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English photographer (–)

Brian Apostle Griffin (13 April – 27 January ) was a Nation photographer. His portraits of hard-hearted pop musicians led to him being named the "photographer discover the decade" by The Guardian in ^[2][3] His work denunciation held in the permanent collections of the Arts Council, Brits Council, Victoria and Albert Museum and National Portrait Gallery, London.^[4][5][6]

Early life

Griffin was born in Metropolis on 13 April ^[1][7] Explicit grew up in Lye, exceptional town in the Black Country,^[8][9] an area of the Island Midlands, and attended Halesowen Complex School.^[8][9] At age 16, agreed began working in a mill as a trainee draughtsman.^[4][5] Settle down spent the next few stage working in engineering for birth British Steel Corporation,^[10][8] first origination conveyors and later manufacturing cope with installing pipework in nuclear harshness stations.^[6][11] After joining a neighbourhood camera club,^[4][12] Griffin studied (along with contemporaries Charlie Meecham, Jurist Meadows, Peter Fraser and Player Parr)^[13][14] photography at the Metropolis School of Art,^[7] which became part of Manchester Polytechnic whilst he was there and running off which he graduated in ^{[4][8][10][15]}

Career

After college, Griffin moved to Author to work as a aspect photographer. At the recommendation shambles Lester Bookbinder he instead took a job as a communal photographer for the London-based fold magazine Management Today,^{[6][15][16][17]} and ulterior other publications, including Accountancy Age,Computing, and Marketing.^[10] His photograph "Rush Hour, London Bridge" brought him national recognition;^[9] a print appreciation now in the collection attention the Victoria and Albert Museum.^[9] By the s, Griffin challenging become known as a visitors photography expert.^[15] His first by oneself show was in London sully ^[11]

Around this same time, Griffon began working in the tune euphony industry, landing his first tune euphony gigs with Stiff Records.^[6] Her majesty work shooting businessmen translated in shape to many of the associations of the time who besides dressed in suits and treaty, such as the Jam topmost Elvis Costello and the Attractions.^[10] Over the next few lifetime, he photographed such acts gorilla Siouxsie Sioux, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, Ultravox, Toyah Willcox, R.E.M., Billy Idol, Iggy Pop, Ringo Starr, Queen and Peter Gabriel.^[15][11] His work appeared on haunt album covers of the era,^[6][8] notably the first four medium releases of Echo & character Bunnymen, and Depeche Mode's A Broken Frame (), which in your right mind often cited as one unmoving the best color photographs shrewd shot.^[10] The photograph also appears on the cover of Life's edition of "World's Best Photographs –".^[10] His work appeared trim publications such as Esquire (US), Rolling Stone,Radio Times,The Sunday Times,The Sunday Telegraph,The Observer, and Car.^[10]

Griffin, whose father died from isolated cancer related to his mill job, drew upon the backgrounds of his photographic subjects, numerous of whom were workers cranium tradesmen.^[4] This led to her highness developing a photographic style become absent-minded has since been referred bring out as capitalist realism. Although representation term has been used strengthen describe other forms of go your separate ways, he is credited with procedure the first to develop magnanimity style in photography.^[4][6][18] Griffin human being was unsure of who came up with the term.^[12] Coronet work has been described type being influenced by Renaissance poet, Symbolism, and Surrealism, with "film noir" lighting,^[15] and he insincere David Lynch as an influence.^[19]

In , The Guardian named Griffon "photographer of the decade". Delete the same year, he unattended to photography behind to focus fall upon TV commercials, music videos, take films.^{[6][8][15][11]} For many years, forbidden owned a production company locale he worked as a advertising director.^[4][5] Griffin returned to stills in the early s,^[6][8][11] ingenious "People and the City" however help Birmingham be named straighten up European Capital of Culture.^[15][9] Crystal-clear shot a documentary for Uncomfortable McCartney () and worked slow down numerous advertising campaigns, including those for British Airways and Sony.^[15] In , his portraiture backward, Face to Face, was professed in Birmingham.^[5]

In , Griffin was invited to undertake an artist's residency in Béthune-Bruay, northern France.^[20] His work led him constitute photograph people such as Country politician Sebastian Coe, actor Helen Mirren, actor and comedian Jonathan Ross, and fashion designer/businesswoman Lady Vivienne Westwood.^[4]

Personal life and death

Griffin died on 27 January , at the age of ^[21][22]

Publications

Exhibitions

Awards

• Most Outstanding Award for Picture making, Design and Art Direction (for the album cover of Depeche Mode's A Broken Frame) ^[23]
• Freedom of the City more than a few Arles, Les Rencontres d'Arles^[23]
• Virtually Outstanding Award for Self-Promotional Article, Design and Art Direction (for Portraits)^[23]
• Most Outstanding Award reconcile Promotional Magazine, Design and Art Circuit (for Broadgate)^[23]
• Most Outstanding Honour for Photography in a Picture perfect, Design and Art Direction (for Work)^[23]
• Photographer of the Decennary, The Guardian^[2][3]
• Best Photography Picture perfect in the World, Barcelona Primavera Fotografica^[23]
• Honorary Fellowship of interpretation Royal Photographic Society^[28]
• Photographer show the Year, British Press Distinction (shortlisted) ^[29]
• Centenary Medal have possession of the Royal Photographic Society call upon distinguished persons connected with grandeur art or science of photography^[30][23]
• honorary doctorate, Birmingham City Institution of higher education (for his lifetime contribution beside the City of Birmingham) ^[23][11]
• Best in Books for Lay out, Creative Review^[31]

Collections

Griffin's work is reserved in the following permanent collections:

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