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Brian Griffin

Brian Griffin (born Birmingham in 1948) studied photography in Manchester before starting work as a freelance photographer in 1972. Since then he has produced images for magazines and advertising campaigns in Britain and abroad, and for several books of his work. He is known for his innovative portraiture, and has had a long association with the music industry. Griffin's work is held by public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, London. The international photography festival Les Rencontres d'Arles  featured a major retrospective of his work in 2009, and he was also the subject of three retrospective exhibitions in his home city of Birmingham in 2010. His exhibition The Black Country was held at the College des Bernadins, Paris. These pages shows an archive selection of some of his works from England & Co's 2008 exhibition, Brian Griffin: Photographs and from the 2009 group exhibition City X.

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Photography



Rush Hour London Bridge - Details


Rush Hour London Bridge City of London 1974
12 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Lloyds Building, City of London - Details


Lloyds Building, City of London 1980
18 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Rocket Man - Details


Rocket Man Dungeness, Kent 1979
18 x 12 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Memorial, Museum of Cosmonautics - Details


Memorial, Museum of Cosmonautics Moscow 1974
18 x 12 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Untitled - Details


Untitled Traffic Island Wandsworth, London 1977
12 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 21

George Cooper, Head of Thames Television - Details


George Cooper, Head of Thames Television London 1974
12 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 21

Joe Jackson, 'Look Sharp' - Details


Joe Jackson, 'Look Sharp' South Bank, London 1979
12 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Man Standing, South Bank - Details


Man Standing, South Bank London 1976
12 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 21

Untitled - Details


Untitled Bedsit, Wandsworth 1977
18 x 12 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 21

George Melly - Details


George Melly Studio, Rotherhithe, London 1990
18 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Siouxsie - Details


Siouxsie Studio, Rotherhithe, London 1984
18 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Donald Sutherland - Details


Donald Sutherland Savoy Hotel, London 1985
18 x 18 inches
Archival injet print
Edition of 10

Damien Hirst - Details


Damien Hirst Stroud, Gloucestershire, England 2003
18 x 18 inches
Archival inkjet print
Edition of 10

Sliced Bread - Details


Sliced Bread Studio, Rotherhithe, London 1985
18 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Brian Eno - Details


Brian Eno Woodbridge, Suffolk, England 1990
18 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Manolo Blahnik - Details


Manolo Blahnik Chelsea, London 1979
18 x 18 inches
Silver bromide print
Edition of 10

Ode to Lenin - Details


Ode to Lenin (A Broken Frame, Cambridgeshire) 1982
18 x 18 inches
Archival inkjet print
Edition of 20

Gunslingers - Details


Gunslingers Reykjavik, Iceland 2005
7 x 7 inches
Archival inkjet print

Microphone Band - Details


Microphone Band Germany 1985
7 x 7 inches
Archival inkjet print

Acton - Details


Acton London 1978
9 x 6 inches
Archival inkjet print