Pat Graham Photography http://www.patgraham.org Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:52:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Judging a book by its cover http://www.patgraham.org/2011/judging-a-book-by-its-cover http://www.patgraham.org/2011/judging-a-book-by-its-cover#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:22:18 +0000 pat http://www.patgraham.org/?p=245 I’m pleased to announce Instrument has been selected as one of the top three book covers of the year by Amazon.Considering the amount of books released each year, this is a huge honor.
Special thanks to Melanie Standage, Johnny Marr, Suzanne LaGassa (designer),Steve Mockus editor, April Whitney and all at Chronicle Books.

]]> http://www.patgraham.org/2011/judging-a-book-by-its-cover/feed 1 Instrument featured in SPIN and exhibited at Rough Trade East London http://www.patgraham.org/2011/instrument-featured-in-spin-and-exhibited-at-rough-trade-east-london http://www.patgraham.org/2011/instrument-featured-in-spin-and-exhibited-at-rough-trade-east-london#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:59:21 +0000 pat http://www.patgraham.org/?p=229 I’m excited to announce the exhibition of Instrument at one of the best record stores in the world. Rough Trade East here in London.
The exhibition is up till Nov 15th. Signed books and prints are available.

If you can’t make it down be sure and check out the Instrument feature currently running on Spin magazine.

]]> http://www.patgraham.org/2011/instrument-featured-in-spin-and-exhibited-at-rough-trade-east-london/feed 0 24 hours – Chase and Status for Umbro http://www.patgraham.org/2011/24-hours-chase-and-status-for-umbro http://www.patgraham.org/2011/24-hours-chase-and-status-for-umbro#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:10:45 +0000 pat http://www.patgraham.org/?p=210 About a week after I photographed David Haye I was on a 6 am flight to Spain with the assignment of photographing Chase and Status in front of 50,000 fans wearing the new England away kit. I would have about 2 minutes to capture the shot at the end of the bands set. CnS were going on stage around 1am. I spent the day and night thinking about how this was going to happen.

In the end it just had to happen, and it did. CnS put on a incredible live set and the fans were going wild.
At around 3 I was on the stage with the band snapping shots in front of the thousands. The show ended and I handed my card to Paul my assistant. He said now that was a little stress full. We downloaded the shots, stayed up and edited for the next couple hours.

Instead of going to sleep we jumped in the car and drove two hours to Barcelona just to make our plane back to London.
No sleep but I did get the shot. Click the picture to see a great short film from the night. I can be seen at the 2:15 mark taking the picture.
Special thanks to the creative force which is Anomaly for creating and coordinating this shoot.

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PRE ORDER the Book HERE
Instrument

]]> http://www.patgraham.org/2011/instrument-on-pitchfork/feed 0 David Haye Photographed for Umbro http://www.patgraham.org/2011/david-haye-photographed-in-his-gym-for-umbro http://www.patgraham.org/2011/david-haye-photographed-in-his-gym-for-umbro#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:35:25 +0000 pat http://www.patgraham.org/?p=204 Anamoly/UMBRO commissioned me to photograph English Heavy Weight champ David Haye revealing the new England Away Football kit. The first shoot was David training at his gym and meeting John Terry. The shots were used as a build up to the fight and shirt reveal.

Next up was another shoot at the gym training and this time Tom from Kasabian came in to offer his support.

The last shoot and most exciting was the big fight in Hamburg. Millions of people world wide watched as David came into the ring and revealed the England Kit. I shot the moment it happened as well as the fight, and people at ringside.

This is the final shot that was used for the ads and projected on buildings in Hamburg
David Haye by Pat Graham
Get the screen saver here

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Click Here to check out the show

]]> http://www.patgraham.org/2011/friday-in-la/feed 0 The Cribs Get Loaded in the Park – London http://www.patgraham.org/2011/the-cribs-get-loaded-in-the-park-london http://www.patgraham.org/2011/the-cribs-get-loaded-in-the-park-london#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:39:53 +0000 pat http://www.patgraham.org/?p=206

]]> http://www.patgraham.org/2011/the-cribs-get-loaded-in-the-park-london/feed 0 Some Highlights from 2010 http://www.patgraham.org/2010/2010-highlights http://www.patgraham.org/2010/2010-highlights#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:09:35 +0000 pat http://www.patgraham.org/?p=198 Last Night in Paris – Kasabian for Umbro and Anomaly
Lights, Camera, and the new England Away Kit reveal.
Last night I photographed Kasabian in Paris. A full day of behind the scenes up ontil the big moment.
Special thanks to Anomaly Umbro and Ear to the Ground
More pictures soon.

After this shot I raced down to the stage via a slow elevator..a bit stressful. I made it though.

Kate Nash for Polydor Records

Recently I was asked by Kate Nash to photograph her for her latest release on Polydor.
The shoot went over very smoothly… Special thanks to Melanie Standage and Kate for creative direction, Owen and Ben for the fine assisting work, Kate’s team of stylists, and PR Ritu.
Also Spring Studios for the amazing service all around!
Here is a shot Owen took of me while I was testing.

Tottenham Hotspur

This year I have been working with THFC marketing department to create a positive image for use in various ads, The Annual Report, Bilboards, etc

2010 Annual Report, Designed by Lyons Bennett.

The Cribs HouseWife cover shot

Here is a larger version of the latest Cribs single that I shot the cover for.It was an honor to shoot Gary and Ryan as girls with the help of Nell(make up), Owen(assistant), Corrado(hair), Marie (bts video) and with Nick Scott’s amazing design skills/art direction. The shoot it self was even published in NME.

The song it self can be downloaded here get it now..it’s guaranteed to be a classic.

Blogging for CONVERSE.
I was asked to do a photo essay for Converse here is a sample from the shoot.

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Below is where the idea of Instrument was formed.


]]> http://www.patgraham.org/2010/instrument-blog/feed 0 Tottenham Hotspur http://www.patgraham.org/2010/tottenham-hotspur http://www.patgraham.org/2010/tottenham-hotspur#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:52:06 +0000 pat http://www.patgraham.org/?p=187 More of my work with Top football club Tottenham.
My shots will also appear in the clubs upcoming Annual Report

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