Suspended In Light - Suspended In Light

Headed by creative director Josh Graham, Suspended in Light is a visual arts agency focusing on: Album art & photography. Design & layout. Concert visuals. Music & lyric videos. Identity and branding. Merchandise. Social media and marketing. All projects are welcome: new and emerging artists, rock stars, independent and major labels, motion graphics, authors, etc. Get in touch!

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Roadburn – Josh Graham

The Devil Makes Three

Chris Cornell Tour

Dropkick Murphys

A Storm of Light Tour

Very cool day at the Nisqually National Wildlife R

Very cool day at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge with @julieannemann. 4 mile round trip with most of it on a boardwalk that runs over the estuary. We were there at low tide. Next trip high tide and hopefully some waves!

Always a surreal thing to post - My 4th album cove

Always a surreal thing to post - My 4th album cover and layout for the great @ringostarrmusic! Playing off of the title Rewind Forward - the imagery was created in Cinema 4D, and reflects a bit of the historic psychedelia mixed with a minimalist modern design approach. Big thanks to Vartan at Universal, Ringo and Scotty for the portrait photos.

#suspendedinlight
#theboilingsea
#joshgraham
#artdirection
#albumart
#thebeatles
#ringostarr
#graphicdesign
#rewindforward

Big thanks to Kim Thayil, Caleb and Mike at Cordo

Big thanks to Kim Thayil, Caleb and Mike at Cordoba / Guild for this beauty! The 2023 Kim Thayil signature Guild Polara S-100, featuring the icon I designed for @soundgarden’s King Animal album.

Mahogany Body and Neck / Rosewood Fingerboard w/ Pearled Blocks / Grover Rotomatics / Guild HB-1 Dual Coil w/Phase Switch / Guild Tunomatic Bridge

#suspendedinlight
#theboilingsea
#brandidentity
#soundgarden
#kinganimal
#icondesign
#kimthayil
#guildguitars
#cordoba
#creativedirection

New album package design and layout for the mighty

New album package design and layout for the mighty @aerosmith. Big thanks to Vartan and Dennis at UMe and to @724managment for the opportunity. Extra thanks @rosshalfin for all of the help along the way. This is a mammoth release that took 9 months from start to finish. 12 configurations, a multitude of color vinyl versions, lenticulars, lithograph prints and more. Happy to be a part of this!

#aerosmith
#greatesthits
#suspendedinlight
#theboilingsea
#albumart
#graphicdesign
#design
#ume
#universalrecords
#printdesign
#joshgraham

Art / Photography / Layout for Vattnet Viskar's al

Art / Photography / Layout for Vattnet Viskar's album, Colony.

Not your typical black metal album cover - The band originally wanted to use a historical photo of Christa Mcauliffe (link below), who died tragically in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. The overarching theme here wasn't negative, it was instead about attempting to reach your goals in life, while accepting the risk of defeat.

We quickly found out that using the Nasa photo would not be possible, so we chose to recreate the photograph. After finding Charlie, our model, and getting the wardrobe together, I had to figure out how to suspend her in the air for the photo shoot. Fortunately, we were renovating our kitchen in NY at the same time, and the ceiling was opened up / rafters exposed - so - we mounted suspension cables from the rafters, and suspended Charlie over a large blow-up mattress for safety. The background images are comped from historical interior photographs of the KC-135 "vomit comet," which is used to simulate the sensation of weightlessness in preparation for space travel.

backstory and original image
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/honoring-a-teacher-christa-mcauliffe-s-lost-lessons

- this is post #2 of periodically posting historical projects, and slowly deleting the chaos of my earlier IG artwork posts. #learninghowtoinstagram

#albumart
#albumartwork
#vattnetviskar
#theboilingsea
#suspendedinlight
#blackmetal
#printdesign
#blackmetal
#layout
#graphicdesign
#centurymedia

Very cool and inspiring audio / visual / scent ins

Very cool and inspiring audio / visual / scent installation at the Nordic National museum in Seattle - FLÓÐ by Jónsi (Sigur Rós).

The exhibition space is pitch black, filled with dense haze, with the light scent of sandalwood and ocean. Both the room and the LED strip are about 120 ft long. 32 speakers line the sides of the room with 4 subwoofers - sound travels through the room, tracking with the imagery on the 6 inch wide video strip. Your eyes never fully adjust to the room except in brief moments when the visuals fully illuminate.

good times with
@julieannemann
@doomedcefaratti
@happylittleshark

#visualinstallion
#nationalnordicmuseum
#seattle
#globalwarming
#risingocean
#theboilingsea
#sigurros
#jonsi

#blackbear #jimmyhendrix #goodtimes

#blackbear #jimmyhendrix #goodtimes

Artwork and layout for @neurosisoakland - The Eye

Artwork and layout for @neurosisoakland - The Eye of Every Storm. This was my first full-length layout while serving as visual artist for the band - on the early side of an awesome 12 year journey - creating album art, live visuals & merch.

The LP art is printed in 2 colors - 8400 and 8403 metallic (with CMYK labels).

- this is post #1 of periodically posting historical projects, and slowly deleting the chaos of my earlier IG artwork posts. #learninghowtoinstagram

#albumart #albumartwork
#neurosis
#theeyeofeverystorm
#theboilingsea
#suspendedinlight
#neurosisband
#printdesign

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