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Want to know what it's like to photograph a Tiny Desk concert?

NPR photographers share their insights behind their favorite Tiny Desk concert photos of 2023.
Watch the Sam Smith Tiny Desk concert <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_BHC2l30pY">here</a>.

We all have a favorite Tiny Desk concert. In 2023, NPR hosted 120 Tiny Desk concerts. We asked NPR photographers to share there favorite pictures and their thoughts about photographing Tiny Desk concerts.

Can sometimes be chaotic

Tiny Desk days can sometimes be chaotic, but when it's all said and done, they are always a blast.

So when I get the opportunity to be front row with a camera at one of these performances, I want that exuberance and joy that I feel to come through. Some of my favorite images I made this year at the Tiny Desk showcased that feeling.

Sam Smith excitedly huddling with his background singers after finishing his set.

feeling the beat (and flexing his biceps). And giving me

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