Concert Photography

What Concert Photography does

Concert Photography is a sole proprietorship operated by Ueli Frey, founded in 1974 and based in Männedorf, Switzerland. The business delivers professional concert photography services, providing on-stage performance coverage, full-concert documentation, behind-the-scenes access, and on-tour photographer engagements for musicians, bands, venues, and festivals. Over a 50-year career, the firm has documented acts including The Who, Genesis, Queen, Bob Marley, Kraftwerk, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Eric Clapton, and many others, with work published in newspapers (Blick, Kronen Zeitung, Münchner Abendzeitung), magazines, books, CD covers, and exhibited in museums including the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, Boston Children's Museum, Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix), Nottingham Contemporary, and Paul Klee Museum.

The core product is bespoke concert photography services; the secondary product is the 'Live in Concert' photobook, a monograph sold directly through www.live-in-concert.ch. Technology is conventional photography equipment and post-processing — no proprietary platforms, software, APIs, or applications. The business model combines project-based professional services fees, image licensing and royalty income from editorial and commercial use, and one-time direct-to-consumer photobook sales.

Customer acquisition is driven by reputation, word-of-mouth, a portfolio website (uelifrey.ch), and active social media profiles on Facebook and Instagram. The business has no external investment, no employees beyond the owner, and operates as a personal brand with sub-brand "Live in Concert" for the photobook. Corporate clients including UBS and Migros have also engaged the firm for non-music photography work, but music and entertainment remain the primary segment.

Name

Concert Photography

Legal name

Ueli Frey, Concert Photography

Website

https://uelifrey.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Concert Photography is a sole proprietorship by Ueli Frey, founded 1974 in Männedorf, Switzerland, providing professional concert photography services, on-tour documentation, and image licensing to musicians, bands, venues, and select corporate clients, with work published internationally and exhibited in museums.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Concert and Live Music Photography Services

NAICS

Commercial Photography (541922), Photographic Services (54192)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Photography & Photo Production (BPAFAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Touring Concert Promoters & Presenters (MPAGAAAA)

Keywords

• Concert photography
• Live music photography
• Backstage photography
• Tour photography
• Photobook publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Männedorf

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Concert Photography Services: Professional photography services for live concerts, including on-stage performance coverage, backstage access, and behind-the-scenes documentation. Revenue generated from individual assignments with musicians, bands, and event organizers.
2. Photography Licensing: Licensing of photographs for publication in newspapers, magazines, books, CD covers, and display in museums. Revenue generated from licensing fees for commercial and editorial use.
3. Photobook Sales: Sale of the 'Live in Concert' photobook through dedicated website www.live-in-concert.ch. Physical product sales direct to consumer.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Concert Photography provides professional live music photography services covering on-stage performance capture, on-tour documentation, and behind-the-scenes/backstage coverage for musicians, bands, concert venues, and festivals. In addition, the practice sells the printed photobook 'Live in Concert' directly to consumers through a dedicated website, and licenses photographs for publication in newspapers, magazines, books, CD covers, and museum exhibitions.

Product overview

Concert Photography is a solo photography business operated by Ueli Frey offering professional concert photography services since 1974. The core offering consists of concert photography services for live performances, including on-stage shooting, on-tour documentation, and behind-the-scenes coverage. Additionally, the business sells a photobook titled 'Live in Concert' documenting the photographer's extensive career spanning nearly five decades of capturing legendary musical acts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Live in Concert: Monumental photobook published by Ueli Frey documenting his concert photography career spanning nearly five decades.

Products and services

• Concert Photography Services Professional live music photography services covering on-stage performance capture, on-tour documentation, and behind-the-scenes/backstage coverage for musicians, bands, concert venues, and festivals. Services are offered to professional musicians, bands, concert venues, music festivals, and corporate clients.
• Live in Concert (photobook)

Named customers21 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ross Halfin: Ross Halfin is a legendary British concert and rock photographer with a multi-decade career documenting major touring acts (Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Who). He is the closest direct peer to Ueli Frey in terms of long-tenured, access-based concert photography at the highest tier of the music industry.
• Kevin Cummins: Kevin Cummins is a renowned British concert photographer best known for his Joy Division imagery and ongoing music photography practice. He is directly comparable as a long-career concert photographer whose archive has both artistic and commercial licensing value.
• Neal Preston: Neal Preston is an iconic concert photographer who documented Queen, Led Zeppelin, and Bruce Springsteen over a career spanning decades. He is directly comparable as a peer-tier concert photographer whose work has appeared on album covers, in books, and in major publications, mirroring Frey's positioning.
• Alberto Cabello (a.cabello): Alberto Cabello is a working concert photographer who covers major festivals and tours in Europe with published editorial work. He is a direct peer as an active freelance concert photographer operating in the same European venue ecosystem Frey covers.
• Robert M. Knight: Robert M. Knight is a veteran concert photographer specializing in rock musicians (Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page) with museum-grade work and published books. He is a direct peer in the niche of long-tenured, musician-trusted concert photography with licensing and book monetization.

Emerging players

• Iconic Images: Iconic Images is a photography agency representing leading music and celebrity photographers and licensing their archives globally. It overlaps with Frey as a curator and licensor of high-value music photography, though it operates as an agency rather than an individual practitioner.

Broad incumbents

• Getty Images Music Collection: Getty Images is a major stock photo agency that licenses concert and music photography from a large network of contributors, including concert specialists. It is a broad incumbent that competes in the licensing and editorial use of concert imagery at industrial scale.
• Live Nation Merchandise / Tour Photography Services: Live Nation is the largest live entertainment promoter and offers in-house tour photography and content production services to artists on its roster. It is a broad incumbent that captures some of the same work freelance tour photographers like Frey would historically handle.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ueli.frey
• Instagraminstagram.com/ueli_frey
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/concert-photography

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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