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Ewen Spencer (born 1971) is a British photographer and documentary filmmaker based in Brighton, England. His photography is primarily of youth and subcultures. He began his career working for style, music and culture magazines ''The Face'' and ''Sleazenation'' and has since transplanted himself into groups of young people and musicians to form numerous personal projects, as well as making films for Massive Attack and The Streets and undertaking commercial work. His photography series have included ''Wag Lad'', ''Three's a Crowd'' and ''Open Mic''.〔 He self-published a number of photobooks before partnering with Olivia Gideon-Thomson of We Folk to publish as SEE-W. ==Life and work== Spencer studied Editorial Photography under photographers Paul Reas and Mark Power at the School of Art and Design at the University of Brighton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate = 3 April 2014 )〕 He graduated in 1997. In 1999 he worked photographing nightlife, such as the UK garage scene, for fashion and lifestyle magazine ''Sleazenation''. Between 2001 and 2005 Spencer photographed the American rock band The White Stripes. Initially for the NME he photographed shows from their first UK tour onwards, including candid backstage photographs.〔〔 In 2010 he self-published ''Three's a Crowd,''〔 documenting the early stages of the band's rise to popularity.〔 In 2002 photographer Martin Parr tipped Spencer as the most promising newcomer of that year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate = 22 April 2013 )〕 Spencer is also a noted photographer of London's grime music scene, for which he has received widespread acclaim〔Mike Skinner, "('This is what real British rap looks like' )", ''Guardian,'' 15 July 2005. Accessed 2010-12-14.〕〔Mary O'Hara, "(Pictures prove that the kids are all right )", ''Guardian,'' 28 June 2006. Accessed 2010-12-14.〕 and which resulted in his book ''Open Mic'', which was awarded a Yellow Pencil certificate for photographic publishing by D&AD in 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate = 26 June 2013 )〕 Martin Parr, in his introduction to ''Open Mic'' said:〔 Alice Vincent writing for the ''Huffington Post'' in 2012 said "it is his photography from the front line of genuine youth culture that are the most striking. The rituals of sex and socialising are prominent, with Spencer's images seeming to be captured by an invisible voyeur."〔 In 2013 GOST published Spencer's book of photographs of the UK garage scene, ''UKG''. Writing in ''The Guardian'', Mike Skinner said of ''UKG'' that: His photography has featured in ''The Guardian''〔 and he has worked for the ''NME'',〔〔 ''The Face'', Nike, Sony, Vodafone〔 and Channel 4 (photographing on the set of E4's series, Skins).〔〔 He took the inner liner photographs for the album Original Pirate Material by The Streets.〔〔 Spencer is also a documentary short film director. His ''Brandy & Coke'' (2014), about the UK garage scene, was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2014 as part of the first of their ''Music Nation'' music documentary series with ''Dazed''. Sam Richards, writing in ''The Guardian'' in 2014, called it "excellent". ''Open Mic'' (2014), about grime music, was broadcast in the second series. Ellen E. Jones, writing in ''The Independent'' in 2014, said "There are enough ideas in ‘Open Mic’, the opening film from Ewen Spencer, to justify a whole series of films on grime music alone." In 2015 Spencer was commissioned by ''i-D'' to make a four part series for Channel 4, ''Street, Sound and Style,''〔http://www.channel4.com/programmes/street-sound-and-style〕 describing how music and street style subcultures have changed the face of British pop culture.〔name="imbd">(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate = 24 July 2015 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ewen Spencer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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