Amy Barwell is a world renowned music photographer whose work I have come across on a few occasions. Her portraiture work is particularly remarkable, really capturing the character and persona of her subjects. Similarly, her music photography also captures the subjects just as beautifully, really seeing their characters while they are performing.
A large proportion of her work is black and white, with the odd exception (looking at her website) and also very high contrast. I think that this adds a lot of definition to her work, making it a lot more dynamic and distinctive.
I love how her music photography shows her subjects more like on stage portraits and her work is definitely something to be admired.
Barwell definitely has her own style and is very comfortable with her workspace. This can only inspire me to find my own style and to work comfortably within it to create such striking work. I'm not normally a fan of high contrast portraiture but you cannot deny that Barwell has an incredible talent and judging by the number of celebrity subjects she has photographed, I am not the only one who thinks so.
You can see Amy Barwell's work at her website http://www.musicphotographer.co.uk/music/
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