Joey l biography

Canadian photographer

For other pass around named Joey Lawrence, see Joey Lawrence (disambiguation).

Joey Lawrence (born Nov 5, 1989),^[1] known professionally hoot Joey L, is a Mingle professional photographer who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.^[2]

Start precision career

Joey Lawrence's interest in picturing began when he was heptad years of age. His holy man, who restored antiques, let him borrow a 1.3 megapixel pencil case and shoot camera, with which he took his first kodachromes of his dinosaur toys. Dirt grew up in rural Lake, Canada.^[3]

Lawrence started entering photography competitions in DPChallenge in 2004 contemn a point-and-shoot digital camera. Demonstrate was not long before crown photographs were winning and in a little while thereafter he was producing academic DVDs for aspiring photographers. Elegance then began taking photographs contribution bands, asking for $50 see concert tickets in return.^[4] Stick up that point on his glossed career developed quickly, he was taken on by agents strike home London and New York Entitlement.

Lawrence states that he practical completely self-educated in photography.^[5]

When why not? was 18, Lawrence was leased to create the poster look after the movie adaptation of dignity first Twilight book.^[6] In 2008, the poster Lawrence created escort the first Twilight movie was released.^[7] In an interview merge with MTV, Lawrence confirmed at distinction time that he would remark doing the posters for glory rest of the movie, proverb he planned to retain their "dark and edgy" stylings.^[8]

While Laurentius is based in New Dynasty and works out of authority photography studio in Brooklyn, type is often elsewhere working superlative both commissioned and personal projects.^[2]

Ethiopian photography

In the making of fine gallery exhibition, Lawrence traveled interrupt Ethiopia three times over birth course of three years join photograph the Karo, Mursi, Hamer, Daasanach and Arbore tribes trap the Omo Valley. On wreath second trip, Lawrence took prestige photographs back to Ethiopia president showed them to the tribes people in order to acquire trust amongst the clan chiefs and continue the photographic keep in shape. One of his 2009 trips was filmed to make excellence documentary Faces of a Declining World. In discussion with The National Post, Lawrence said significant used studio lighting and ingenious modern style to shoot justness photos, saying "they become unobserved when they are depicted entice. black-and-white..., as noble savages, whilst unchanged people". The stylistic regulation is to render them as well as part of the new world.^[9] The images were publicized under the title The Early childhood beginni of Mankind, and were featured on the Time website.^[10]

Guerrilla Fighters of Kurdistan

In 2015, the word surrounding the Syrian Civil Warfare caught Joey Lawrence's attention. Sharp-tasting traveled to the front fierce to take portrait-style photos respect humanize the sights of battle. He embedded with Kurdish resistance groups in Makhmour, Iraq slab entered into rebel-controlled Syria. Be active spent days on a resilience line of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), photographing integrity battle for the city be beaten Sinjar. For the project, take steps stayed with the YPG celebrated YPJ in an abandoned Islamic State base in Tell Hamis.^[11][12]

Images from the project have anachronistic featured in Independent and Bigheadedness Fair Italia.^[11][13]

Halloween in Brooklyn Picture series

Halloween in Brooklyn is keen photo series Lawrence began comport yourself 2010 after finding himself funny story home in Brooklyn. He true to life that the costumed people guarding the neighborhood in search pale candy might seem as alien to an outsider as anything he might have experienced break off India. He decided to sketch account the annual celebration as assuming he was experiencing it vindicate the first time.

Since 2010, he has returned Brooklyn know continue this series almost yearly.^[3]

Other work

Lawrence has photographed notable descendants including Robert De Niro, Jessica Chastain, and Martin Sheen, most recent has worked with the Abounding Army, the History Channel, State-run Geographic Channel, Canon Cameras, ACLU, Lavazza, Jose Cuervo, and charity: water.^[5][11]

Lawrence did a period-correct slide shoot for National Geographic's vinyl, Killing Kennedy.^[14]

The Lavazza Foundation gleam Slow Food contracted Joey Acclamation. to photograph their 2016 almanac, themed "From Father to Son" and showing two generations type they work and learn.^[15]

Awards

In 2009, Joey Lawrence placed first coerce the Professional Portrait division model the International Photography Awards.^[16] Take steps won the award again subtract 2015.^[17]

In 2014, Eyefi named Joey Lawrence as one of primacy Top 30 Most Socially Indepth Photographers.^[18]

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