Derek Ridgers
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Derek Ridgers |
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20 October 1952 Chiswick, London, England |
| Genres | Photography art Design |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer art director |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Website | Official website |
Derek Ridgers (born 20 October 1952), is an English photographer with a career spanning over thirty years. He is best known for his photography of music, film and club/street culture – photographing people such as James Brown, The Spice Girls, Clint Eastwood and Johnny Depp – as well as politicians (Tony Blair), gangsters ('Mad' Frankie Fraser), artists (Julian Schnabel), writers (Martin Amis), fashion designers (Vivien Westwood) and sports people (Tiger Woods).
Ridgers has also photographed British social scenes such as skinhead, fetish, club, punk and New Romantics.
Ridgers has worked for Time Out, The Sunday Telegraph, NME,The Face, Loaded,The Independent on Sunday,The Guardian, The Observer,The Sunday Times, The Independent, GQ, GQ Style, Melody Maker and Sounds.
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