4PLAY - A new music magazine for new and upcoming bands/artists. This includes gig reviews and industry personnel interviews! Read before you play!
As a new segment of 4PLAY, I'd like to introduce to you, Hollie's Picz. Hollie is a musician photographer who most recently worked with ETR collective, a DIY gig collective in Brighton made up of a multitude of local bands, musician photographers etc.
I sat down with Hollie and gave me an exclusive insight to her life, her work and how she started out.
Although originally from a singing background, in 2025, Hollie joked around saying she wanted to become a musician photographer. Her partner is a bassist in 2 bands, Rage Therapy and The Edge, and low and behold she became one. The bands she first started working with helped her get into the community that is ETR. This community not only helps local bands progress but also people such as Hollie who prefer to be behind the scenes but still want to be in the industry. “If there was any community a musician would want to join it would be ETR." The ETR community have helped Hollie get to know 2 other photographers, Ray and Lauren who both work with Unorthodox and Shugi (bands who are both part of ETR collective. Hollie has had support from musicians and "the music scene itself is something you can't really do if you don't know what's going on." (As a photographer),"you have to understand what the bands are about to do on stage so then you can photograph it."
Hollie also works with bands outside of ETR such as GurlzSpit. "They're not mine but when I do shoots with them it's different to work with them than my bands as they've got a different vibe." Another band she worked with is called Brain Face. Hollie would've never been introduced to them if it wasn't to ETR. Before Hollie found the collective, she mainly worked with bands that attend her college (bands like GurlzSpit), so ETR have given her access to an abundance of new people to work with. So if you are someone in the Brighton area or in a band who wants access to more like minded people, ETR is your best bet!
When talking to Hollie, she spoke about her personal style and beliefs and how it affects her work and what message she wants to portray throughout her work. "In 2026, it's definitely bringing out the feminine side to things. I certainly bring out the punk side and a little bit more alternative. Last project I did, I had GurlzSpit in it. I had Jake (guitarist and vocalist in both Shugi and Unorthadox) saying "real men can be feminists." Because Hollie wanted to go on about this throughout her work, she wants to voice her opinion on feminism and the stereotype men are surrounded by when they think they're not feminists but they actually are. She has had a multitude of different bands work with her and she "likes working with new people and genres as it's quite unique". Hollie has a big project that is coming up with the edge that can't be disclosed at the moment but be sure to check out her socials and her work as she is one of the most enthusiastic photographers in the games right now!