rock and roll photographs

or group photographs in general, I suppose.

One technique that always intrigues me when looking at portraits of rock bands is when the photographer has some members looking at the camera while others are looking elsewhere. It somehow looks less run-of-the-mill than "Okay everyone, look at the camera!" and more... beguiling? Simply having some of them looking at something outside of the frame adds more dimension and gets me wondering what they could be looking at. It's a cool technique! As an example, here are a couple of photos I found of Creedence Clearwater Revival:

everyone looking at camera

half of band looking away, half looking at camera


And here are a couple of photographs of U2:

more subtle, Larry is facing the camera, but his eyes are averted
(how young they were!)

they're all looking at the camera