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Simon Fowler (born Simon R. Fowler in 1954) is an English photographer/director, known for his work with many singers and bands.
Fowler was born in Hastings. After completing an Art Foundation course at High Wycombe College of Art and Technology he then studied photography at Amersham College of Art and Technology. In 1974 he got his first job as a darkroom assistant at London Features International [1] a photographic syndication agency founded in 1971 by businessman John Halsall and photographer Mike Putland. Putland left LFI in 1976 to start the RETNA. agency. [2] At around the same time Fowler left working out of his own B/W portrait studio in Henley-on-Thames.
In 1978/9 he went into partnership with fellow photographer and LFI employee, Paul Cox, [1] initially working from a small office at LFI's Baker Street studios in return for their syndication rights. Specialising in music photography, they worked under the name of SLAG (Studio, Location and Gigs,) in keeping with the current anti- establishment Punk movement. They later moved premises to Bow Street Studios under The Royal Opera House Covent Garden and then to Fulham via Chester Square Belgravia.
By 1986, having gone their separate ways Fowler and Cox were part of the dream team on the design side of the PWL empire, Pete Waterman's production company, photographing Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Rick Astley. [1]
At the time Fowler had moved in alongside Design Consultancy Stylorouge in Paddington for several years, his other clients included Boy George, Gary Glitter, Spandau Ballet, Iron Maiden, Toyah, [3] Howard Jones, [4] Paul Young, [5] and Wet Wet Wet. [6]
In 1993 he began a long working relationship with actress and singer Sarah Brightman, [7] seeing him moving into directing with a TV commercial and promo for her 2008 album Symphony . He went on to photograph a number of other classical artists including Lesley Garrett, [8] Katherine Jenkins [9] and Elina Garanca. [10] His clientele continues to be diverse including jazz singer/pianist Jamie Cullum, [11] Irish musician Enya, Coleen Rooney and Thom Yorke. [12]
Fowler lives in Surrey with his wife Karen and three children. His eldest son, Beau Fowler, is a film director/actor/writer, [13] daughter Francesca Fowler is an actress/writer and youngest son Max Fowler is an actor.
Helmut Newton was a German-Australian photographer. The New York Times described him as a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications."
The International Center of Photography (ICP), at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, consists of a museum for photography and visual culture and a school offering an array of educational courses and programming. ICP's photographic collection, reading room, and archives are at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, New Jersey. The organization was founded by Cornell Capa in 1974.
Dive is the third studio album by English soprano Sarah Brightman. It is her first album with producer Frank Peterson, and a marked departure from her previous operatic works. Its unifying theme is water and the ocean. Four of the songs are covers: "Captain Nemo" was originally recorded in 1990 by Dive; "A Salty Dog" in 1969 by Procol Harum; and "Johnny Wanna Live" in 1992 by Sandra. Likewise, "Once in a Lifetime" is a cover of the Gregorian song from 1991's Sadisfaction, also produced by Frank Peterson, though with different lyrics alluding to BDSM.
Go Bang! is the sixth studio album by Shriekback, released in 1988. It produced a significant number of Billboard modern rock hits, including "Get Down Tonight," "Intoxication," and "Shark Walk". Released after the departure of founding member and bassist, Dave Allen, the album revolves around Barry Andrews.
Matthew Russell Rolston is an American artist, photographer, director and creative director, known for his lighting techniques and detailed approach to art direction and design. Rolston has been identified throughout his career with the revival and modern expression of Hollywood glamour.
Bruce Landon Davidson is an American photographer. He has been a member of the Magnum Photos agency since 1958. His photographs, notably those taken in Harlem, New York City, have been widely exhibited and published. He is known for photographing communities usually hostile to outsiders.
Boys Will Be Boys is the fifth studio album by English singer Gary Glitter, released on 10 March 1984 by Arista Records. It features two top 30 hits: "Dance Me Up" and "Another Rock and Roll Christmas". It was the first album released by Glitter since Silver Star just under seven years earlier. It is the only studio album of Glitter's never released on CD.
Desire is the second solo studio album by English singer Toyah Willcox, released in 1987 by E.G. Records.
Rinko Kawauchi HonFRPS is a Japanese photographer. Her work is characterized by a serene, poetic style, depicting the ordinary moments in life.
Karel Mark Chichon is a British-Gibraltarian orchestra conductor.
Only Time: The Collection is a box set from Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released in November 2002. The set contains 51 tracks across four discs that spans her 1987 debut album Enya through her 2002 single "May It Be". A 48-page booklet with liner notes and lyrics by her longtime lyricist Roma Ryan is included. The video of "Oíche Chiúin" is also included on the fourth disc, the performance comes from the BBC programme Christmas Day in the Morning and was recorded at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin. In addition to this computer playable video, there is also a screensaver in the cover art motif and a slideshow of pictures from the booklet. This release was a limited worldwide release of 200,000, with US sales of over 60,000 copies. The selection of songs was made by Enya, Nicky and Roma.
Lukas Beck is an Austrian photographer who specialises in music and theatre.
Jerry Avenaim is an American photographer best known for his fashion and celebrity images.
Michael Putland was a 1970s English music photographer.
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present was the first major museum exhibition of Rock music photography. The exhibit was organized by guest curator Gail Buckland at the Brooklyn Museum in 2009. The exhibition toured from 2009 to 2013, visiting the Brooklyn Museum, Worcester Art Museum, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum, Columbia Museum of Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Tucson Museum of Art, Allentown Art Museum, Annenberg Space for Photography and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
In Denmark, photography has developed from strong participation and interest in the very beginnings of the art in 1839 to the success of a considerable number of Danes in the world of photography today.
Norman Seeff is a photographer and filmmaker. Since moving to the United States in 1969, his work has been focused on the exploration of human creativity and the inner dynamics of the creative process.
John Scarpati is a professional photographer whose photography has appeared on hundreds of album and CD covers for bands and individual musicians. He is also the owner of Scarpati Studio, a photography studio that does photography and layouts for advertising campaigns, some of which have won national and regional awards. Scarpati has produced two books based on his photography: Cramp, Slash, & Burn: When Punk and Glam Were Twins and Eyes Wide Open. The first major solo art exhibit of Scarpat's work was in 1991 at Midem – Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. The exhibit was a dye transfer print series. Scarpati's work has also appeared in publications such as the New York Times and Rolling Stone Magazine.
Elina Brotherus is a Finnish photographer and video artist specializing in self-portraits and landscapes.
Sheila Metzner is an American photographer. She was the first female photographer to collaborate with Vogue magazine on an ongoing basis. Metzner lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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