John Midgley to speak at See Change conference tomorrow

May 15, 2012 – 1:57 pm

. The 2012 See Change conference kicks off tonight in Minneapolis, an event “intended for curious creatives to refresh their talents with innovative ideas and imagery.” And our own John Midgley will be among the speakers presenting at the conference tomorrow, along with legendary art director George Lois, photographer Tim Mantoani, and design firm Aesthetic [...]

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John Midgley channels Elsa Schiaparelli for Gotham magazine

April 13, 2012 – 7:55 am

The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art here in New York has mounted an exhibition inspired by a pair of fashion legends, Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli, and dreamed up in part by movie director Baz Luhrmann, who served as creative consultant. The show, “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations,” which opens May 10, [...]

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Tonight in New York: John Midgley speaks on “Journeys of Fiction and Fantasy” as part of APA/NY’s Image Makers Lecture Series

March 19, 2012 – 10:06 am

Photographer and charming raconteur John Midgley will be appearing at the Apple store on West 14th Street tonight, giving a presentation on “Memory: Journeys of Fiction and Fantasy.” The free event, scheduled for 7 to 8, is part of the APA|NY’s Image Makers Lecture Series and will be followed by drinks at the 675 Bar [...]

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New work: John Midgley shoots Olympics-themed vitaminwater campaign for Droga5

March 9, 2012 – 2:38 pm

The Olympics are coming up soon, and the big ad campaigns pegged to the Games are starting to make their debut. Including this campaign for vitaminwater, shot by John Midgley for Droga5. “They wanted a whimsical take on Olympic events,” explains John, who shot the locations in Los Angeles, London, and New York and the [...]

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A Week of Fashion: John Midgley

March 8, 2012 – 8:46 am

. . More John Midgley here. Previously: A Week of Fashion: Nino Muñoz A Week of Fashion: Erik Madigan Heck A Week of Fashion: Liz Von Hoene . .

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Arts blog interviews fashion and portrait photographer John Midgley

February 24, 2012 – 8:41 am

The blog NOMIO—which covers art, photography, fashion, music, and film—recently featured an interview with John Midgley that spans his fine-art influences (inspired by boyhood visits to the Louvre), the notion of how people perceive their mom, his racy Cyber Sentinel ad campaign, and his plans to personally rebuild the staircase in his Brooklyn brownstone (go, [...]

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New work: John Midgley for Dutch men’s magazine JFK

December 16, 2011 – 10:13 am

John Midgley shot a rather smart-looking fashion story in crisp black & white for the December issue of Dutch men’s magazine JFK, on stands now. Here’s a look: .

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John Midgley and Jan Steinhilber honored by AOP Photographers Awards

October 11, 2011 – 7:59 am

Britain’s AOP (Association of Photographers) announced the winners of its 28th annual Photographers Awards, and we’re pleased to congratulate honorees John Midgley and Jan Steinhilber. John was awarded in two categories: Commissioned Advertising Single, for his portrait of Oscar-winning actor John Lithgow, and Commissioned Editorial Series, for his portraits of NYC artisans for Men’s Journal. [...]

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PDN Photo of the Day: John Midgley’s Brooklyn Circus project

September 13, 2011 – 10:24 am

. Hooray for John Midgley! PDN featured his Brooklyn Circus project as its Photo of the Day yesterday. . .

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Highlights from other photo blogs

August 31, 2011 – 8:02 am

The summer’s been a bit slow, so I haven’t done one of these roundups in a while. Here’s a look at some highlights from other photo blogs over the last couple of weeks: . . Sean O’Hagan of The Guardian penned a thought-provoking column on rock stars and photography asserting that “photography has often spoken [...]

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