The Denver Post has twenty-five of the photos.
As a former rock concert photographer, I fear that they only showcase Dave Bergman's lack of skill with indoor lighting and depth of field: He's much better with natural light and outdoor shooting (see photos #21, #22 and
this). And why does he turn all his black and white pics into brown and white ones -- does he think coloring them adds to their value?
Photos 1, 4, 12 and 16 should be in color, #6 could be much more effective cropped and in black and white or a monotone. I'm glad Bergman decided that #15 shouldn't be in color, but he should have used a blue rather than brown monotone to exploit the moonlight effect. Nor does Bergman do the most basic retouching -- #7 should have the mic stand removed or cropped out, and the fan in #8 has a hand growing out of her head (fixed
here).
Photo #17 is as close as I can come to having a favorite; the rest are just ordinary one-dimensional glorified snapshots.
P.S. Bon Jovi.com is inviting fans to send in pics of themselves reading their copy of
Work (
http://twitter.com/#bonjoviwork).