[Editor note: Photojournalist Mathieu Lewis-Rolland began working with the Mercury in earnest during the 2020 protests, and has since moved into a career of photojournalism, working for outlets like Reuters and Getty. However, he started out photographing live music. A drummer for groups like A Happy Death, Lewis-Rolland told us his approach to music photography is heavily informed by how he would want to be photographed. Lewis-Rolland captured far more wonderful images from Pickathon 2022 than we could fit in our Pickathon 2022 wrap-up or even in this dedicated photo essay. Check out his Twitter thread of photos from the fest, as it was happening, and his Instagram for ongoing collections of his work.]

Camping at Pickathon – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
Mike and the Moonpies – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
The Street Books area of Pickathon’s Refuge – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
Ice cream at Pickathon – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
Youths wearing ear protection at Pickathon – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
The traditional Pickathon hammock forest – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
“No hammocks above 4 feet!” – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
Shelly the Recycledelic Snail on the Paddock stage lawn – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
Nubya Garcia – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
Bassist Daniel Casimir and drummer Sam Jones supporting Nubya Garcia – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
The tradition of child buskers at Pickathon continues. – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
A UFO sculpture behind the Grove stage – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
Sons of Kemet – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND

Related: We wrote about Sons of Kemet and Sampa the Great in the Pickathon 2022 wrap-up.

Sampa the Great – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND
Sampa the Great – MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND