and about a month later, I got this postcard. I've had it hanging on my wall in my office/studio for years now.
Jennifer's passing yesterday hit pretty hard. I found out while out with friends and didn't say anything to them, but it was necessary to pay proper respects. Jennifer wasn't only a killer bassist, but also a great photographer. She spent decades documenting various music scenes and those photos are precious (pun fully intended).
Her body of work as a photographer serves as a reminder as to why scene documentarians are so important. I've spent years documenting Chattanooga's noise and experimental music scene, and even before that I was documenting sludge and doom metal bands across the southeast. Music scenes deserve to be remembered properly.
Those pictures are little gemstones, important morsels of time that will outlive our physical forms. There are people I've photographed that I'm no longer in touch with, and people who are sadly no longer alive. Memories unfortunately can fade with time, so pictures, videos, audio recordings, interviews - that's what keeps memories for us.
Today I'm putting on some of my favorite L7 tracks and going through my own massive backlog of concert photography. There's still so many pictures I haven't edited. I'm grateful I still have time on this Earth to do it. Thanks for everything, Jennifer.
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