Heights photographers show rock music photos on Waterloo

Cleveland has been a hotbed of rock and roll for more than five decades. “Visual Music: Northeast Ohio Photographers Look at Rock and Roll” presents the work of a dozen photographers who lived and worked in Northeast Ohio since the 1960s. Among them are three photographers who live and work in Cleveland Heights: G.M Donley, Aaron Mendelsohn, and Anastasia Pantsios, who is organizing and curating the show.

The show opens at the Zaller Building Gallery at 16006 Waterloo Road, in the Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland, a block from the Beachland Ballroom, on Saturday, June 11, with a reception from 7 to 11 p.m. It’s free and open to the public. It will run through Saturday, June 25, concluding with an all-day open house from noon-8 p.m., to coincide with the Waterloo Arts Festival.

Over the years, the talented photographers in this show have documented Cleveland’s vibrant music scene from the Beatles to Bruce Springsteen to the White Stripes. Longtime Coventry Village resident Anastasia Pantsios has been shooting for 40 years, since she came to town to attend college. She currently has a show at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum titled "Girls on Film: 40 Years of Women in Rock."

G.M. Donley is head of creative services at the Cleveland Museum of Art and a member of the board of Heights Arts. He creates overlapping images to express the passage of time.

Aaron Mendelsohn has traveled around the country shooting festivals and special events as well as covering concerts close to home at the Grog Shop.

The show also features work by Ken Blaze, Jay Brown, Bob Ferrell, Joe Kleon, Bryon Miller, Karen Novak, Stephanie Saniga, George Shuba, and Linda Woods. All have created distinctive bodies of work. “Visual Music" will be largest survey of local music photography ever assembled, with almost 200 prints.

For more information, look for "Visual Music" on Facebook.