Vogue Girl Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, film director and music video director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2, having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both bands over three decades. Some of his works include music videos for Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" (1990), U2's "One" (version 1) (1991), Bryan Adams' "Do I Have to Say the Words?", Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" (1993) and Coldplay’s "Talk" (2005) and "Viva la Vida" (2008), as well as the Ian Curtis biographical film Control (2007), The American (2010) and A Most Wanted Man (2014), based on John le Carré's 2008 novel of the same name. Photography Corbijn began his career as a music photographer when he saw the Dutch musician Herman Brood playing in a café in Groningen around 1975. He took a lot of photographs of the band Herman Brood & His Wild Romance and these led to a rise in fame for Brood and in exposure for Corbijn. From the late 1970s the London-based New Musical Express (NME), a weekly music paper, featured his work on a regular basis and would often have a photograph by him on the front page. One such occasion was a portrait of David Bowie wearing a loincloth backstage in New York when starring in The Elephant Man. In the early years of London-based The Face, a glossy monthly post-punk life style / music magazine, Corbijn was a regular contributor. He made his name photographing in black-and-white but in May 1989 he began taking pictures in colour using filters. His first venture in this medium was for Siouxsie Sioux. Between 1998–2000, in collaboration with the painter Marlene Dumas, he worked on a project called "Stripping Girls", which took the strip clubs and peep shows of Amsterdam as their subject; while Corbijn later exhibited photographs, Dumas took Polaroids which she then used as sources for her paintings. Corbijn has photographed Bob Dylan, Joy Division, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Prāta Vētra, Peter Hammill, Miles Davis, Kate Bush, Björk, Captain Beefheart, Kim Wilde, Marc Almond, Robert De Niro, Stephen Hawking, Elvis Costello, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Morrissey, Peter Murphy, Simple Minds, Clint Eastwood, The Cramps, Roxette, Herbert Grönemeyer, Annie Lennox, and Eurythmics, amongst others. Perhaps his most famous and longest standing associations are with Depeche Mode and U2. Corbijn's work relationship with Depeche Mode began with the filming of a music video for their 1986 A Question of Time single. Corbijn says that he soon "started to realise that [his] visuals and their music went really well together. Then [he] did some live photos, and it eventually turned into designing the whole live set. That's what [he's] been doing for them since 1993." Corbijn has directed 20 of the bands music videos, the most recent of his works being Depeche Mode's 2017 Where's the Revolution. He has also designed most of the covers for Depeche Mode's albums and singles from 1990's Violator album and onwards. Corbijn's work with U2 includes taking pictures of the band on their first US tour, taking pictures for their albums The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby albums (et al.), and directing a number of accompanying videos. Other album covers featuring work by Corbijn include those for Springsteen, Nick Cave, Siouxsie's second band The Creatures, Bryan Adams, Metallica, Therapy?, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, The Killers, Simple Minds, R.E.M., The Bee Gees, Saybia, Clannad and Moke. Film directing Corbijn began his music video directing career when Palais Schaumburg asked him to direct a video. After seeing the resulting video for Hockey, the band Propaganda had Corbijn direct Dr. Mabuse. After that he directed videos for David Sylvian, Echo & the Bunnymen, Golden Earring, Front 242, Depeche Mode, Roxette and U2. His first video in colour was made for U2 in 1984 for their single "Pride (In the Name of Love)". In 2005 Palm Pictures released a DVD collection of Corbijn's music video output as part of the Director's Label series. In 1994 Corbijn directed a short film about Captain Beefheart/Don Van Vliet for the BBC called Some Yoyo Stuff. He made his feature film debut with Control, a film about the life of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. It premiered to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2007. The film is based on Deborah Curtis' book Touching from a Distance about her late husband and the biography Torn Apart by Lindsay Reade (Tony Wilson's ex-wife) and Mick Middles. Although shown outside the Palme d'Or competition, Control was the big winner of the Director's Fortnight winning the CICAE Art & Essai prize for best film, the "Regards Jeunes" Prize award for best first or second directed feature film and the Europa Cinemas Label prize for best European film in the sidebar. It also won the Michael Powell award for best new British feature at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2010, Corbijn returned as a director with the character-based thriller The American, starring George Clooney. On 26 October 2011, Corbijn