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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What creatives want in a stills-and-motion photog. Plus: John Midgley on shooting motion for Wired.

April 8, 2011 – 8:10 am

If you’re a photographer interested in marketing your motion work, check out the May issue of PDN. For the feature “How Creatives Hire Photographers for Video Assignments,” PDN editor Holly Hughes and executive editor David Walker interviewed art directors and photo editors about what they look for when considering someone for a stills-and-motion gig. Among [...]

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John Midgley and Ouigi Theodore on their ever-expanding Brooklyn Circus portraits project

October 22, 2010 – 10:26 am

Last summer, John Midgley did a portrait project on The Brooklyn Circus, a unique boutique and lifestyle brand headquartered a few blocks from his Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, home. (This past summer, Esquire named it a “brand to watch.”) This year, he’s expanded the project with two new shoots: one in two different Brooklyn settings and [...]

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John Midgley on the merits of taking lonely journeys, and how fine art shaped his photography and cinematography

June 21, 2010 – 10:58 am

John Midgley shoots a really wide variety of work—from impeccable car campaigns to mysterious fashion stories, plus celebrity portraits—and he works with his wife, the director Eva Midgley, as DP on her films. But no matter what the project, his affinity for fine art always seems to shine through. It’s just part of who he [...]

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A peek at “Peep Show”

January 14, 2010 – 10:36 am

.. .. As I mentioned on Tuesday, John Midgley’s exhibition “Rapture” opens tonight from 8 to 10 at ION Studio, and at 8, there will be a screening of Erotic Moments, an award-winning series of seven short films directed by Eva Midgley, John’s wife and longtime collaborator. But earlier in the evening, there will be [...]

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“Rapture” is coming (viewer discretion is advised)

January 12, 2010 – 9:40 am

.. If you’re in Soho this Thursday night, stop by ION Studio. An exhibition of new fine-art photographs by John Midgley will be opening, and it promises to be a show that you won’t soon forget. “Rapture” is about “luxuriating in the darker side of sexuality,” explains John, who created the images for the high-end [...]

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