Tickets Please by Blaise Hayward
An avid music fan and admirer of typography and graphic design, fine art photographer Blaise Hayward began making Tickets Please in March 2023 after walking by a concert hall and noticing people simply displaying a QR code on their phones to enter the show.
For Hayward, the tickets represent a vanishing analog art form and a nostalgia for an iconic era of rock-n-roll.“I look at these tickets as mini works of art: the font selection, the layout, the color, the copy. All done with careful consideration to detail”. Each stub is a fragment of history—their haphazard tears and distinctive creases emblematic of what is widely considered the golden age of music.
The project is ongoing.
Staff Picks
Pink Floyd, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI 1975
Signed limited edition photographic print by Blaise Hayward from his series “Tickets Please”
These editioned digital pigment prints are printed on Canson rag photographique paper and are accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Led Zeppelin, Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 1972
Signed limited edition photographic print by Blaise Hayward from his series “Tickets Please”
These editioned digital pigment prints are printed on Canson rag photographique paper and are accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
AC/DC, San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio, TX 1983
Signed limited edition photographic print by Blaise Hayward from his series “Tickets Please”
These editioned digital pigment prints are printed on Canson rag photographique paper and are accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
BLAISE HAYWARD Print Information
TICKETS PLEASE BY BLAISE HAYWARD, signed limited edition prints. Available in the following sizes, unframed or framed. Framing options include standard framing, or upgraded premium museum grade framing with non-glare museum glass.
These works are digital pigment prints, printed on Canson rag photographique paper and are accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity.
Paper size 17 x 22” - edition of 50
Paper size 24 x 34” - edition of 20
Paper size 44 x 60” - edition of 15
Paper size 60 x 85” - edition of 12
NOTE: Measurements quoted are paper size, with the printed image being slightly smaller to create a natural border to house the photographer’s signature and edition number