The Guardian’s Picture of the Day: Aretha Franklin in 1969 by Walter Iooss

03/25/2013 – 4:58 pm

Today is Aretha Frankin‘s birthday, and to mark the occasion, The Guardian chose this photo of the Queen of Soul—taken by Walter Iooss in 1969—as the Picture of the Day. Happy birthday, Aretha! . . .

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Matthias Clamer re-creates classic album covers—from Beyoncé to Devo—with 14 pro athletes for ESPN The Magazine

02/12/2013 – 8:34 am

ESPN The Magazine recently commissioned Matthias Clamer to collaborate on a portfolio for their Music Issue, on newsstands now, comprising a series of portraits re-creating classic album covers—by artists ranging from Beyoncé to Devo—using pro athletes. Talk about a fun assignment! To prepare, Matthias purchased a suitcase’s worth of books on iconic album art and brought […]

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Michael Muller directs music video for OneRepublic’s new single, “If I Lose Myself”

02/05/2013 – 1:19 pm

Michael Muller directed the music video “If I Lose Myself,” the first single off the new album by pop-rock Interscope band OneRepublic, and it’s “a jubilant, vibrant thing, a clip that celebrates the endless possibilities of a Saturday night, the unbridled spirit of youth and the power of a really killer party,” says MTV.com. Here’s […]

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Jeff Lipsky shoots cover art for Grammy-winning country act Lady Antebellum

12/21/2012 – 8:26 am

Jeff Lipsky is known for the feel-good vibe of his shoots, but his recent session with chart-topping country trio Lady Antebellum—shooting the packaging for their new holiday album, On This Winter’s Night—was even more cheerful than usual. The band had won the Grammy for Country Album of the Year the night before the shoot and […]

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Russ O’Connell, picture director of British music magazine Q, on Matthias Clamer’s portraits of the Darkness, Wayne Coyne, and the XX

10/10/2012 – 8:14 am

Matthias Clamer has been shooting for Q magazine for a number of years. “He is my go-to guy in New York for stunning high-level portraiture,” says Russ O’Connell, Q’s picture director. “One of the great things about working with him is that I can quite happily leave him to his own interpretation of the brief. […]

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The Darkness by Matthias Clamer

08/24/2012 – 7:41 am

Matthias Clamer recently photographed the Darkness—who just released their new album, Hot Cakes—in New Orleans, where the glam-rock band was in town to play a gig. “We shot in the French Quarter a few hours before their show. I hired a horse-drawn carriage because I thought it suits them,” says Matthias, who last photographed the […]

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Nino Muñoz shoots the cover for Alicia Keys’ new album, “Girl on Fire”

08/23/2012 – 1:06 pm

Grammy-winning superstar Alicia Keys has just revealed the cover of her hotly anticipated new album, Girl on Fire, and we’re proud to note that it was photographed by our own Nino Muñoz. Keys unveiled the cover to her fans earlier today, posting it to her Twitter and Facebook pages, and it’s been rapidly making its […]

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Gallery: Musicians by Matthias Clamer

05/13/2011 – 9:33 am

Matthias Clamer isn’t a music photographer per se, but he does get commissioned an awful lot to shoot bands and musicians from all the major genres, including hip-hop, metal, rock, indie, pop, electronic, and punk. Maybe it’s because his style of photography—vivid, dynamic, sometimes quirky, often impish—elevates even something as ordinary as a band portrait […]

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Image of the Day: Nicki Minaj by Matthew Rolston

02/23/2011 – 1:08 pm

. Trinidadian hip-hop star Nicki Minaj has otherwordly style—she has described herself as a Harajuku Barbie—a hot debut album (Pink Friday, which features appearances by Eminem, will.i.am, Drake, and Kanye West), and a fanbase so ardent that Minaj often finds herself being asked to autograph their, uh, bosoms. Matthew Rolston recently captured the many faces […]

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