Elton John, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA. 1975 Print 43” x 58” Edition of 15.
Tickets Please
An avid music fan and admirer of typography and graphic design, 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. Serendipitously, he had also just reconnected with a friend who collects concert ticket stubs. The series presents a combination of those stubs and vintage tickets he has since sourced and purchased himself.
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.
These works are digital pigment prints, printed on Canson rag photographique paper and are accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity. The project is ongoing.
Pricing & Editions:
Paper 17 x 22” $700.00 edition of 50
Paper 24 x 34” $1,800.00 edition of 20
Paper 44 x 60” $5,000.00 edition of 15
Paper 60 x 85” $9,000.00 edition of 12