My Body of Work

My first memory of the first image I remember came from my father. He had three framed photographs he got from a second hand shop. In the photographs were Madonna, Annie Lennox and Marilyn Monroe. The photography of Marilyn Monroe really stood out to me and it had inspired me to become a photographer.  The photograph was from, Milton H. Greene’s series, Ballerina. My father as accepted the fact that he is never going to this photograph back.

Other artists/models/film I always look back to are: (Not in order)

Richard Avedon

(Born 1923-2004) American Fashion and Portrait Photographer

"His fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century."

Richard Avedon - Marilyn Monroe

Cindy Sherman

(Born 1954) American photographer and film director

"Through a number of different series of works, Sherman has raised challenging and important questions about the role and representations of woman in society, the media and the nature of the creation of art."

Cindy Sherman - Centerfold series

Sam Haskins

(Born 1926-2009) South African Photographer

"Best known for his contribution to nude photography and pre-photoshop in-camera montage."

Sam Haskins - Gill and Curl

Greg Crewdson

(Born 1962) American Photography

"Crewdson is best known for his elaborately staged, surreal scenes of American homes and neighborhoods."

Greg Crewdson

Elliott Erwitt

(Born 1928) Advertising and documentary photographer

"Erwitt is known for his black and white candid shots of iconic and absurd situations within everyday settings."

Elliott Erwitt

Edward Hopper

(Born 1882-1967) American painter and printmaker

"In both his urban and rural scenes, his space and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life."

Edward Hopper - Nighthawks

Film Noir

(Early 1940s to the late 1950s) Hollywood crime drama genre

"Associated with a low-key black and white visual style - Roots in German Expressionist cinematography. Many of the stories derive form the hard-boiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the US during the depression."

Film Noir

Alfred Hitchcock

(Born 1899 - 1980) English film director and producer

"Hitchcock pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. Also pioneered the movement of the camera in a way that mimics a persons gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism."

Alfred Hitchcock

Annie Leibovitz

(Born 1949) American portrait photographer

"Richard Avedon's portraits were an important and powerful example in her life. Leibovitz is widely considered one of the Americans best portrait photographers."

Annie Leibovitz - Leonard DiCaprio