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11th Annual H.S.F.S. Confer 3.3.08

11th Annual H.S.F.S. Confer 3.4.08

11th Annual H.S.F.S. Confer 3.5.08

12th Annual Human Space Flight 3.16.09

12th Annual Human Space Flight 3.17.09

12th Annual Human Space Flight 3.18.09

143rd Ann. of the Battle of Cedar Creek 10.21.07

144th Ann. Cedar Creek 10.19.08

16th Annual Symposium-GHI-11.16.07

17th Symposium-GHI- 11.14.08

18th Century Market Fair -1997

18th Century Market Fair -1998

18th Century Market Fair -1999

18th Century Market Fair -2000

18th Century Market Fair -2001

18th Century Market Fair -2008

18th Century Market Fair 2009

18th Century Market Fair 4.25-26.09

18th Century Market Fair-2007

2008 Copyright Alliance 9.24.08

2008 Maryland Renaissance Festival 10.5.08

22nd Annual Lecture-GHI-11.13.08

38th Christmas Walk Parade 12.6.08

50th Annual Washington Fly-In 4.20.09

5th Annual Chance for Life- 2.20.10

9/11 Attack on the Pentagon

9/11 Pentagon Attacked

9/12 Pentagon

9/13 Pentagon at Night

9/15 People visit Pentagon

Adam Ant

Albert King

Alexandria-Virginia

Allen Ginsburg

Allen Vega

America's Cup of Polo 5.12.07

America's Polo Cup 5.10.08

Amsterdam

Andrea & Julie's Birthday Party 6.27.09

Andy Dick

Andy Warhol

Anti-Nowhere League

Antietam

Archival Museum Quality Prints

Arkansas Chamber of Commerce 4.28.08

Artist-Bill Murcko-Principal Galley 4.17.09

Avengers

B.B. King

Bahrain

Bartender-Andres Lazo-2.17.10

Bartender-Camille Boomer-10.12.09

Bartender-Carl Navia-Flying Fish-11-16-09

Bartender-Greg Dushaw-12.17.09

Bartender-Steve Dolan -1.23.10

Bartender-Susan Hergenrather-9.19.09

Battle of Cedar Creek 2001

Battle of South Mountain-9.12.00

Bear

Beck

Behind the Bar-Bartenders of Alex.

