Tyler Shields Explained

Tyler Shields
Birth Place:Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Birth Date:1982 4, mf=yes

Tyler Shields (born April 29, 1982[1]) is an American photographer,[2] screenwriter, director, and former professional inline skater. Shields is known for his provocative photography involving violence and danger.

Shields gained additional notoriety in June 2017 for a photo of comedian Kathy Griffin holding a prop that looked like Donald Trump's severed head.

Life and career

Shields was born in Jacksonville, Florida.[3]

Inline skating

Shields competed professionally as a vert inline skater. He participated in the 1999 and 2000 X Games and toured with Tony Hawk in 2003.[4] [5] [6]

Photography

Shields credits Fraser Kee Scott of A Gallery with discovering him, stating, "I have a lot of friends that are Scientologists ... Fraser [Kee Scott], the guy who runs that gallery, he found me back in the MySpace days. He is a very, very fucking smart guy and he has a great eye for things. He worked at my last gallery and to my knowledge he wasn't promoting Scientology to anybody, he was trying to sell art."[7]

In August 2009, Shields participated in a photoshoot with The Vampire Diaries cast members Nina Dobrev, Candice Accola, Kayla Ewell and Sara Canning at Rumble Road Bridge, Smarr, Georgia.[8] The group was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after reports from the public sighted some of the members hanging off the bridge.[9] [10] [11]

Shields has exhibited several series of photographs. In January 2016, Vanity Fair featured some of Shields' photographs of Colton Haynes and Emily Bett.[12] Shields' series "Historical Fiction" [2015] featured a black man hanging a KKK member.[13] The series covered events such as the deaths of James Dean, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Marilyn Monroe; the first men on the moon; and the break-up of The Beatles.[14] In his 2014 series Provocateur, he had an alligator biting a crocodile bag.[15] Another photograph from this series, Three Witches, was included as part of the Sotheby's auction in London.[16] His photograph "Bunny" was featured in the Phillip's London auction.[17]

Some observers, including Henry Leutwyler, art critic Paddy Johnson,[18] and writer/photographer Jamie Lee Curtis Taete, have said that Tyler Shields takes other artists' concepts and passes them off as his own.[19]

Tyler Shields has written two books of photography. His first photography book, The Dirty Side of Glamour, was released in November 2013 and published by Harper Collins' subsidiary Dey Street Books.[20] His second book, Provocateur, was published in January 2017.[21]

Shields' work often involves images of violence and danger.[22] He collected blood from 20 celebrities to make a piece of art for his Life Is Not a Fairytale exhibit in Los Angeles[23] and also photographed Lindsay Lohan as a vampire for that exhibit.[24] In 2010, Shields photographed Lohan in studio portraits brandishing a gun.[25] Shields was criticized for a photoshoot with Glee star Heather Morris with a bruised eye as making light of abusive treatment of women.[26] His oeuvre has been criticized as copying other photographers' work.[2] [27] In 2017, Shields' photograph of Kathy Griffin holding a "bloody head resembling" U.S. President Donald Trump's face caused an uproar, causing both Donald Trump Jr. and Chelsea Clinton to denounce the act.[28] Griffin later criticized Shields for refusing to grant her the photograph's copyright, as well as the comparatively minor amount of public criticism experienced by Shields compared to herself, which Griffin attributed to sexism.[29]

In 2010, Shields was brought on as a co-founder and photography editor by The Printed Blog.[30]

