Biography - (iii)

Although the subject of Corbijn's work is largely associated with music and film, he does not consider himself a rock photographer. He is a realist. His images seem to hold a sense of mystery behind them, of a person who we think we know so well.

Music was clearly a major passion in Corbijn's life. History shows this after it was his pictures of a concert that were featured in a magazine in 1972, when one of the bands at the gig put them forward. After his move to the UK in 1979, he started working for the New Musical Express, where he worked as their main photographer for five years. Portrait photography would become a speciality of Corbijn's with well known faces from the celebrity world being his subject matter. Everyone from musicians to actors would put themselves in front of Corbijn's lens.

Corbijn has worked for the biggest magazines in the business, from music giants Rolling Stone to the lifestyle and fashion of Vogue.