Jenny Jimenez Shows Us Her TIFFS: Death Cab, Sleater-Kinney, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and More

Known to SeattleWeekly.com readers as the creative force behind the popular Seattle People photo essay series, Jenny Jimenez is celebrating 10 years as one of the city's premiere music photographers. To commemorate the occasion, West Seattle's Skylark Cafe is hosting "Show Me Your TIFFs: Ten years of music photography" featuring photos from Jenny's decade on the job. The show opened on Monday and runs through December 14. Here Jenny tells us the stories behind a few of her favorites. Friends Damien Jurado and Amy Blaschke will perform at the show's opening bash on Thursday, October 8. The party starts at 6 p.m., music at 9 p.m. Read Michael Alan Goldberg's take on Jenny's shots.

Jenny Jimenez

We shot at the Kennedy School, a hotel set in an elementary school built in 1915 that is decorated to maintain all of its scholarly charm. I started the shoot by asking the band to write a timeline of their history on the blackboard. I then photographed them in front of it. Carrie helped lighten the mood by making faces and raising her hand like an eager student, which got everyone laughing.