Ewen Spencer
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| Born | 1971 (age 45–46) Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Photography |
| Website | www |
Ewen Spencer (born 1971) is a British photographer and filmmaker based in Brighton, England. His photography is primarily of youth and subcultures.[2][3]
He began his career working for style, music and culture magazines The Face and Sleazenation and has since transplanted himself into groups of young people and musicians to form numerous personal projects, as well as making films for Massive Attack , The Streets and The Charlatans and undertaking commercial work. His photography series have included Open Mic, UKG and Kick over the statues.[4] He has self-published a number of photobooks including a series of zines called Guapamente.
Spencer studied Editorial Photography under photographers Paul Reas and Mark Power at the School of Art and Design at the University of Brighton.[5] He graduated in 1997.
In 1999 he worked photographing nightlife, such as the UK garage scene, for fashion and lifestyle magazine Sleazenation.[1]
Between 2001 and 2005 Spencer photographed the American rock band The White Stripes.[6][7][8] Initially for the NME he photographed shows from their first UK tour onwards, including candid backstage photographs.[8][9] In 2010 he self-published Three's a Crowd,[6]documenting the early stages of the band's rise to popularity.[10]
In 2002 photographer Martin Parr tipped Spencer as the most promising newcomer of that year.[10]
Spencer is also a noted photographer of London's grime music scene, for which he has received widespread acclaim[11][12][13] and which resulted in his book Open Mic, which was awarded a Yellow Pencil certificate for photographic publishing by D&AD in 2005.[14] Martin Parr, in his introduction to Open Mic said:[2]
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