Ian Davies
Born in Salford, Ian began his career photographing the local bands of the late 1980's and in particular touring with the Happy Mondays. After moving to London in mid 1990's, he went on to develop an impressive portfolio of work by photographing some of the world's leading music and fashion artists, including Bjork, Sir Paul Smith, David Bowie and Jean Paul Gaultier.
His work for the American magazine Raygun and MTV's Blah Blah Blah helped to establish his reputation as one of the most creative and innovative photographers in his field. His "catching the moment" and "hi energy" style of photography has earned him advertising campaigns for MTV, Sony, Marlboro, Carling and fashion campaigns for J.Lindeberg, K-Swiss, Umbro and Levi's amongst many others. His music sleeve art work for Maximo Park and James helped to establish these artists to a global audience and are two of rock music's most memorable album sleeve artwork campaigns.
Ian is also co-founder of Uppror magazine and regularly shoots and collaborates with a new generation of artists within the Music, Fashion, Art and Film industry.
Editorial credits include: Vanity Fair, Arena, GQ, Details, Q, Nylon, iD, Spin, Vibe and Sunday Times.
