Gered Mankowits (late)

I choose Gered Mankowits because I like the way he photographs and documents his musicians portrait and environment wise.  I want to photograph my subjects in similar style he photographs his musicians.  His work that inspires me the most is two sections his Musicians Work and his Room of My Own work.  He has studio shoots, people in rooms, and musicians playing their instruments.  I like how he gives insight to different areas of his subjects lives and that is similar to what I want to do with my subjects.  He usually always inspiration to my work also because he is my favorite photographer I just am fascinated by the way he captures his subjects in different ways.

Gered Mankowits was born in London, England in 1946.  He quit school at 15 and decided to pick up photography afterward being inspired by actor Peter Sellers.  In 1962 he moved barbados and started taking photographs as professional.  He eventually went back to london shot American Play that was musical called Fiorello.  His pictures were put up in the display of the theatre and became youngest photographer to have his photos to be used in that way.  In 1963 he started photographing in the music industry and opened up his own studio.  In 1965 his career started to get big and went on tour with the Rolling Stones as their main photographer shooting them on and off stage.  After that photographed several other big musicians.  After that over time started working the advertising industry also.  Froom 1992 to 1994 he had body of work The Entertainers show in at three big galleries.  From 2000 on he had several exhibitions including one with legendary Beatles photographer Robert Freeman.  He still to this day works in music industry and has published a number of books with his work. In 2007 he went to Cornwall in England and now teaches at University College Falmouth and works on his own projects on the side.  He has had several exhibitions from 1982 to 2010.

There is nothing specifically qoute from him.  I just want to give insight of who i photograph by photographing different aspects of them in such a way that Gered did with his musicians.

http://www.mankowitz.com/- His main site
http://www.suziquatro.com/news.htm - Includes small review of Gered at the bottom of the site
http://www.nme.com/video/bcid/490946892001/search/NME + interview with Gered
Has no one specifically represtenting him currently