photographing sound, artists and motions
Anton Corbijn started his career as a photographer in the 70's with portraits of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel and Joy Division.
It was Corbijn who created the public image of U2 in the 80's and he still continues to shape it.
For more than three decades now he has been taking photos of the greatest artists in the music world, cinema and beyond. This has made Corbijn one of the most influential portrait photographers of today. His work has been exhibited throughout Europe, USA and Japan.
In addition to his vocation as a photographer, Corbijn is also working as a filmmaker and designer, he has authored numerous books, directed music videos and created many album covers.
image: Joy Division ©Anton Corbijn
image: U2 - The Joshua Tree
Death Valley, California, 1986
©Anton Corbijn
U2 & i
by Anton Corbijn
In this sought after title the long history from their first encounter in February 1982 in New Orleans to their April 2004 Lisbon shooting for the most recent U2 album is documented in a wealth of private and official photos with hand-written annotations by the photographer.
U2 & i by Anton Corbijn is the world bestselling title from 2005, hardcover, reduced size, reduced price & special edition. Purchase U2 & i by Anton Corbijn
Control
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Control [DVD]Sam Riley stars as Ian Curtis
also featuring: Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson
director: Anton Corbijn
length: 122 min.
aspect: Widescreen (Enhanced)
soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish
extras: audio commentary, "making of" featurette,
concert footage, music videos, theatrical trailers
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Joy Division
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Joy Division formed during 1976 in Salford, greater Manchester area in the UK by four young men:
Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and
Stephen Morris.
Originally the band was called Warsaw.
Read more at Joy Division - Decades
In Control - a diary
by Anton Corbijn
In Control is an illustrated diary containing photographs, hand-written notes and drawings detailing the creative process around this film through the stages of pre-production and filming to the post-production and the first screenings.
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Anton Corbijn Wiki
Anton Corbijn () (born 20 May 1955) is a photographer and director from Strijen, the Netherlands. He is widely acknowledged by the music industry, mainly for being the creative director of the visual output of prominent bands like Depeche Mode and U2Pitman, Joanna; "The silent partner" TimesOnline.co.uk, 14 February 2005 (Retrieved: 9 July 2009)Mackintosh, Hamish; "Talk Time: Anton Corbijn" Guardian.co.uk, 31 March 2005 (Retrieved: 9 July 2009), having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both for more than a decade."U2 & I" ? audio interview with Anton Corbijn RadioPapesse.org (Retrieved: 9 July 2009) Some of his works include music videos for Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" (1990) and Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" (1993), as well as directing the Ian Curtis biopic Control.Zacharek, Stephanie; "Closer to Joy" Salon.com, 10 October 2007 (Retrieved: 9 July 2009)
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- spirituality spirituality Nov 23, 2009 @ 2:40 am
- Great lens, but you knew that :) Just wanted to remind you that this is featured on the The Netherlands Headquarters
http://www.squidoo.com/groups/Netherlands
It's now transformed into a lensography and I would love it if you could show your appreciation by featuring it here, or lensrolling it or something.
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- onwardfilms onwardfilms Jul 17, 2009 @ 3:59 pm
- I loved your music video doc as well, and how honest you were in talking about your fear during the MYSTERIOUS WAYS film shoot. I use it as a teaching guide in my film class.
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- spirituality spirituality Feb 2, 2009 @ 3:35 am
- This lens would fit my new Lenses about the Netherlands (or people there) perfectly: http://www.squidoo.com/groups/Netherlands
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- spirituality spirituality Feb 2, 2009 @ 3:34 am
- This lens would fit my new Lenses about the Netherlands (or people there) perfectly: http://www.squidoo.com/groups/Netherlands
Anton Corbijn in the news
- BBC Sound of 2010: Hurts
- They resemble Tears For Fears, as shot by Anton Corbijn. Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson were in (scruffier) bands Bureau and Daggers before, ...
- HMV 'My Inspiration' Calender To Raise Funds For Cancer Patients
- ... influences to HMV out of which only 18 are pictured in the calendar. They were shot by celebrated photographers including Anton Corbijn and Dean Chalkley.
- The best and worst music gifts for Christmas
- ... a poster and magazine, photographic prints and an Anton Corbijn documentary, all for £59.99 This all-out merchandising assault can tiptoe dangerously ...
- Stars on calender for charity
- ... The Killers, Siouxsie Sioux, Tom Waits and Keith Richards. They were shot by celebrated photographers including Anton Corbijn and Dean Chalkley.
more Anton Corbijn photography books
Anton Corbijn: Star Trak
Amazon Price: $44.07 (as of 12/07/2009) 
Famouz: Anton Corbijn Photographs 1975 88
Amazon Price: $51.06 (as of 12/07/2009)
Werk
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