One would argue that there is no (good) concert without a band, but one could easily add that the same holds for the audience too - musicians would play for themselves and that’s not much fun, from what they tell me.
Merriam-Webster dictionary defines fan as "an enthusiastic devotee (as of a sport or a performing art) usually as a spectator". Music fans are known for their irrational devotion to their favourite artists most easily seen when they travel many, many hundreds of kilometres to see them perform live. I know that, because I’m one of them.
To somebody who doesn’t share the same passion towards (live) music, this could seem a bit of extravagance at least. Hence the fanatic in the title of this project.
My ongoing photographic project titled "Fan(atic)s" is about these wonderful people - music lovers, band supporters, live gigs proponents, festival goers. The fans. The fanatics.
Two Door Cinema Club fan(s) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2012 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Pips, Chips & Videoclips fans @ Zagrebački plesni centar, Zagreb (Croatia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Carmina Slovenica fan(s) @ Festival Lent, Maribor (Slovenia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Happy Ol' McWeasel fan @ Festival Lent, Maribor (Slovenia), 2013 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Goblini fans @ Festival Lent, Maribor (Slovenia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
The Roots fan(s) @ Terraneo festival, Šibenik (Croatia), 2012 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Joseph and The Spasm Band fan(s) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2013 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion fan @ Tvornica kulture, Zagreb (Croatia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Tired fan @ FM4 Frequency festival, Green park, St. Pölten (Austria), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Osibisa fan @ Festival Lent, Maribor (Slovenia), 2013 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Mina Špiler (Laibach) fan @ Narodni dom Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia), 2012 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Pips, Chips & Videoclips fans @ Tvornica kulture, Zagreb (Croatia), 2013 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
The Kooks fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2012 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Kraftwerk 3D fan(s) @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Pips, Chips & Videoclips fans @ Zagrebački plesni centar, Zagreb (Croatia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Miki Solus fan @ Train line Maribor - Ruše, Maribor (Slovenia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Skid Row fan(s) @ Festival Lent, Maribor (Slovenia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Suede fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Pips, Chips & Videoclips fans @ Dom sportova, Zagreb (Croatia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Two Door Cinema Club fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2012 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Tame Impala fans @ Bažant Pohoda festival, Trenčín (Slovakia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Pips, Chips & Videoclips fans @ Dom sportova, Zagreb (Croatia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Rambo Amadeus fan @ Jazz klub Satchmo, Maribor (Slovenia), 2015 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
S.A.R.S. fan(s) @ Piše se leto @ Festival Lent, Maribor (Slovenia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Pips, Chips & Videoclips fans @ Dom sportova, Zagreb (Croatia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Yann Tiersen fan(s) @ Orpheum, Graz (Austria), 2015 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Youngest fan @ Terraneo festival, Šibenik (Croatia), 2011 Photo: © Saša Huzjak
Pips, Chips & Videoclips fans @ Dom sportova, Zagreb (Croatia), 2014 Photo: © Saša Huzjak