Lisa Johnson is an American rock photographer known for her work with bands such as
Reel Big Fish
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,
Nirvana
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,
Rage Against the Machine
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and
Smashing Pumpkins
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In 2014, "Decades: Warped Since 1995-Through The Lens of Lisa Johnson Rock Photographer" was displayed on the entire Warped Tour. The mobile gallery was a retrospective of Lisa Johnson's two decades documenting the tour. She has also earned the title of Official Warped Tour Photographer.
The Warped Tour
Johnson began documenting the
Vans Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a touring rock music festival that toured the United States and Canada each summer from 1995 until 2019, and returned in 2025 for its 30th anniversary. By 2015, Warped was the largest traveling music festival in the United S ...
through photographs in 1995, the tour's inaugural year. Through her ongoing efforts and consistency of quality, she was eventually awarded the title of "Official Warped Tour Photographer." In 2014, "Decades: Warped Since 1995 – Through The Lens of Lisa Johnson Rock Photographer" was unveiled and presented as a traveling collection, displayed at every stop on the tour. The mobile gallery was a retrospective of Lisa Johnson's two decades documenting the Warped Tour.
Johnson continues her duties as Official Warped Tour Photography on an ongoing basis.
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Living people
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21st-century women photographers
American documentary photographers
American music journalists
American women photographers
Women photojournalists