Here's my portrait of Zombie Disco Squad (aka Nat Self) in this month's Mixmag Magazine.  Thanks to Ruth Pease for her MUA talents...

photo ©Phil Sharp 2012 

I was pleased with my portraits of The Invisible.  I'm normally in tight control of light and colour so it was fun to be a little looser.  Also, Leo, Dave and Tom are complete gents.  I'm looking forward to these getting out there to help promote their new album.

I hooked up with my old pal, the Mercury nominated James Chapman AKA Maps.  He's just putting the finishing touches to his third album so keep 'em peeled....

©2012 Phil Sharp

Previously unpublished portrait of John Lydon, shot for this month's Loud and Quiet Magazine.

©2012 Phil Sharp

Here's another one from my shoot with Willis Earl Beal.  If you're interested in his music you should read the article by Omar Tanti HERE

I worked with director Dan Sully to make this poster for his debut short film The Ellington Kid.  

It's interesting to see how the NME re-touched Ed Miles' John Lydon portrait.  I use photoshop in all my work but when I shot Lydon it was important to me that I went with a very natural finish,  I made colour and tone adjustments but I really wanted to leave the texture and marks of John's face as I found them.   I don't know if one way is 'better' than the other and I'm not critisising Ed's work (a photographer I admire) but the two methods have quite different outcomes.

Here's the John Lydon feature in this month's Loud & Quiet.  Well worth seeking out...

Here's an example of how closely some design briefs or 'scamps', need to be followed.  If you compare the left and right-hand images you can see I made sure that the angle and compositions of my photography allowed for the design elements that would follow.  Despite the creative restrictions sometimes there is a real pleasure in making an idea come to life.

I was lucky enough to be asked by Loud & Quiet Magazine to photograph the true legend that is Johnny Rotten.  He was as wonderfully curt and funny as I'd though he would be.