Dean Chalkley

Dean Chalkley is a Brittish photographer born 2 April 1968 from Southend on Sea. Dean Chalkleys carrer started while assisting in a advetising campaign for 'Twix'. He was involved in advertising for companies such as Ben Sherman, Kodak and Lloyds. He was also involved in a magazine called 'Mixmag' shooting covers and inside features. Being involved in advertising allowed Dean Chalkley to finance his own side projects which involved his short film 'Strip' which was shown in several short film festivals and won the Kinofilm 2000 best experimental short film award and the International short film festival in Manchester. In 2001 his career as a photographer merged shooting for the 'New Musical Express' (NME) magazine in 2001 with the band The Verve being his first subject. He continues to shoot covers and features for the magazine today. This has proved a successful working partnership with Dean winning the Portrait Photographer of the Year at The Picture Editors award in 2006. 

One of Dean Chalkleys photo shoots was with The Horrors for NME magazine in August 2006. The Horrors are an Indie Rock band who have a certain image and scene around them, i feel especially in the photo below Dean Chalkley captured this. I especially like how you can only see the musicans body outline and the rest of the photo is blurred out. I also really like the colours used, giving it a misty dark and unusual look. I like how Dean Chalkley must of presumed the readers would of known who the body shape belonged to.

Still being involved in the NME magazine, Dean Chalkley had a photo shoot with The Maccabees as part of their interview. The Maccabees are an Indie Rock band who are full of life and fun, i feel the image below portrays just that. I really like the surrealism used, how he is 'blowing raspberrys' on the television screen. I also like how the background is plain and simple allowing all attention to be on the television.