Bella & David's Bar Mitzvah-11.1.08

Benny Goodman

Bergman Berbert Schwartz & Gilday 2.12.09

Berlin

Bill Burford - King Crimson

Bill Eppridge - Photographer

Bill Graham

Billy Dee Willaims

Billy Idol

Billy Joel-June 12 1994

Billy Preston

Black Flag

Blondie

Blue Hole WV -Swimming Hole 8.17.08

Blues Fest. Pre-Event Party 4.22.08

Board of Directors-G.W. Masonic Memorial 8.25.07

Board of Dirs.-Masonic Temple 8.8.08

Bob Dylan

Bon Jovi

Bonnie Raitt

Bosnia

Bow Wow Wow

Boy George

BR 549

Bregman Berbert Schwartz & Gilday 12.23.08

Bruce Springsteen

Budapest

Buddy Guy

Carlos Santana

Cars- Ric Ocasek

Cedar Creek

Chance for Life- 2.21.09

Charleston SC

Charlie Haden

Cheat River Festival 5.2.09

Chef Dennis Marron - 11.15.07

Chef Duane Keller 9.9.09

Chef Francisca Benitez-the Wharf-1.18.10

Chef Michelle Poteaux - Bastille 9.20.07

Chef Ralph Kane-Public House-12.15.09

Chef Santos Reyes-10.14.09

Chef Sylvain Tonello-2.17.10

Chef Troy Clayton - Geranio 8.22.07

Chef's George Theodorou & Christian Falatko-11-19-09

Chef's Special-Chef's of Alex. VA

Chef's Wendy & Serge Albert 12.15.08

Cherryholmes

Chris Isaak

Chris Spedding

Christmas Lights-Alex. VA-12.22.09

Cindy Simpson - 7.23.09

Civil War Wedding-Cedar Creek 10.18.08

Clash

Clint Black-Feb. 27-March 6 1993

Columbia Pike Documentary Project-1.30.10

Congressional Hearing-AVMA 2.7.08

Country Joe McDonald

Cramps

Crime

Crosby -Stills and Nash

Cynthia Simpson-Ordained 1.19.08

Cynthia Thomas-Bartender-June 2008

Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Dec.22-Jan.5-2003

Dan Hicks

Dana Carvey

Dave Matthews

David Blaine

David Burnett- Govinda Gallery-2.6.09

Dead Boys

Dead Kennedys

DEVO

DIL's

Dirk Dirksen- Pope of Punk

Dirk Fest. in San Francisco- Slim's - 6.7.07

Dirk Fest. SF Great American Music Hall 6.8.07

DNA

DOA

Donna Fargo

Donnie and Marie Osmond

Donovan

Dr. John

Dr. Pierre P. Gagnon - 3.27.09

Dr. William J. Perry

Drew Stevyns - Music Artist - 9.5.07

Duran Duran

Dyan Diamond

Eagles

East Coast Friends

Eastern Primitive Rendezvous -9.23.00

Eddie Money

Elvin Bishop

Elvis Costello

Emerson's Soccer Games 10.6-7.07

English Beat

Eric Clapton

Excellence Initiative Tour- 12.1.08

Executive Portraits -11.09.09

Fear

Fishbone

Fishing Derby-ODBC- 10.10.09

Flamin' Groovies

Fleetwood Mac

Fort Loudon - 4.23.04

Frank Zappa

Freaker's Ball - Baltimore MD 7.28.07

FrightWig

FWT Inc.-Cell Towers - 11.12.08

Gaylord Nat. Resort & Convention Ct

George Clinton

George Tenet - Former CIA Director

George Thurogood

George Washington Masonic Memorial-2.22.10

George Washington Parade 2.16.09

George Washington Parade 2.18.08

Gerald McRaney-Nov.24-27-1994

Gettysburg- 145th Ann. Civil War 7.4.08

GHI - Eighth Gerd Bucerius Lecture 5.22.07

GHI Spring Lecture Series 2009 - 6.4.09

GHI-18th Annual Symposium-11.13.09

GHI-23rd Annual Lecture 11.12.09

GHI-German Unification Symposium-10.2.09

GHI-Lecture & Award-Richard Tilly-12.10.09

Gilles Peress - War Photographer

Gin Blossoms-July 4-1996

Govinda Gallery Opening 11.6.09

Govinda Gallery Opening-Allan Tannenbaum 10.5.07

Grace Jones

Graham Parker

Grateful Dead

Greg Kihn Band

Haiti - 1994

Halloween -Old Town Alex. 10.31.08

Halloween-Trick or Treat-10.31.07

Harrison Ford

Hazel O'Connor

Henry Grossman-Photographer 11.14.08

Herb Alpert

Hillary Rodham Clinton-March 24-25-1996

Hootie and the Blowfish-Dec. 3-2001

Hot Tuna

Howard Finster - Artist

Huey Lewis and the News

Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull

Ian Dury

Ian Hunter - Mott the Hoople

Iggy Pop

Inauguration-Hartmut Berghoff-11.14.08

INXS

Italy-Rome and Florence 5.12-19.09

J. Geils Band

Jackson Brown

Jacques Lowe - Photographer

Jakob Dylan

Jam

James Brown

Jane Goodall-H.Subcommittee 3.11.08

Janine McCombe - 3.23.09

Jay Leno-Dec. 15-16-1995

Jefferson Starship

Jerry Seinfield

Jim & Susan's Interior Design 9.9.09

Jim Aldige-President Alex. Rotary 7.23.07

Jim Brickman-Nov.19-2003

Jim Carroll

Jim Riggleman-GM-Nationals Baseball-1.31.10

Joan Jett

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts-May 25-29-1999

Joe Ely

John Brown's Raid-Harpers Ferry 10.11.09

John Cale

Johnny Thunders - New York Dolls

Johnny Winter

Jonathan Richmond - Modern Lovers

Journalist David Sheff & son Nic

Judge Randy Minor-Sworn In 12.31.08

Ken Burns

