Faces Of When We Were Young 2025: Portraits By Heather Martinez

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Published 25 October 2025 by Ned Tepper

Explore exclusive portraits from When We Were Young 2025 captured by photographer Heather Martinez, featuring Don Broco, Alexisonfire, Taylor Acorn, Taking Back Sunday, and more.

Between desert dust and nostalgia, When We Were Young 2025 felt like stepping into a living scrapbook of alternative music history. Behind the scenes, photographer Heather Martinez caught something more intimate, raw portraits that capture the pulse of the artists who keep it all alive.

The Bands

Don Broco brought their usual blend of charisma and charm, they’ve always been the kind of group that can turn swagger into sincerity, and Heather’s shots catch just that. Looking sharp, confident and electric!

Letlive. embody raw emotion, these guys were a lot of fun and dropped one of the most out there stories of the day, if not the most out there.

Taylor Acorn looks like the future of pop-punk personified, fire in her eyes, edge in her stance, but with a softness that reminds you she’s telling her own story.

Alexisonfire remain the veterans of the scene and were nothing short of great human beings, Heather captures them with that signature Canadian cool, grit, grace, and zero pretence.

Yellowcard bring a glow that feels almost cinematic, they stand like a band who’ve seen every high, every low, and still walk into the spotlight smiling.

Arms Length carry the new generation’s energy, wide eyed, hungry, and emotionally raw. Their portraits buzz with that youthful tension between hope and heartbreak.

We The Kings give pure nostalgia, that pop-rock warmth that defined so many teenage soundtracks. There’s joy in their stillness, the calm confidence of musicians who know they’re part of people’s memories.

Taking Back Sunday are swagger and sentiment in equal measure, the band’s smirks say it all, still the kings of the singalong, still completely in on the joke.