In the 1970's Carinthia West was an actress and journalist and in her spare time she photographed many of her friends. In that era they turned out to be some of the most famous musicians, actors and musicians. West's work is viewed as extremely intimate and it shows a private side of the celebrities that is often hidden and secluded from the public eye.
Carinthia describes how she remembers her great-grandmother being a very keen photographer and how when she was 9 years old she received a little plastic camera. In the early 1970's however, West received a Canon EF which was a 35mm film camera. She toyed around with exposures as she took photos of her friends.
Rupert Truman
A collage of Truman’s work.
Truman claims that he's "been taking photos for as long as I remember" and that when he was a teenager he had a passion for black and white photography.
Truman completed a degree in geology, however realized that he wanted to pursue his true passion - photography. He later began working with Storm Thorgerson and later when he passed away, became one of the three individuals who storm left his studio for.
A lot of Truman's work is conceptual album covers that feature multiple indexical meanings that the viewers need to analyse to be able to interpret. Him and Storm Studios have created album covers for artists such as Pink Floyd, Muse, Biffy Clyro, The Steve Miller Band, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Pendulum, The Cranberries, The Mars Volta, Alan Parsons.
Mike McCartney
A collage of some of Mike McCartney’s work.
Mike McCartney is a known as a rock photographer, who was known to take photos of his older brother Paul McCartney and his band: The Beatles. Mike particularly liked taking photos with a flash gun and gained the nickname "Flash Harry". Mike has released multiple books of photos he's taken of The Beatles and he also took the photo of Paul McCartney's album cover for Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.
