Northerners
It was a wonderful surprise to see my portraits of the late, great David Warner appear twice in the newly released Tron: Ares — once as a framed painting within a pivotal office scene, and again as part of an onscreen newscast montage. To witness Warner resurrected, recognised, and woven into the visual language of the film was deeply moving.
Read MoreInviting former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair to sit for a portrait in London was a remarkable opportunity. Serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007, he was the third former leader I have photographed—an exciting and significant moment in my ongoing work documenting contemporary political history.
Read MoreFor decades, Warner had famously declined professional portrait sittings, the last of which was with the legendary Cecil Beaton in 1965 when he was just twenty-four. By the time I approached him for my Northerners portrait series, he was seventy-two — a master actor whose presence had only deepened with time.
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