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Peter Lindbergh - Photographer

A German photographer and film director who is known for his cinematic images. Lindbergh introduced a form of new realism by defining the standards of beauty, influenced by documentary photographers, street photographers and photo journalists. He has a humanist approach and photographs his subjects in their natural state.

‘Using black-and-white photography was really important to creating the supermodel. Every time I tried to shoot them in colour, because their beauty was close to perfection, it ended up looking like a bad cosmetics advert. With black and white, you can really see who they are. It toned down the commercial interpretation that colour gives. What’s so striking about black and white is how it really helps a sense of reality to come through.’

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Anton Corbijn - Photographer

A Dutch photographer, music video director and film director. Corbijn began his career as a music photographer when he saw the Dutch musician Herman Brood playing in a café around 1975. He took a lot of photographs of the band and these led to a rise in fame for Brood and in exposure for Corbijn.

He made his photographs in black and white but in May 1989, he began taking pictures in colour using filters.

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Milton Glaser – Graphic Designer

An American graphic designer who designed the ‘I<3NY’ logo. His artwork has been featured in exhibits, and placed in permanent collections in many museums worldwide. In 1966, Glaser designed a poster for Bob Dylan’s “Greatest Hits” LP. It was one of Glaser’s first posters. 6 million posters have been printed and distributed, and sells for hundreds of dollars, and has become a huge collectable.One of Glaser's most recognizable works is his ’I heart New York logo’. In 1977, the city hired advertising agency Wells Rich Greene and Milton Glaser to design a logo to increase tourism and boost morale. It was Glaser who came up with the design. Today, the logo has earned the New York state $30 million each year.

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David Carson – Graphic Designer

An American graphic Designer who is best known for his innovative magazine design and use of experimental typography. Carson became the art director of Transworld Skateboarding magazine in 1984, helping to give the magazine a distinctive look. The Magazine ‘Ray Gun’ made Carson well known and attracted new admirers to his work. In this period, he was featured in publications such as ‘The New York Times’ and ‘Newsweek’.

In 1995, Carson left Ray Gun to find his own studio, David Carson Design, in New York City. He started to attract major clients from all over the United States. During the next three years (1995–1998), Carson was doing work for Pepsi Cola, Ray Ban, Nike, Microsoft, Budweiser, Giorgio Armani and Levi Strauss jeans.

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Iain Carnegie and Jon-Paul Kitching- Magazine Creator

Clash was created in 2004 and was founded by four main people- Iain Carnegie (art director), Jon-Paul Kitching (advertising director), Simon Harper (editor) and John O’Rourke (publisher). This magazine includes topics such as fashion, art and music. I really like the design that is on the front cover of the magazine as I think that it is minimalistic which is the theme that I am going for. As it has such a simplistic design, this attracts the Indie audience because it is one of the main Indie magazine conventions, it also includes artists that are appealing for the Indie audience and stand out to certain people.

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Jefferson Hack and Rankin -Magazine Creator

Jefferson Hack has founded the popular Indie magazine ‘Dazed’ in 1991 with photographer Rankin Waddell. In 2006, Hack and Rankin launched ‘Dazed’ digital to deliver daily exclusives in fashion, film, music and art. There is the same red ribbon of idealism and style running through the decades between 1991 and now. I think that the design of this magazine is aesthetically pleasing and attracts many audiences from over the world. This magazine is another that also has a simplistic approach to it which I think is a strong feature for Indie magazines. As they had created it at such a young age, it proves that this magazine has been and will be a long-lasting success in the magazine industry which adds to its unique touch.