Miles Aldridge

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Miles Aldridge (* 1964 in London ) is a British photographer .

Life

Aldridge was born the son of designer Alan Aldridge and his wife Rita. He is the half-brother of models Lily and Ruby Aldridge. His parents were friends with famous artists such as John Lennon , Eric Clapton and Elton John , whom he therefore met at an early age. He was portrayed in childhood by the prominent photographer Lord Snowdon together with his father. When Aldridge was 12 years old, his father separated from the family and moved to Los Angeles . He himself stayed with his mother in London.

Miles Aldridge began studying illustration at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design to follow his father, who had designed covers for The Who and Elton John, for example . Aldridge soon changed this career plan, however, and initially spent three years making music videos . He came into contact with British Vogue through his girlfriend at the time and began working as a fashion photographer in the mid-1990s.

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Miles Aldridge photographed covers for fashion magazines, worked for various publications such as the New York Times Magazine and Harper's Bazaar, as well as for fashion designers, e. B. Karl Lagerfeld , Giorgio Armani and Yves Saint Laurent . He also worked as a commercial photographer for large companies such as Longchamp , Lavazza and Mercedes . In the weekly newspaper Die Zeit , his style was characterized as follows: He loves the garish and exaggerated and celebrates a “cult around artificiality”. Aldridge's works are held by the National Portrait Gallery , the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the International Center of Photography .

Exhibitions (selection of solo exhibitions)

  • 2019: Miles Aldridge; Screenprints, Polaroids and Drawings , Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich
  • 2018: Miles Aldridge Art History , Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam
  • 2018: Miles Aldridge - Dazzling Beauty , Galerie Frank Fluegel, Nuremberg
  • 2017: Miles Aldridge (after) , Lyndsey Ingram, London
  • 2016: Please return Polaroid , Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
  • 2016: Please return Polaroid , Lyndsey Ingram, London
  • 2015: The Pure Wonder , Fahey / Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
  • 2015: A Dazzling Beauty , OCA, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 2014: Miles Aldridge: The Age of Pleasure , Christophe Guye Galerie , Zurich
  • 2014: One Black & White and Twenty Four Color Photographs , Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam
  • 2014: Miles Aldridge's Carousel: Lithograph and Screenprints, Drawings and Photographs , Sims Reed Gallery, London
  • 2013: Miles Aldridge: I Only Want You to Love Me , Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
  • 2013: Retrospective: I Only Want You to Love Me , Somerset House, London
  • 2013: Short Breaths , Brancolini Grimaldi, London
  • 2013: Carousel , Brancolini Grimaldi, London
  • 2011: A picture of a car , Sindelfingen City Gallery, Sindelfingen
  • 2010: 13 Women , Contributed - Studio for the Arts, Berlin
  • 2010: New Work , Brancolini Grimaldi, London
  • 2010: Kristen - As Seen by Miles Aldridge and Chantal Joffe , Galerie Alex, Amsterdam
  • 2010: Lavazza 2010 , Foundation Center of Photography / Fundacja Centrum Fotografii, Poland
  • 2009: Miles Aldgridge , Colette, Paris
  • 2009: Pictures for Photographs , Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
  • 2009: Doll Face , Hamiltons, London
  • 2008: Acid Candy , Galerie Alex, Amsterdam
  • 2007: The Cabinet , Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam

Publications (selection)

  • 2016: (after Cattelan) , Color Pictures, London
  • 2016: Please return Polaroid , Steidl, Göttingen, ISBN 978-3-95829-099-0
  • 2014: Miles of Mac , Rizzoli, New York
  • 2014: One Black & White and Nineteen Color Photographs , Reflex, Amsterdam
  • 2014: Miles Aldridge's Carousel , Sims Reed Gallery, London
  • 2013: Miles Aldridge: I Only Want You To Love Me , Rizzoli International Publications
  • 2012: Miles Aldridge: Other Pictures , Steidl, Göttingen, ISBN 978-3-86930-437-3
  • 2010: Kristen: As seen by Miles Aldridge and Chantal Joffe , Reflex Editions, Amsterdam
  • 2009: Pictures for Photographs , Steidl, Göttingen
  • 2008: Acid Candy , Reflex Editions, Amsterdam
  • 2006: The Cabinet , Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christa D'Souza: All around Miles Aldridge . In: The Daily Telegraph . June 9, 2001. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  2. ^ Alison Roberts: Miles Aldridge interview: The women in the pictures are often based on my mother . In: London Evening Standard . July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ Miles Aldridge on Vogue Encyclo ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vogue.it
  4. ^ The Art of Artificiality , Die Zeit, July 15, 2010.
  5. ↑ Portrait at Nowness (English)
personal data
SURNAME Aldridge, Miles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH London