Sheryl Nields
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Sheryl Ann Nields (born September 1, 1967) is an award-winning American photographer known in particular for her portraits and moving photography of entertainment personalities.
Early Years
Sheryl Nields grew up in Los Angeles. After graduating from Parsons School of Design in 1991, Nields began her career photographing musicians and bands. Some of her earliest work appeared in Spin Magazine. Her early experimentation with a distorted perspective for a photograph of musician Beck featured in the July, 1994 issue of Spin[1] was a precursor to her energetic style and technique of using the photoshoot set as a starting point to capture portrait and fashion images from unique angles incorporating untraditional lighting elements.[2]
Career
Sheryl Nields' work has focused primarily on musicians and celebrities with both still and moving photography. [3] In 2005, Nields was honored by The International Photography Awards (IPA) with a Lucie Award, winning Fashion Layout of the Year[4] with her photography in Angeleno Magazine of Scarlett Johansson. In 2006, she was the recipient of Visionary Lensmaster at the Hollywood Life Movieline Style Awards.[5][6] Her 2006 movie poster for the film Nacho Libre featuring Jack Black received an IMP Award. [7]
Photographs in Books and Exhibitions
The World’s Top Photographers: Portraits
by Fergus Greer; publisher RotoVision SA, 2004.
Sheryl Nields and her work are featured in “The World’s Top Photographers: Portraits” along with the work of 34 other international portrait photographers including Herb Ritts, Lord Snowdon and Art Streiber . Nields’ images include Heather Graham, Mandy Moore, Toby McGuire, Naomi Watts, Heather Palmer and Milla Jovovich.[8]
4 Inches
Fundraising project for Elton John AIDS Foundation. Photograph of Carmen Electra; publisher Scriptum Editions, 2005. Exhibition, Christie’s New York City and London.
Sheryl Nields donated her time and work for 4 Inches, a coffee table book of photographs by female photographers of female cultural figures only wearing Cartier jewels and Jimmy Choo shoes. “4 Inches” refers to the height of the high-heel shoes worn by the models.[9] The photos featured in the book were exhibited at Christie's Galleries in New York and London prior to their auction by Christie’s.[10]
Traummanner, Starfotografen zeigen ihr Vision vom Ideal, and Traumfrauen, Starfotografen zeigen ihre Vision von Schonheit
by Nadine Barth; publisher Dumont, 2008 and 2011.
Sheryl Nields’ work is featured inTraummanner, Starfotografen zeigen ihr Vision vom Ideal and Traumfrauen, Starfotografen zeigen ihre Vision von Schonheit,[11] and the photography featured in the books was presented in two exhibitions that travelled internationally. The 2011 exhibition, TRAUMMÄNNER, followed TRAUMFRAUEN, which was presented in 2008 at the Deichtorhallen.[12] Her images include Scarlett Johansson, Johnathan Rhys Meyers and Josh Brolin among others.
Dita Striptease
Dita Stripteese, a 3-book boxed set, is a collaboration by Sheryl Nields and Dita Von Teese and was published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2009. The flipbook was created by photographing burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese to capture motion.[13] Each book is a set of bound photographs that flip page-by-page to animate three striptease routines.[14]
- ^ "Spin Magazine Volume 10 Number 4, July 1994". Spin Media LLC.|
- ^ "Sheryl Nields Interview". United Nations of Photography.
- ^ "Sheryl Nields". Annenberg Space for Photography.
- ^ "2005 Lucie Awards". Lucie Foundation.
- ^ "Sheryl Nields Winner of Visionary Lensmaster 2006".
- ^ "Manuela Testolini Presents Sheryl Nields Hollywood Lensmaster Award".
- ^ "IMP Awards 2006 Nacho Libre Poster". Internet Movie Poster Awards.
- ^ "The World's Top Photographers:Portraits". National Gallery of Australia.
- ^ "Elton John AIDS Foundation". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Celebrities Bare All at Christies Galleries". ArtNet.
- ^ "Sheryl Nields in Traummanner and Traumfrauen". DuMont Buchverlag.
- ^ "TRAUMMÄNNER photography exhibition". Deichtorhallen.
- ^ "LA Times Holiday Style Gift Guide from A to Z". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Stripping Bare the Burlesque Body". The New Yorker.