Chris Floyd (photographer) explained
Chris Floyd (born 1968) is a British photographer based in London.[1] [2] He is known chiefly for his celebrity portraiture and reportage, beginning with the Britpop music scene in the 1990s. He also works with fashion[3] and advertising photography and film. In 2011, he exhibited his series of 140 portraits of Twitter users.
Life and work
Floyd was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.[2] He started taking photographs when he was 14 and in 1988 completed a BTec Photography course. He moved to London in 1990 and pursued a career in photography.[2] As a young photographer, he took photographs of The Orb, which appeared in the music magazine Select.[4] In 1994, Floyd started working for Loaded as well as The Face and Dazed & Confused magazines.[5] His photography in this period is strongly associated with the era of Britpop.[5]
His work has been published in The Sunday Times Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, American and British Esquire, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Harpers Bazaar, GQ, Wallpaper* and Guardian Weekend.
He was selected for the National Portrait Gallery, London's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize in 2008[2] [6] and 2013.
In 2011, he exhibited his series of 140 portraits of Twitter users, One Hundred and Forty Characters.[2] [7] [8] [9]
Publications
Publications by Floyd
- The Verve: Photographs By Chris Floyd. London: Reel Art, 2017. Edited by Dave Brolan. .
Publications with contributions by Floyd
- Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained. Oxford: Focal, 2014. By Grant Scott. . With contributions from Floyd, Alicia Bruce, Peter Dench, Niall McDiarmid and Jim Mortram.
- Great Britons of Photography Vol.1: The Dench Dozen. Eastbourne, UK: Hungry Eye, 2016. . Edited by Peter Dench. With photographs by and transcripts of interviews between Dench and Floyd, Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Marcus Bleasdale, Harry Borden, John Bulmer, Brian Griffin, Laura Pannack, Martin Parr, Tom Stoddart, Homer Sykes, and Anastasia Taylor-Lind. 160 pages. Edition of 500 copies.
Collections
14 prints (as of January 2019)[2] [4]
Notes and References
- News: Interview by Dale Berning. Sawa. 2019-01-21. Chris Floyd's best photograph: the Verve meet Dorothy, the Tin Man and Scarecrow. The Guardian. 31 January 2018. 0261-3077. www.theguardian.com.
- News: 2019-01-21. Chris Floyd Q&A. 12 June 2012. 0307-1235. The Daily Telegraph.
- News: Sally. Desmond. 2019-01-21. 'Sheer nepotism': Brooklyn Beckham Burberry shoot angers photographers. The Guardian. 30 January 2016. 0261-3077. www.theguardian.com.
- Web site: 2019-01-21. Chris Floyd. National Portrait Gallery.
- Web site: Amelia. Abraham. 2019-01-21. Shit Pubs, 'Loaded' and the Gallagher Brothers: Chris Floyd Shot the Height of Britpop. 18 December 2014.
- Web site: 2019-01-21. National Portrait Gallery - Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. National Portrait Gallery.
- News: Portraits of my favourite tweeters – in pictures. 22 April 2013. The Guardian. 31 October 2011.
- Web site: Wallpaper*. Magazine. 2019-01-21. Wallpaper* Tweet Life project by Chris Floyd. 3 October 2011. Wallpaper*.
- News: Phil. Coomes. 2019-01-21. One Hundred & Forty Characters. 2 November 2011. www.bbc.co.uk.