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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Whose side are you on: 15 portraits shot in profile

August 12, 2011 – 2:34 pm

. Portraits in which the subject meets the photographer’s gaze are justifiably the norm, but there’s plenty to be said for shooting a profile view. You feel somehow that the photographer is letting you in on something—something that subjects themselves may not be aware of at the time… .

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Star power: 14 great celebrity portraits

August 9, 2011 – 2:01 pm

. Bill, Maureen, and the rest of the team at Stockland Martel hosted our annual Hollywood East Cocktail Party a couple of weeks ago, as a way to personally thank our clients in the entertainment industry here on the East Coast. The event, which was attended by photo editors, art buyers, and creatives, was held [...]

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Corbis Silver Iris Competition honors John Midgley’s Brooklyn Circus project

August 8, 2011 – 1:46 pm

. John Midgley and his Brooklyn Circus project were honored in the 2011 Silver Iris Competition, sponsored by Corbis and Creative Review. The brief for the contest was “Urbanization,” and the judges were looking for “imagery inspired by the common consciousness of urban dwellers” as well as “the personality of the city itself.” John was [...]

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Brooklyn Circus…the movie?

July 20, 2011 – 1:26 pm

. John Midgley has teamed up with Ouigi “The Bearded Man” Theodore and The Brooklyn Circus once again, this time for a short film directed by Eva Midgley, John’s wife. The cast of the movie, for which John is serving as director of photography, includes jugglers and burlesque performers, and the wardrobe is by the [...]

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John Midgley reflects on photographing theoretical physicist Brian Greene

June 29, 2011 – 7:29 am

When Men’s Journal commissioned John Midgley to photograph Brian Greene—theoretical physicist and author of The Elegant Universe—for its July issue, John used the opportunity to try an idea that he’d been kicking around for a long time. I’ll let John, who worked with Men’s Journal director of photography Michelle Wolf and creative director Benjamin Purvis, [...]

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John Midgley and AMV BBDO team up for startling ad campaign (updated)

May 6, 2011 – 8:46 am

AMV BBDO in London recently commissioned John Midgley to shoot a campaign for CyberSentinel, a U.K. company whose software allows parents to block pornographic websites and supervise their children’s Internet use. To illustrate the tagline—”How close are your children to seeing pornography?”—the concept was for the photos to show kids in a relatable and safe [...]

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