directed a webcast by Coldplay from the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in Madrid, Spain. His film A Most Wanted Man was released in 2014. The John le Carré novel of the same name, which is loosely based on the true War on Terror story of Murat Kurnaz, was set in part in Hamburg, as parts of the movie were. In February 2014, he started filming his next project Life about James Dean and photographer Dennis Stock. In 23 and 25 July 2018, Corbijn filmed the last two concerts of Depeche Mode's Global Spirit Tour at the Waldbühne in Berlin. Some of this footage, intertwined with the stories of six life-long fans in the audience, became the film Spirits in the Forest, which was released in theaters worldwide on 21 November 2019. In Corbijn's interview with NME he spoke about the origins behind the idea of this movie and said that they (him and Depeche Mode) "decided to look at the reason for why Depeche Mode was still growing...they’re the biggest cult band in the world. It’s unbelievable.” He further adds that "it’s in the DNA of Depeche to have these connection to their fans...there's something unusual about it and the fans go to great lengths", which inspired him to make the film in the style that he did. en.wikipedia.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 US Vogue December 2010 "Holding Court" Model/Subject: Colin Firth Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Grooming: Karen Alder Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 US Vogue September 2015 "Forces of Fashion" Models/Subjects: Riccardo Tisci, Beyoncé & Novak Djokovic Photographer: Anton Corbijn Fashion Editor: Camilla Nickerson Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Hair: Neal Farinah Makeup: Sir John Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 US Vogue September 2015 "On the Money" Model/Subject: Szelena Gray Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Hair: Tamara McNaughton Makeup: Alice Lane Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 US Vogue August 2015 "Bold Strokes" Model/Subject: Michael Williams Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 US Vogue February 2017 "Here Come the Parkers" Models/Subjects: Alexandra Parker & Sean Parker Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Sara Moonves Hair: Nikki Providence Makeup: Kathy Jeung Production: Jill Roy Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 US Vogue February 2017 "Shape Shifter" Model/Subject: Bjarke Ingels Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Grooming: Kipo Copenhagen Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 US Vogue June 2013 "The Real Thing" Model/Subject: Daniel Radcliffe Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Hair: Luke Hersheson Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 US Vogue September 2013 "Killing It" Models/Subjects: Orlando Bloom & Condola Rashad Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Hair: Thom Priano Makeup: Alice Lane Set Designer: Viki Rutsch Production: Roger Dong Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 US Vogue September 2013 "The Anxiety of Influence" Model/Subject: David Chang Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue May 2011 "Act of Daring" Model/Subject: Mark Rylance Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue May 2011 "A Dangerous Mind" Model/Subject: Francis Alÿs Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue March 2012 "Power Play: This American Life" Models/Subjects: Andrew Garfield & Philip Seymour Hoffman Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Grooming: Thom Priano & Losi Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue October 2012 "Man of the Moment: Andrew Garfield" Model/Subject: Andrew Garfield Photographer: Anton Corbijn Fashion Editor: Phyllis Posnick Grooming: Losi Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue October 2013 "Line Unleashed" Model/Subject: Christopher Wool Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue November 2013 "Lone Ranger" Model/Subject: Matthew McConaughey Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Menswear Editor: Michael Philouze Grooming: Thom Priano Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue December 2013 "Ragnar of Reykjavik" Model/Subject: Ragnar Kjartansson Photographer: Anton Corbijn Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue December 2013 "Brooding Beauty" Model/Subject: Rebecca Hall Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Hair: Samantha Hillerby Makeup: Sally Branka Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue January 2014 "Leading the Way" Model/Subject: Idris Elba Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Grooming: Naiyana Garth Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogue Girl Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 US Vogue October 2014 "Hearts and Minds" Models/Subjects: Maggie Gyllenhaal & Ewan McGregor Photographer: Anton Corbijn Sittings Editor: Phyllis Posnick Menswear Editor: Michael Philouze Hair: Jimmy Paul Makeup: Alice Lane Production Designer: Colin Donahue Vogue Archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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