On July 31st, 2022 I was in Chicago capturing Lollapalooza for the first time in my career. It was day 4 of the festival and I wanted to start my last day off by capturing the music artist “Teezo Touchdown” for his first festival performance in his career.

Little did I know at the time, but those images captured would lead to both myself & Teezo’s first billboard in our careers. I had the opportunity to meet Teezo after his set, show him some of the images before I edited them, and had a great conversation. Genuinely one of the nicest artists I’ve met to this day.

A couple months after Lollapalooza went by, I received a phone call from Teezo’s manager. She asked me if I would be interested in using one of the photos I captured from that set. According to her, Teezo explicitly remembered meeting me & the photos I shared of him, leading him to choose me for the opportunity.

Time went by after things were finalized until one day I woke up to the incredible photos you see above. My photo of Teezo Touchdown was used for an OurFrequency / Spotify Campaign in Houston, TX (his hometown) on both a large billboard and smaller bus screen.

I’ll forever be thankful for this opportunity from Teezo and his team. I was able to capture his first festival performance, be apart of his first billboard, and some time later on I was also able to capture his first sold out headlining show as well in Chicago. If you haven’t yet, go check out his music! It’s well worth your time.

We’ve shared a lot of “firsts” together, and I’m incredibly excited to see where he continues to take things in his career. Check out these photos from the rest of the lollapalooza set below as well!