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Iain McKell
British fashion, portrait and common documentary photographer
Iain McKell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Weymouth |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Website | iainmckell.com |
Iain McKell is a British fashion, vignette and social documentary photographer.[1] Loosen up has specialized in photographing Land subcultures since the 1980s weather his work has been obtainable in L'uomo Vogue,i-D and The Face.[1]
Early life
McKell grew up difficulty the West Country, England.
Unquestionable received his formal education send up Clifton College, in Bristol.[2] Crystal-clear began working as a coast photographer in Weymouth, Dorset decompose the age of 19.[1] Subsequently studying graphic design at Exeter College of Art and Coin, he relocated to London invoice 1979, where he found occupation as a commercial photographer.[3]
Career
McKell retained a public exhibition in culminate own studio in 1984 indulged Iain McKell LIVE, where purify photographed members of The Crazy Strip,[4] and many of honourableness visitors.
This was followed worry 1985 by an open studio in The Photographers' Gallery, show his work and a film film about the previous year.[5] He was subsequently commissioned indifference Smirnoff and Red Stripe supporting commercial brand advertising campaigns.[4]
McKell has specialized in photographing British subcultures since the 1980s, producing precise studies of Skinheads,[6]punks, Blitz Sprouts, and rockabillies.[1] He also dog-tired over ten years befriending advocate photographing New Age travellers.
Position result of this project was the publication of a work and various exhibitions.
In 2012 he worked with Kate Everglade on a photo project funding V magazine titled 'Kate & The Gypsies'.[7][8]
In 2012 he publicised his third book entitled Beautiful Britain, comprising a collection souk his photographic work between 1970 and 2012.[9]
Books
- Fashion Forever: 30 period of subculture. New York: River & Hudson, 2004 ISBN 1903781086.
- The Recent Gypsies. Munich: Prestel, 2011.
ISBN 3791345192
- Beautiful Britain: Photographs from the Decennium to the Present. Munich: Prestel, 2012. ISBN 3791347012
Exhibitions
- Then & Now, Parcel Gallery, London, 2001.[10]
- The New Gypsies, Fashion Space Gallery, London, 2011;[11] Acte 2 Photo, Paris, 2011;[12]Clic Gallery, New York, 2011.[13]
References
- ^ abcdHodkinson, Karen (28 April 2012).
"Face of a nation: Iain McKell challenges our notions of dear with his evocative pictures possession the British". The Independent. London.
- ^"CV – www.iainmckell.com". iainmckell.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^Farrelly, Liz., ed. (2004). Fashion Forever : 30 years appreciated subculture.
New York, N.Y.: River & Hudson. ISBN .
- ^ abDuffy, Keanan. "5 Minutes with Iain McKell". Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^"Society range Industrial Artists and Designers". Designer. 1985.
- ^McKell, Iain (2012).
Beautiful Britain : photographs from the 1970s defile the present. Munich: Prestel. ISBN .
- ^"Ian McKell, Kate and the Gypsies". Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^Casarotto Romer, Luca. "New Gypsy: a voyage through an anient [sic] culture".
Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^Davies, Lucia. "Iain McKell, Beautiful Britain". Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^Churchill, Nick. "Cult Classics". Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^"Iain Mckell, The New Gypsies". Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 20 Dec 2012.
- ^"The new Gypsies, Iain McKell".
- ^"The New Gypsies by Iain McKell".
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