Iain McKell

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Iain McKell
Born
Weymouth
NationalityBritish
OccupationPhotographer
Website iainmckell.com

Iain McKell is a British fashion, portrait and social documentary photographer. [1] He has specialized in photographing British subcultures since the 1980s and his work has been published in L'uomo Vogue, i-D and The Face. [1]

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Early life

McKell grew up in the West Country, England. He received his formal education at Clifton College, in Bristol. [2] He began working as a seaside photographer in Weymouth, Dorset at the age of 19. [1] After studying graphic design at Exeter College of Art and Design, he relocated to London in 1979, where he found work as a commercial photographer. [3]

Career

McKell held a public exhibition in his own studio in 1984 entitled Iain McKell LIVE, where he photographed members of The Comic Strip, [4] and many of the visitors. This was followed in 1985 by an open workshop in The Photographers' Gallery, showing his work and a documentary film about the previous year. [5] He was subsequently commissioned by Smirnoff and Red Stripe for commercial brand advertising campaigns. [4] McKell has specialized in photographing British subcultures since the 1980s, producing photographic studies of Skinheads, punks, Blitz Kids, and rockabillies. [1] He also spent over ten years befriending and photographing New Age travellers. The result of this project was the publication of a book and various exhibitions. In 2012 he worked with Kate Moss on a photo project for V magazine titled 'Kate & The Gypsies'. [6] [7] In 2012 he published his third book entitled Beautiful Britain, comprising a collection of his photographic work between 1970 and 2012. [8]

Books

Exhibitions

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hodkinson, Karen (28 April 2012). "Face of a nation: Iain McKell challenges our notions of beauty with his evocative pictures of the British". The Independent. London.
  2. ↑ "CV – www.iainmckell.com". iainmckell.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Farrelly, Liz., ed. (2004). Fashion Forever : 30 years of subculture. New York, N.Y.: Thames & Hudson. ISBN   1903781086.
  4. 1 2 Duffy, Keanan (27 October 2011). "5 Minutes with Iain McKell" . Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Society of Industrial Artists and Designers". Designer. 1985.
  6. ↑ "Ian McKell, Kate and the Gypsies" . Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Casarotto Romer, Luca. "New Gypsy: a journey through an anient [sic] culture" . Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Davies, Lucia (27 June 2012). "Iain McKell, Beautiful Britain" . Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Churchill, Nick. "Cult Classics" . Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Iain Mckell, The New Gypsies". Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "The new Gypsies, Iain McKell".
  12. ↑ Laneri, Raquel. "The New Gypsies: Iain McKell's Photos Of A Nomadic British Subculture". Forbes. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
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