Our partner photographer was born in the UK on April 13, 1948, and has a tremendous career in both photography and filmmaking. In 1988, he published the book “Work” with a one-man show at the National Portrait Gallery. “Work” was awarded the “Best Photography Book in the World” at the Barcelona Primavera Fotografica 1991. In 1989, the British Guardian newspaper also declared Griffin “The Photographer of the Decade” for his portraits of musicians, including Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, Iggy Pop and Brian May. Life Magazine even used his photograph “A Broken Frame” on the cover of a special supplement, “The Greatest Photographs of the 80s.”
Starting in 1991, Griffin all but left still photography to focus on directing film projects that ranged from commercials to music videos to short films. He returned to photography in 2002 and shot a project called “People and the City“ that contributed to Birmingham‘s bid to become the European City of Culture followed by a retrospective at the Art Museum Reykjavik Iceland in 2005.
Well, in 2004 he shot a documentary for Paul McCartney and created advertising campaigns for major brands like British Airways and Sony. The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain awarded Brian the Centenary Medal in recognition of his sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography. In 2014, he received an honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University. In 2016 inducted into the Album Cover Hall Of Fame and in 2019 became an Associate Visiting Professor at the University Of The Highlands And Islands, Scotland.
Professor Brian Griffin will be donating four selected and signed 10" x 12" prints to each of the Lensman 2 winners.
Portrait of Brian Griffin by Ashley Franklin
