Gary Oldman for the LA Times ()
Gary Oldman is a Londoner, born and bred. He came to prominence playing Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy in 1984, and returned to his London roots playing George Smiley in highly acclaimed Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Gary Oldman is a Londoner, born and bred. He came to prominence playing Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy in 1984, and returned to his London roots playing George Smiley in highly acclaimed Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
I had an amazing behind the scenes look in the incredibly hard working world of Glee when TV Guide asked me to photograph the making of their ‘What Would Michael Jackson Do?’ special.
Here are a few of my favorite moments, and for a more complete look jump over to the Essays section of the site.
I had the pleasure of photographing Mark Whalberg for the Contraband. Congratulations to him and his team for a winning opening weekend, yet another feather in his cap of incredible successes.
The picture of him on the poster was taken during three days working around the film crew on a ship in New Orleans, which was a real treat and a...
This set of images of the extraordinary artist Geoff McFetridge were made to illustrate a story on his collaboration with Heath Ceramics and L.A. Studio Director Adam Silverman that is part of the current Pacific Standard Time shows and events in LA.
I was familiar with his work from blogs, magazines, Beautiful Losers and the Virgin Suicides but seeing the prints,...
When I was asked to photograph some of the most handsome men in the country for a story on these new poses, I dived into the web and quickly discovered that the ‘Leisure Dive’, ‘Owling’, ‘Batmaning’ and ‘The Thinker’ have each become icons. Each of these fun fads are lovingly documented on their own websites dedicated to sharing the phenomenon....
His show and irreverent take on mans need for god in Religiosity has made me a huge fan. It is always a little nerve racking meeting your heroes because they can be such a let down, but Bill was a blast. Sharp as a razor and with the brightest of sparkles in his eyes he made this short sitting both...
I haven’t seen the remake of this classic yet, but was thrilled when BlackBook asked me to do their double cover with the two stars of the film. The reason that they wanted a double cover was to celebrate their fifteen year anniversary, so Happy Birthday BlackBook!
It’s a great pleasure and privilege to have my first cover for The Hollywood Reporter in it’s new weekly format.
The Hollywood Reporter is eighty one years old this year, so it’s been around for almost as long as the historic Warner Bros studio complex where The Voice is currently being recorded for NBC, and where these shots were taken. The...
When I was a kid growing up in the south of England you could just wander and wonder amongst the mystical stones on the wide open space of Salisbury Plain. Not any more. Today millions of people flock to the site every year, and not all of them with good intentions, necessitating fences that keep everyone hundreds of feet back...
Steven Tyler, self proclaimed Demon of Screamin’, is as much fun to photograph as you’d imagine, and he’s living life as large as you’d expect. As well as starring on Idol, he has just published his memoirs and released a solo single, not bad for a man closing in on the age immortalized by the Beatles song, “When I’m Sixty...
I recently met Delilah Montagu, a British signer and song writer of incredible talent, while she was in LA. She played some of her songs at a showcase, and I was so blown away I wanted to make a little clip to be able to share her talent. She started playing at three, before she even went to kindergarten. In...
Jonathan Quick and Anze Kopitar on ice. I had just five minutes with each of these amazing athletes on the practice rink down at the Toyota Center by the airport, and we had just ten minutes before they arrived to set up all our lights and background on the ice. Jobs like this make me so proud of my team, lightening...
Nicki Minaj exploded into the music industry with amazing performances and collaborations over the last year, defining a whole new attitude of empowerment and dynamism in the process.
Working with Cindy is always an absolute joy, she is the consummate professional and the perfect dancing partner in the picture making process. I also love working in black and white, so this shoot for Futureclaw was a real dream day out for me.
Dr Vahedi’s tale is spine chilling in so many ways. The seventy seven year old Los Angeleno made a two week trip to his native Iran to visit his parents final resting place, but became trapped in months of terrifying Kafkaesque entanglements with the Iranian secret police, and was forced to flee overland to avoid being jailed for not paying...
The main reason I moved to California is because I find its beauty spell binding, irresistible and essential. This years La Nina weather pattern has added an interesting new dimension, filling our usually beautiful clear Los Angeles skies with layers of storm clouds. We even got the Pineapple Express, a very rare weather anomaly, that brought a constant stream of thick...
A selection of the shots from the new Do You Flip? campaign from Bird Design.
Geoffrey Rush has been one of my favorite actors since his Oscar winning role as David Helfgott in Shine, but as all photographers know, not all your heroes turn out to be as you hope. However, when one does, and a truely extraordinary actor really gives himself to the simple act of sitting for a still camera, the joy you feel at...
I was absolutely delighted when the LA Times Magazine asked me to shoot the amazing Troupe Vertigo group for them. I’d been aware of the LA based group and their work for a couple of years through Rick Frey at the CW, but had never had the chance to see them. After spending a day in the studio with them...
Long known to TV watchers for her roles in Family Guy and That 70′s Show amongst others, Mila has recently been setting the big screen alight with string of incredible performances, none more beguiling than her role as the freewheeling Lily in the incredible Black Swan. Mila is mesmerizing through the camera, sexy, sensual, funny, and present in the best...