La Toya Jackson-Dec.19-25 1990

Lake O'Lympic's-Lake O'Woods -7.25.09

Lake-O-Woods Picnic 8.31.08

Lake-O-Woods- July 4th 2009

Last Waltz - the Band

Laurie Anderson

Leah Rose - Actress- 11.27.07

Leah Rose-Actress-1.7.08

Led Zeppelin

Leila and the Snakes

Little Feat - Lowell George

LIVE-Ed Kowalczyk

Long Ryders

Long View Gallery Opening 10.22.09

Look Good Feel Better -Make Up- 3.1.10

Look Good Feel Better -Studio- 3.1.10

Los Lobos

Lou Reed

Lounge Lizards

Majestic Cafe 4.26.07

March on Washington To End the War 9.15.07

March Thru Time 4.18.09

March Thru Time 4.18.98

March Thru Time-Living Hist 4.19.08

Maria Muldaur

Mark Collie & Lisa Stewart-Feb.7-15 1996

Marshall Crenshaw

Marty Egan's 75th Birthday Party 10.1.07

Marty's Party at Star Dust-2.6.09

Mary Noel-Portraits-10.19.09

Masquerade Party -10.28.06

Merle Haggard

Michael Dirda - Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post Critic

Michael Jackson

Michael Nesmith

Mink De Ville

Muhammad Ali

Mutants

Nancy Pelosi

Nat. Trademark Expo 4.10.08

National Bureau of Asian Research 9.25.07

National Harbor - Maryland

National Harbor-June 2008

Nazario Turpo - Peruvian Shaman

NBR - Inaugural Dinner 9.26.07

NBR-Asia Policy debate 2008-9.22.08

NBR-Engaging Asia 2009- 4.1.09

NEA- Martin Luther King Jr. 1.21.09

Neil Young

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Nick Hayward - Haircut 100

Nick Lowe

Night Revolutionary War Encampment at Mount Vernon 9.29.07

No Doubt

No Sisiters

Nuns

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

P. J. O'Rourke- Political satirist/writer 2007

Panoramic Archival Prints

Paris

Patch Adams

Patti Smith

Paul Brandt & Claudia Church-May 16-23-1996

Paul McCartney

Paula Cole -Dec. 16-24-1997

Pearl Harbor and the Explosions

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam- Eddie Vedder

Pete Seeger

Peter Frampton

Peter Paul and Mary

PIL - Public Image Ltd.

Plasmatics

Police

Portraits of Patriots-Am.-EX-POW's

Potomac Whitewater Festival 7.11.09

Potomac Whitewater Festival 7.12.09

Pretenders

Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan-GHI-2.18.10

Prom Pictures -WV- 5.19.07

Queen

Race for the Cure 6.2.07

Race for the Cure- 6.6.09

Rachael Sweet

Radio Head- Thom Yorke

Ralph Nader

Ramones

Rank-N-File

Ray Campi & the Rock-A-Billie Rebels

Readymades

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Rockers

Redskin Fred Smoot's Party 4.17.08

REM - Michael Stipe

Revolutionary War Encampment at Mount Vernon 9.30.07

Richard B. Myers - Former Joint Chiefs of Staff

Richard Gere

Richard Thompson

Rick James

Ricky Skaggs

Roanoke Virginia

Robert Arneson -Artist

Robert B. Zoellick - President of World Bank

Robert Cray

Robert Fripp

Robin Williams

Rock-N-Roll Prints - Triptych

Rolling Stones

Romeo Void

Ronnie Montrose

Ruth Pointer-Sept. 2-14-1999

S.F. Punk Rockers 1977-1985

San Francisco - California

San Francisco Trip-1.10.10

San Francisco Trip-1.8.10

Savannah

Scottish Christmas Walk Parade 12.1.07

Scottish Christmas Walk Parade-12.5.09

Scottish Rites-Vatican Manuscript

Screamers

Sean Hanna 4.21.09

Sean Ono Lennon

Seiga at Ft. McHenry 8.31.02

Sex Pistols

Sharon Stone

Sheryl Crow-March 24-25-1996

Sinbad-March 24-25-1996

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Sippie Wallace

Smitherians

Smithsonian FolkLife Festival 7.2.07

South Africa Week Kick-Off 9.23.08

South Korea

Spinal Tap

St. Patrick's Day Parade - 3.1.08

Stanley Mouse - Artist

Stars for Stripes Tour Iraq-Germany-Ramstein AB-Fisher House-10.31.09

Stars for Stripes Tour Iraq-Last Show-Ramstein AB-10.31.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Flight to Kuwait--10.25.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Grand Ole Opry-10.24.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Iraq-10.28.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Iraq-1st Show-10.27.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Iraq-2nd-Show-10.27.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Iraq-American Embassy-10.28.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Iraq-Balad-10.29.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Iraq-Show Balad AB-10.29.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Iraq-Wounded Hero-Joe-10.30.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Kuwait City-10.26.09

