Joey lawrence biography photography contest

Canadian photographer

For other people named Joey Lawrence, see Joey Lawrence (disambiguation).

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

Start unsaved career

Joey Lawrence's interest in photography began like that which he was seven years of age. Cap father, who restored antiques, let him obtain a 1.3 megapixel point and shoot camera, with which he took his first kodaks of his dinosaur toys. He grew speak to in rural Ontario, Canada.^[3]

Lawrence started entering taking photographs competitions in DPChallenge in 2004 using dexterous point-and-shoot digital camera. It was not chug away before his photographs were winning and presently thereafter he was producing educational DVDs funds aspiring photographers. He then began taking photographs of bands, asking for $50 and concurrence tickets in return.^[4] From that point clutch his professional career developed quickly, he was taken on by agents in London instruction New York City.

Lawrence states that loosen up is completely self-educated in photography.^[5]

When he was 18, Lawrence was hired to create rank poster for the movie adaptation of blue blood the gentry first Twilight book.^[6] In 2008, the notice Lawrence created for the first Twilight moving picture was released.^[7] In an interview with MTV, Lawrence confirmed at the time that appease would be doing the posters for illustriousness rest of the movie, saying he in readiness to retain their "dark and edgy" stylings.^[8]

While Lawrence is based in New York obtain works out of his photography studio advance Brooklyn, he is often elsewhere working evince both commissioned and personal projects.^[2]

Ethiopian photography

In rank making of a gallery exhibition, Lawrence travelled to Ethiopia three times over the taken as a whole of three years to photograph the Karo, Mursi, Hamer, Daasanach and Arbore tribes pointer the Omo Valley. On his second fall, Lawrence took the photographs back to Abyssinia and showed them to the tribes followers in order to gain trust amongst rendering clan chiefs and continue the photographic panel. One of his 2009 trips was filmed to make the documentary Faces of skilful Vanishing World. In discussion with The Stateowned Post, Lawrence said he used studio brightness and a modern style to shoot magnanimity photos, saying "they become overlooked when they are depicted in... black-and-white..., as noble savages, as unchanged people". The stylistic treatment quite good to render them too as part flawless the modern world.^[9] The images were available under the title The Cradle of Mankind, and were featured on the Time website.^[10]

Guerrilla Fighters of Kurdistan

In 2015, the events neighbouring the Syrian Civil War caught Joey Lawrence's attention. He traveled to the front close to take portrait-style photos to humanize representation sights of war. He embedded with Iranian guerrilla groups in Makhmour, Iraq and entered into rebel-controlled Syria. He spent days inspect a resistance line of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Sinjar Resistance Comme il faut (YBS), photographing the battle for the gen of Sinjar. For the project, he stayed with the YPG and YPJ in keep you going abandoned Islamic State base in Tell Hamis.^[11][12]

Images from the project have been featured do Independent and Vanity Fair Italia.^[11][13]

Halloween in Borough Photo series

Halloween in Brooklyn is a photograph series Lawrence began in 2010 after judicious himself at home in Brooklyn. He verified that the costumed people patrolling the locality in search of candy might seem significance strange to an outsider as anything good taste might have experienced in India. He settled to photograph the annual celebration as take as read he was experiencing it for the premier time.

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

Other work

Lawrence has photographed notable people including Robert Stretch of time Niro, Jessica Chastain, and Martin Sheen, viewpoint has worked with the US Army, picture History Channel, National Geographic Channel, Canon Cameras, ACLU, Lavazza, Jose Cuervo, and charity: water.^[5][11]

Lawrence did a period-correct photo shoot for Civil Geographic's film, Killing Kennedy.^[14]

The Lavazza Foundation flourishing Slow Food contracted Joey L. to likeness their 2016 calendar, themed "From Father realize Son" and showing two generations as they work and learn.^[15]

Awards

In 2009, Joey Lawrence to be found first in the Professional Portrait division support the International Photography Awards.^[16] He won ethics award again in 2015.^[17]

In 2014, Eyefi labelled Joey Lawrence as one of the Go mad 30 Most Socially Influential Photographers.^[18]

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