Sheryl Nields

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Sheryl Nields
Born
NationalityAmerican
Known forPortrait photography
WebsiteCopious Management

Sheryl Nields is an American portrait photographer.[1]

Life[edit]

Nields grew up in Los Angeles, California. She attended Parsons School of Design, and then worked as an assistant to Patrick Demarchelier and Walter Chin.[1] She started photographing musicians and bands. A photograph of Beck appeared in Spin in 1994.[2][3]

Work[edit]

Nields has photographed actors and musicians including Sheryl Crow, Christina Hendricks,[4] Scarlett Johansson,[5] Milla Jovovich,[1] Diane Lane, Tobey Maguire,[6] Prince, Ben Stiller, Charlize Theron[7] and Naomi Watts.[8] Nields was among the thirty-five photographers included by Fergus Greer in The World’s Top Photographers: Portraits in 2004.[9] In 2005 she photographed Carmen Electra for 4 Inches, a fundraising book and auction project for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.[10] A photograph of Jack Black was used for the movie poster for Nacho Libre in 2006.[11] In 2009 she photographed Dita Von Teese for Dita Stripteese, a collection of three striptease flip books.[12][13] For Traummänner at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg in 2011, she photographed a friend in a Spider-Man mask and sweatshirt.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "The Rising Star". American Photo (Mar-Apr 2003): 60–61.
  2. ^ "Contents". Spin. July 1994. p. 5. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Sheryl Nields Interview". United Nations of Photography. November 2012.
  4. ^ "Christina Hendricks – Esquire Photoshoot Sheryl Nields". Men Daily. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Scarlett Johansson: Sheryl Nields". iconolo.gy. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Quiet American". Variety. 390 (8): 8. 7 April 2003 – via EBSCOhost.
  7. ^ "On Set". American Photo. Mar–Apr 2008.
  8. ^ "Sheryl Nields". Annenberg Space for Photography.
  9. ^ "The World's Top Photographers:Portraits". National Gallery of Australia.
  10. ^ "Artnet News: Celebrities Bare All At Christie's Galleries". artnet.com. Artnet Worldwide Corporation. June 13, 2005. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  11. ^ "IMP Awards 2006 Nacho Libre Poster". Internet Movie Poster Awards.
  12. ^ "LA Times Holiday Style Gift Guide from A to Z". Los Angeles Times. 13 December 2009.
  13. ^ "American Striptease". The Daily Beast. 11 Nov 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  14. ^ Kindermann, Angelika (14 March 2011). "Was ist schön, was ideal?". Art Magazin.

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