Stars for Stripes Tour-Return to Nashville-11.1.09

Stephen J. Hadley - Former National Security Advisor

Steve Earle

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stray Cats

Sugar Ray Leonard

Suicidal Tendencies

Suzy Quatro

SVT

T- Bone Burnett

Taj Mahal

Talking Heads

Tenth Gerd Bucerius Lecture-GHI-3.12.09

The Israel Project 5th Anniversary 12.2.07

The Minor Family 10.7.07

Thompson Twins

Toby Keith

Todd Rundgrent

Tom Petty

Tom Waits

Tomb of Unknown Revolutionary Soldier 2.18.08

Tommy Tutone

Tony Bennett

Torben Huge-Jensen's 70th Birthday-6.13.09

Translator

Tubes

Tuxcedo Moon

Twisted Sister

U.S. Senate Hearing- 6.24.2008

U2

UltraVox

Uptones

USO World Tours

Van Halen

Van Morrison

Various Artist

Virginia countryside

VKTMS

Warren Zevon

Washington DC

Watermelon Park Fest - 9.24.09

Watermelon Park Fest - 9.25.09

Watermelon Park Fest - 9.26.09

Watermelon Park Festival 9.19.08

Watermelon Park Festival 9.20.08

Watermelon Park Festival - 9.18.08

Wavy Gravy-Offical Clown-Grateful Dead

Waylon Jennings

West Coast Friends

Who

William Claxton

Willie Nelson

Wire Train

Woundz

WPAS-Christmas Party-12.10.09

X

XTC

Yousuf Karsh -Photographer

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Chester Simpson

has over 30 years of experience in photojournalism, portraiture, editorial, travel, and corporate photography worldwide.

He grew up in Roanoke, Virginia in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains and hitchhiked across country in 1975 to accept a scholarship at the San Francisco Institute of Art, to study photography. In San Francisco, he met two of the major influences on his life, legendary master photographer Ansel Adams, founder of the Institute's photography department, and Jim Marshall, the famous rock-n-roll photographer. While attending school, he assisted photographers to learn the business side of photography and started hanging out and taking photographs in punk rock clubs at night.

Rolling Stone magazine published his first picture while he was still in Art School, which kicked off his career as a rock-n-roll photographer shooting for MTV, Warner Bros, MCA, AM, Capitol, CBS, and Chrysalis Record companies. He also shot assignments for BAM, Berkeley Barb, Bay Guardian, Circus, California, Crawdaddy, Creem, Melody Maker, New Musical Express, Newsweek, New West, New York Rocker, People, Relix, Rolling Stone, and San Francisco magazines.

After ten years and several record covers to his credit he moved to Washington, DC and accepted a photography staff position from the local daily newspaper, the Alexandria Gazette. In 1989 he took a position as Director of Photography at the Pentagon newspaper, the Pentagram, and started freelancing as a tour photographer traveling with music artists all over the world to entertain our troops on USO Tours.

Documenting thirty-five USO tours with performers and celebrities such as Anita Baker, Ruth Pointer, Paul Rodriquez, Neal McCoy, Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, Wayne Newton, La Bouche, Oleta Adams, Mark Collie, Lisa Stewart, MCLYTE, Spyro Gyra, Larry Gatlin, Rick Skaggs, Jeffery Osborne, Will Downing, La Toya Jackson,Billy Joel, Jay Leno,Sheryl Crow, Sinbad, Hilary & Chelsea Clinton, Clint Black, Hootie & the Blowfish, Gin Blossoms, B.B. King, Paula Cole, 10,000 Maniacs, Blues Traveler, Gerald McRaney,Claudia Church, and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts among many others, he visited U.S. bases in Bosnia, Macedonia, Haiti, Panama, Honduras, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Dubi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Hungary, Italy, Sicily, Azores, Germany, Netherlands, England, France, Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, Puerto Rico, Cuba, St. Thomas, Bermuda, Antigua, Croatia, Japan, Okinawa, and Korea.

Chester freelances for corporations, organizations, associations, and publications in and around the Washington, DC/Baltimore area.

Simpson exhibits his photographs in local, national and international galleries .

For more information contact Chester Simpson at 1 (703) 931-8911.

Rock and Roll Photos by Chester Simpson

Browse through rock and roll photos of hundreds of Rock Bands like, 
B.B.King, Berlin, Benny Goodman, Billy Idol, Black Flag, Blondie, Bon Jovi, 
Bruce Sprinsteen, Buddy Guy, Chris Isaak, Clash, Dead Boys, Dead Kennedys, DNA, DOA, Duran Duran, Eddie Money, Elvis Costello, Fear, Flamin’ Groovies, Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, Hot Tuna, Ian Dury, Iggy Pop, J.Geils, Jam, James Brown, Jim Carroll,  Joan Jett, Joe Ely, Johnny Thunders,  Johnny Winter, Laurie Anderson, Led Zeppelin, Los Lobos, Merle Haggard, Mink De Ville, Mutants,  Neil Young, Nick Cave, Nick Lowe, Patti Smith, Pearl Jam, Police, Public Image, Queen, Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick James,  Ricky Skaggs, Rolling Stones, Romeo Void, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Smitherians, Stray Cats, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Suicidal Tendencies, SVT, Talking Heads, Thompson Twins, Toby Keith, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Taj Mahal, Tubes, Twisted Sister,  U2, Willie Nelson,  X,  XTC, Van Morrison, the Who,  and the Last Waltz, any of which you can order as fine art prints. You’ll also find photos from my 35 USO Celebrity Tours, Civil War and Revolutionary War Re-enactments, Travel, Celebrities, political figures and my recent assignments. 

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