The faces that Anton Corbijn photographs are familiar to anyone with a passing knowledge of popular culture. Rock stars and divas, actors and supermodels, Corbijn's subjects are not only accustomed to being photographed, their images have reached iconic status. Corbijn allows each person's own mythology to speak for and against itself. Corbijn's easy relationship with the famous—from Michael Stipe and Bono to Salman Rushdie and Danny DeVito—offers him access to decidedly un-glamorous attitudes and poses not often seen in celebrity photos. Yet Corbijn never denies the star power of his subjects. Dazzling and alluring, imaginative and provocative, Corbijn's pictures are a paean to the artistic skills and visions that have made his subjects as famous as they are beloved.
The faces that Anton Corbijn photographs are familiar to anyone with a passing knowledge of popular culture. Rock stars and divas, actors and supermodels, Corbijn's subjects are not only accustomed to being photographed, their images have reached iconic status. Corbijn allows each person's own mythology to speak for and against itself. Corbijn's easy relationship with the famous—from Michael Stipe and Bono to Salman Rushdie and Danny DeVito—offers him access to decidedly un-glamorous attitudes and poses not often seen in celebrity photos. Yet Corbijn never denies the star power of his subjects. Dazzling and alluring, imaginative and provocative, Corbijn's pictures are a paean to the artistic skills and visions that have made his subjects as famous as they are beloved.