Filmmaking

On December 15, 2014, Shields' script The Wild Ones was featured in the Black List, an annual list of the most well-liked unproduced screenplays.[31] [32] Shields directed the 2015 action thriller film Final Girl, which starred Abigail Breslin.[33]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chromatic by Tyler Shields . Jacopo Nuvolari . 1883 Magazine . GlamStyle . 5 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Taete. Jamie Lee Curtis. Is Celebrity Photographer Tyler Shields Inspired, Or Copying Other Artists?. Vice. June 1, 2017. January 15, 2016.
  3. Web site: Francesca Eastwood & Tyler Shields. May 20, 2012. The Daily Truffle. June 30, 2016.
  4. News: Clark. Ryan F.. Hawk Still Stoked Over Tricks Of Trade. June 11, 2012. Orlando Sentinel. January 11, 2003.
  5. Web site: The 1999 ASA Pro Tour jams N2 Ontario CA. N2inline.Com. June 11, 2012. June 3, 1999.
  6. News: Tomalin. Terry. Edgy sport keeps generation in-line. St. Petersburg Times. June 11, 2012. May 19, 2000.
  7. Web site: What's Lindsay Lohan Doing With That Knife?: A Q&A With Tyler Shields, Young Hollywood's Hottest and Most Twisted Photographer . Ann Binlot . 12 August 2011 . Blouin Artinfo. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927103222/http://www.blouinartinfo.com/features/article/38260-whats-lindsay-lohan-doing-with-that-knife-a-qa-with-tyler-shields-young-hollywoods-hottest-and-most-twisted-photographer. 27 September 2013 . Blouin Media . 5 July 2013.
  8. Web site: 'Vamp Diaries' Chicks Busted for Being Flash Mob . 2022-06-19 . TMZ . en.
  9. Web site: TV Starlets Behind Bars . 2022-06-19 . The Smoking Gun . en.
  10. News: Matteucci . Megan . Vampire Diaries' stars arrested in Ga. . English . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . 2022-06-20 . 1539-7459.
  11. Web site: 2010-07-21 . TV Starlets Behind Bars . 2022-06-19 . The Smoking Gun . en.
  12. Web site: Rich. Katey. Exclusive: Colton Haynes Dons Drag with Emily Bett Rickards. www.vanityfair.com. Vanity Fair. June 24, 2016. January 14, 2016.
  13. Web site: A Black Man Hangs a White Supremacist: Tyler Shields's Charged Photography. Justin. Jones. . 13 May 2015. 25 November 2016.
  14. Web site: Historical Fiction by Tyler Shields – Our World – Hasselblad. 25 November 2016.
  15. Web site: Alligator Takes A Big Bite Out Of $100,000 Crocodile Birkin Bag. Carly Ledbetter Huffington Post Entertainment. Writer. . 15 May 2014. 25 November 2016.
  16. Web site: shields tyler 'three witches' 2014 – fashion – sotheby's l16780lot8zydzen.
  17. Web site: PHILLIPS : UK040215, TYLER-SHIELDS.
  18. Web site: Johnson . Paddy . Farley . Michael Anthony . Tyler Shields is A Terrible Artist. Kathy Griffin is Just His Accomplice. . ArtFCity . August 10, 2020 . June 1, 2017.
  19. Web site: Is Celebrity Photographer Tyler Shields Inspired, Or Copying Other Artists?.
  20. Web site: Tyler Shields Talks Debut Photo Book 'The Dirty Side of Glamour' (Exclusive Image) . Ashley Lee . . August 2, 2012 . July 13, 2017.
  21. Book: Shields. Tyler. Provocateur: Photographs. 978-1943876297. amazon.com. January 3, 2017 . Glitterati.
  22. News: Tyler Shields: Warhol or Wannabe?. LAWeekly. Lina Lecaro. 10 November 2011. 28 November 2011.
  23. http://www.star-magazine.co.uk/breakingnews/view/29242/Shields-collects-stars-blood-for-artwork/ Shields collects stars' blood for artwork
  24. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\05\10\story_10-5-2011_pg9_8 Lindsay poses as vampire in new Tyler Shields’ exhibit
  25. Oh . Eunice . PHOTO: Lindsay Lohan with Gun to Her Mouth . People.com . 2010-04-29 . 2010-05-26.
  26. News: Heather Morris Poses For Domestic Abuse-Themed Shoot (PHOTOS). Ellie Krupnick. 2 September 2011. 28 November 2011. Huffington Post.
  27. Web site: Leutwyler. Harry. Everyone wants to be successful until they see what it actually takes? (Harry Leutwyler Instagram account). https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/henryleutwyler/949169443509860307 . December 25, 2021 . registration. June 1, 2017. March 26, 2015. @henryleutwyler @thetylershields just for the sake of the argument, this is the original photograph. I find it somehow offensive to attribute yourself the "creation" of it ‼️ #thetylershields.
  28. News: Kathy Griffin: 'I beg for your forgiveness' for gruesome anti-Trump photo shoot . Sandra Gomez. 30 May 2017. 30 May 2017. CNN.
  29. News: Schneller. Johanna. "Kathy Griffin is using her Trump photo controversy to fuel a world tour". May 24, 2018. The Globe and Mail. May 17, 2018.
  30. Web site: 2010-06-19 . After a dark spell, the Printed Blog returns Small Business Blogs Crain's Chicago Business . 2011-05-30 . Chicagobusiness.com.
  31. Web site: Jagernauth. Kevin. Watch: Elizabeth Banks, Daniel Radcliffe, Rian Johnson & More Announce 2014 Black List, Plus Full Ranking Of Scripts. Indiewire. January 10, 2014. December 15, 2014.
  32. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5aQVxhRQ5o' Tyler Shields The Wild Ones
  33. Web site: Witness a Final Girl in Training – Dread Central. 4 August 2015.

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