Tony Briggs (photographer)

Tony Briggs

Tony Briggs
Born Sunderland, England, UK
Occupation Photographer, Director

Tony Briggs is an award winning British photographer best known for his celebrity photography, especially in the comedy genre, his music photography from the Brit Pop era and his Men's Fashion and Portrait work throughout the 1990s. Originally from Sunderland, Tony moved to London after leaving Newcastle College of Arts & Technology in 1985, where after a short contract shooting for the BBC he began working as a freelance photographer.

Career

Briggs has been a photographer and a director for over 25 years.[1] He spent most of his early career working for London record companies; Acid Jazz, Go! Discs, MCA and the London style magazines; i-D magazine, working under then picture editor Nick Knight, The Face and Dazed & Confused, and shot the first major fashion stories for Loaded magazine. He is accredited to be one of the first photographers to shoot Kate Moss when she was just 17 years old for The Face magazine in 1992.[2] He is also credited as shooting the first sessions for Sacha Baron Cohen, Bill Bailey and Jimmy Carr. He has shot Ricky Gervais, Karl Pilkington for The Asylum,[3] Reginald D Hunter, Frankie Boyle, Jason Bryne, Jack Whitehall, Alfie Moore, Alan Davies, Stephen Fry, Steve Furst, Dom Jolly, Micky Flanagan, Al Murray, Sean Lock, John Shuttleworth, Simon Day, Daniel Kitson, Alexander Armstrong, Dylan Moran, Rhod Gilbert, Katy Brand and Lee Hurst. His photos have been used as the basis for comedy tour posters for Alan Davies' Life is Pain tour, Bill Bailey's Tinselworm tour, Micky Flanagan's The Out and Out tour and Frankie Boyle's The Last Days of Sodom tour.[4]

He has worked with Paul Weller, Liam and Noel Gallagher, Portishead and Ocean Colour Scene. Briggs was Ocean Colour Scene's official photographer for MCA Universal Music from 1994 to 1999 shooting both the albums covers of Moseley Shoals and Marchin Already albums and the singles River Boat Song You've Got It Bad, The Day We Caught the Train, The Circle, Hundred Mile High City, Better Day, Travellers Tune and Beautiful Thing featuring PP Arnold. He also directed the promo videos for the remixed Hundred Mile High City, Better Day and It's a Beautiful Thing. He also photographed the bands later albums One for the Road and on the Leyline, also directing the promo video for I Told You So.

During the last decade Tony has shot many of the United Kingdom's best known chefs to include Heston Blumenthal, Antonio Carluccio, Omar Allibhoy, Gok Wan and Raymond Blanc.

In 2009 Tony Briggs shot Keira Knightley for Woman's Aid domestic violence campaign.[5]

In 2010 Tony Briggs featured in a commercial for Carl Zeiss AG.[6] and his photographs were the basis for the multi-award-winning National Drugs Helpline print campaign to educate club goers to the dangers of drugs.[7]

In 2014 A concise review of Tony Briggs work on HEIST on-line[8]

Exhibitions

Publications

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Camera Press Profile". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kate Moss Haute Coffiure The FACE Magazine". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ricky Gervias The Asylum 2010". Tumblr. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Comedy Tour Posters with Tony Briggs Photography". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Keira Knightley Woman's Aid". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Carl Zeiss Commercial". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "National Drugs Helpline". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Heist on-line". Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "http://souldriver.co.uk/".
  10. ↑ "http://www.blacksclub.com". External link in |title= (help);
  11. ↑ "Ocean Colour Scene Soul Driver book". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "http://www.kastnerandpartners.co.uk/news/2015/11/9/your-own-soho-launch-party". External link in |title= (help);
  13. ↑ "Tony Briggs Press Articles". Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Tony Briggs". Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Keira Knightley Woman's Aid". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
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