NIGEL BARKER

from American next top model

By sahro amin

Early life

Born in London, has five sibling

Father is Irish and Portuguese, mother is Sri
Lankan
Mother entered him in televised model search
on the clothes show.
Model for 10 years
In 1996 he transitioned himself from model to
photographer
Open his own studio

education

Attended Bryanston
Boarding school
Studying in medicine
where he took his A-levels in biology,
chemistry, and physics.

career

become a photographer in 1998

His photo credits include GQ, Interview,
Paper, Lucky and People.

works

GQ, interview,
lucky, tattler,
cover, town &
country,
seventeen, nicole
miller, ted baker,
lands end

Contribution and influence

. "Making people timeless is not easy.

influenced by Avedon
In 2010 he wrote a book called Revealing a better and more beautiful you. The
book guides the readers to discover their inner beauty by building confidence and
self-esteem and in turn, enhance their outer beauty.

awards

In 2006 Director's Award

Asylum (I) (2003
In 2009, Nigel was honored for his film, A Sealed Fate? at
the 23rd Annual Genesis Awards and the same year
Barker opened a photography exhibit, Haiti: Hunger and
Hope, at the Milk Gallery in New York. His work in Haiti
earned him a 2010 Do Something with Style Award
nomination from the VH1 Do Something Awards.

How's and why works

made

Nigel barker was like a normal starting off with going to college studying
medicine maybe he was thinking of becoming a doctor then it all change
when he want to Hollywood to be in a fashion show, from there he
became a model then to a photograph the people around him enjoin his
work, they ask him to judge may important event like he judge for 17
cycle on reality show America next top model then in 2007 he judge for
miss America parget and also miss universe in 2012. nigel barker have
seen the most beautiful girls in the world. He told judge them and took
pictures of them

Analysis

Barker picture are very clear and different

any photograph I have seen before
He has art in his work its a crazy put eye
catching
He uses a lot different themes and colors.
his photograph are not boring looking,
you could tell he put time to take the
pictures.