The Original Misfits on stage at Riot Fest Denver, 2016, giant Crimson Ghost skulls behind the drum riser

Chuck
Livid

Director / Live music photographer Shot on film & available light South Florida / Medellín Est. 1996

Photographs

Live / Portraits / Archive01
Guitar Wolf in leather jackets outside the 529 club, Atlanta, on medium format film
Guitar WolfPortra 800 / 6x6
Hurricane Party live, Ft Lauderdale
Hurricane PartyFt Lauderdale / Film
Kim Gordon in an in-camera multiple exposure at Terminal West, Atlanta
Kim GordonAtlanta / 2024
Ben Weasel pointing into the crowd at the Hobart Art Theater
Ben WeaselHobart, IN / 2025
Shit-Faced, three spiked-hair punks mugging for the camera
Shit-FacedWe Are The Punx Fest / 2026
Dogface Bastards live, We Are The Punx, West Palm Beach
Dogface BastardsWe Are The Punx / WPB, FL
Joe Queer and B.A. of Sloppy Seconds outside Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia
Joe Queer & B.A.Philadelphia
Three Medellín rappers posed against a shutter, black and white film
SEM, Nitto427 & P.H.Medellín / 2026 / Film
Noogy after their set, arms around each other
NoogyWest Palm Beach / 2026
Concert goers, We Are The Punx
Concert goersWe Are The Punx
Long-haired wrestler resting on the ropes at Platinum Championship Wrestling, black and white
Platinum Championship WrestlingConyers, GA / 2024
Sloppy Seconds band portrait
Sloppy SecondsPhiladelphia
Sewerside Bombers portrait
Sewerside BombersPortrait
Que Lastima on stage at Kreepy Tiki, saxophone and keys
Que LastimaKreepy Tiki / 11.19.16
Noogy live, West Palm Beach
NoogyWest Palm Beach, FL
MC with microphone at Soundlab, Respectable Street, West Palm Beach
SoundlabRespectable Street
Three band members posed in a doorway, black and white
The QueersBand portrait
Long hair flying, Hammerhead Fest, Atlanta
Hammerhead FestAtlanta
Membrains live, We Are The Punx
MembrainsWe Are The Punx
Seiji of Guitar Wolf on guitar at 529, Atlanta, black and white
Seiji / Guitar Wolf529, Atlanta / 2025
The Shakers with the crowd, FEST 23, Gainesville
The ShakersFEST 23 / Gainesville, FL

Films

Shorts / Music videos / Docs / Super 802

Instinto

Almas Presas ft. SEM & PH. The official music video, shot in Medellín.

Music video / Medellín / 866K+ views

A Family Outing

Shot on a Soviet Quarz.

A Super 8 home movie

Good Trouble in Palm Beach

A gonzo protest short, produced with Palm Beach Indivisibles. Nikon Z8.

Short / 6:52

In the Shadow of the Devil

Graveyards, Baphomet and New England, on Kodak Vision3.

A New England Super 8 home movie
ShortLaramidia Drive A comedy short.Watch ↗ Music videoMy Job Sucks Billy Batts and the Made Men.Watch ↗ Music videoNight of the Livid Queers The Queers live on tour with Black Flag. The Ranch, Ft Myers & Culture Room, Ft Lauderdale.Watch ↗ Home movieAn Afternoon at loanDepot Park A home movie from a day at the ballpark. Or everything except the game.Watch ↗
Docu-seriesRip Up the Streets! The Spits. Two nights at The Earl, Atlanta, seven cameras, plus Super 8.In development
Series80s TV Buddy Cop Show Set in South Florida. Title cards on Kodak Vision3 50D, Super 8.Developing

About

Born 1981 / Est. 199603
Chuck Livid holding a camera, wearing a denim jacket and sunglasses
Photo by Helena Garcia

Born in Brooklyn in 1981. Raised in Miami, where I came up in the punk scene and never really left. Most of what I shoot is the people who keep it going.

I'm based in South Florida, and Chuck Livid Productions is the name my small, trusted guerrilla crew works under. It's also the company I bill through. The work travels: I shoot tours and fests across the U.S., from Atlanta, Philly, NYC and Chicago to Denver and Las Vegas, and I make films in Colombia, where I shot Instinto in Medellín.

I shoot Super 8 and 16mm and develop black and white in-house. My digital work is all Nikon: RED, ZR, Z8 and Zfc. Medium format is a Kiev 60 and a Bronica SQ, and 35mm is a Nikon F5 and a Contax TVS.

The work runs from music videos and concert docs to gonzo shorts and home movies.

  • 1996 / 2000Muddy Chaos ZineThe punk zine I started in high school, as Karl Mudd. A full archive is coming soon.Watch: the original pages ↗
  • 1997 / 2000The SlopsMy first band, formed in high school, as Karl Mudd.
  • 2004 / 2006The ShrubsMiami punk band. Rhythm guitar and vocals as Karl Mudd. Our five song EP Are Fucking Dead came out on Livid Records in 2006.Listen on Bandcamp ↗
  • 2006 / 2011Livid RecordsIndependent label. Put out records by:Glocca Morra PhillyThe Crumbs MiamiJon Cougar Concentration Camp San DiegoThe Getback MiamiGeoff Useless New HampshirePool Party MiamiSpace Station 5 MiamiZero Cool CanadaEnd of Power San DiegoLil Daggers MiamiFurious Dudes MiamiThe Shrubs MiamiThe Illustrated SarasotaDaze SwitzerlandPine Tarts CanadaFaulkner Detectives NYCMiami New Times / Interview 2011 ↗Razorcake #60 / Quoted 2011 ↗
  • 2012 / 2017TuffGnarl.comMusic site and the Rock and Roll Debauch shows at Churchill's. Co-founded with Tony Kapel. Editor in chief: Jesse Scheckner.★ Miami New Times / Best Music Blog 2015 ↗
  • 2012 / 2020Another Music PodcastA self-produced interview series that also ran on Jolt Radio. Mostly musicians: CJ Ramone, Blowfly, Joe Queer, Jacuzzi Boys, Hurricane Party and more. The full archive is being indexed for release.
  • NowChuck Livid ProductionsA N.I.C.O. Corp. company.

Associations

  • SecretaryDelray Beach Arts, Inc.Non-profit, as Charles Furment.
  • Audio / Visual LeadPalm Beach IndivisiblesNon-profit.

Training

  • 1996 / 2000Southwest Senior HighPhotojournalism. Miami.
  • 2000 / 2001Miami Dade CollegePhotography.
  • 2026NYU TischFilm & TV Industry Essentials, NYU Tisch School of the Arts with IndieWire and Rolling Stone, via Yellowbrick.

Contact

Booking / Collabs04

I'm extremely picky about the work I put my name on.

Paid gigs, plus free work for causes and artists I believe in. Either way, our values around LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and basic human rights have to line up before anything moves forward. Read the house rules ↗

Work with me ↗

Live photography ↗

Shows, tours, festivals, band portraits.

Music videos ↗

Live, performance and concept. Film or digital.

Docs & shorts ↗

Concert docs, multicam, gonzo, Super 8.

Production ↗

Quotes and invoicing through N.I.C.O. Corp.