Fresh off of Exhibition Match #3, Coudal Partners’ Layer Tennis season is shaping up to be the most innovative season yet.  Just in case you’ve been sleeping under a rock, Layer Tennis is a live event where two designers go back and forth with a file and create graphics on the fly piggy-backing off of the previous designer’s work.   Each side gets 15 minutes to create and submit their work and there is 1 ’serve’ and 9 subsequent volleys.  Oh, and witty written commentary is provided by qualified designers with quick tongues and fierce keystrokes.

So far this season we’ve already seen two great themed concepts, a typographic battle and last Friday’’s Photography & Music event.  The photography and music exhibition is a particularly brilliant concept, one that combines art, technology, and flawless execution – two photographers, canvasing their respective cities with glass in hand, creating a unique narrative on the fly.  Meanwhile a musician tinkers away in his studio, twisting knobs, banging keys, and pushing buttons to provide the musical backdrop for the images.

You really should check out the whole piece here so as to get the experience with the music and all; however, here are a few highlights from Friday’s match between photographers Sam Javanrouh and Naz Hamid (music by Mark Greenberg).

The ’serve’ from Sam:

Sam again on Volley # 5:

Naz’s #6 rally:

Sam’s return #7 (and my favorite photo of the day):

Check out Friday’s match to see the rest of the photos and hear the incredible composition of music.

Edit 3-12-10: Check out the behind the scenes commentary from both Sam and Naz here.