Sheryl Nields is an American portrait photographer.[1]

Sheryl Nields
Born
NationalityAmerican
Known forPortrait photography
WebsiteCopious Management

Life edit

Nields grew up in Los Angeles, California. She attended Parsons School of Design, and then worked as an assistant to Patrick Demarchelier and Walter Chin.[1] She started photographing musicians and bands. A photograph of Beck appeared in Spin in 1994.[2][3]

Work edit

Nields has photographed actors and musicians including Sheryl Crow, Christina Hendricks,[4] Scarlett Johansson,[5] Milla Jovovich,[1] Diane Lane, Tobey Maguire,[6] Prince, Ben Stiller, Charlize Theron[7] and Naomi Watts.[8] Nields was among the thirty-five photographers included by Fergus Greer in The World’s Top Photographers: Portraits in 2004.[9] In 2005 she photographed Carmen Electra for 4 Inches, a fundraising book and auction project for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.[10] A photograph of Jack Black was used for the movie poster for Nacho Libre in 2006.[11] In 2009 she photographed Dita Von Teese for Dita Stripteese, a collection of three striptease flip books.[12][13] For Traummänner at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg in 2011, she photographed a friend in a Spider-Man mask and sweatshirt.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "The Rising Star". American Photo (Mar-Apr 2003): 60–61.
  2. ^ "Contents". Spin. July 1994. p. 5. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Sheryl Nields Interview". United Nations of Photography. November 2012.
  4. ^ "Christina Hendricks – Esquire Photoshoot Sheryl Nields". Men Daily. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Scarlett Johansson: Sheryl Nields". iconolo.gy. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Quiet American". Variety. 390 (8): 8. 7 April 2003 – via EBSCOhost.
  7. ^ "On Set". American Photo. Mar–Apr 2008.
  8. ^ "Sheryl Nields". Annenberg Space for Photography.
  9. ^ "The World's Top Photographers:Portraits". National Gallery of Australia.
  10. ^ "Artnet News: Celebrities Bare All At Christie's Galleries". artnet.com. Artnet Worldwide Corporation. June 13, 2005. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  11. ^ "IMP Awards 2006 Nacho Libre Poster". Internet Movie Poster Awards.
  12. ^ "LA Times Holiday Style Gift Guide from A to Z". Los Angeles Times. 13 December 2009.
  13. ^ "American Striptease". The Daily Beast. 11 Nov 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  14. ^ Kindermann, Angelika (14 March 2011). "Was ist schön, was ideal?". Art Magazin.

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