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‘Hollywood’s Favourite
Photographer’ — Daily Mail,
and considered by GQ as one
of the ‘100 Best Things In
The World’
Tyler Shields, returns to Imitate Modern on February 7th with
‘Chromatic’. An explosive mix of colour and texture, the
Chromatic series features the cast of hit American TV show
Revenge, Lydia Hearst and his long-term muse and girlfriend,
Francesca Eastwood.
At Shields’ first show at Imitate Modern guests were greeted
by lingerie-clad models devouring raw meat; a homage to his
famous portrait of Hollywood starlet Mischa Barton licking
raw steak.
‘I was starting out professionally and I went to see the owner
of a top American fashion magazine. When I said I wanted to
take wild, crazy, sexy, violent, provocative images unlike
anything anyone had done before in the over-protective world
of entertainment, they said to me: ‘That will never happen.’
At that point I realised I wasn’t going to be able to go the
traditional route in photography.’ - Tyler Shields
This is the same photographer who brought us the infamous
blood-soaked Lindsay Lohan portraits and staged a gun fight
at one of his exhibition openings.
For his latest exhibition, Tyler has focused on Eastwood as
his inspiration. The Chromatic collection displays a frenzy
of brightly coloured paint powder to create a strong contrast
between bright colours, warm light and dark silhouettes.
His work drifts between shockingly controversial and subtly
sexy. When discussing Tyler’s pieces, GQ said ‘As a talking
point they don’t just break the ice, they blow it to Mars’.
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