matthew glynn

Blur by CLAUDIA JANKE for The Observer Music Monthly's first issue, September 2003. Graffiti by Banksy. 

OMM gave me the opportunity to commission work all over the world, including Malick Sidibe in Mali, Christopher Pillitz in Brazil and some superb young photographers in the USA. These are some of my favourites.

Monty Don shot by Murdo MacLeod as part of an advertorial campaign for pet food company James Wellbeloved. See the whole campaign here.

Grayson Perry by PAL HANSEN for The Observer Magazine January 2011. Shot at Maison Bertaux, Soho, London W1

Pal is an exceptional photographer, full of superb ideas and willing to collaborate, as was the case with my art direction for this pose for an emotional depiction of turning 50.

Louis Smith by LEVON BISS for OFM January 2012. 

Some of the best photography I worked on for Observer Food Monthly came from Levon Biss. He brings incredible dynamism to a shoot and has a rare ability to give studio lighting effects to fast moving objects. His post-production work is also outstanding. These are some favourites he shot for me...

Dwain Chambers by GARY CALTON for The Observer Sport Monthly April 2009. Shot at Jasmine Studios, London W6.

Fiona O'Shaughnessy by KALPESH LATHIGRA for The Independent on Sunday magazine The New Review, August 2014. Shot at the Unicorn Theatre, London SE1.

Kalpesh Lathigra's distinctive style of portraiture, particularly in terms of pose and lighting, make him a good match for those more enigmatic people who sit outside the mainstream. 

TV Doctor Christian Jessen shot by Amit Lennon as part of an advertorial campaign for pet food company James Wellbeloved. See the rest of the campaign here.

'Deliciously Good'. Campaign for M&S shot by Ria Osborne. Food styling by Henrietta Clancy; prop styling by Lydia Brun. 

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Dr Robin Carhart-Harris by Kalpesh Lathigra for The Independent on Sunday magazine The New Review at Imperial College London, SW7.

'Steampunks' by PAL HANSEN, for The Independent on Sunday magazine The New Review August 2014. Shot at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London SE10

Matt Smith by MURDO MACLEOD for The Observer Magazine December 2011, shot at Snap Studios, London N1

I worked on some fantastic shoots with Murdo for both The Observer Magazine and Observer Music Monthly, such as this complicated set up with Roll Deep Crew at The Savoy Hotel (below).

Tinie Tempah by NADAV KANDER for The Observer Magazine, February 2011. Shot at Spring Studios, London NW1

Heston Blumenthal and Ashley Palmer-Watts by Murdo MacLeod. Shot at Dinner, London W1.

Goldie by SHAMIL TANNA for The Observer Magazine, 30th January 2011. Shot at Goldie's home studio in Bristol.

And below swimmer Chrissie Wellington also for The Observer Magazine, January 2011.

Romola Garai by Hege Saebjornsen for The Observer Magazine, March 2011. Shot at Guiden Interiors, Southgate Road, London N1.

Mika shot by HARRY BORDEN for The Observer Magazine June 2009. Shot at Big Sky studios, London N1. Styling by Es Devlin. 

Arctic Monkeys by NADAV KANDER for Observer Music Monthly July 2009. Shot at Spring Studios, London NW5

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett by HARRY BORDEN shot for Observer Music Monthly July 2008, in London.

American Legends by JAMIE JAMES MEDINA for Observer Music Monthly, January 2010.

Jamie started working for The Observer as an intern in 2004, shortly after the launch of OMM. His first shoot was rapper The Game (below), and his final contribution to the magazine was a series of portraits of rock music's surviving pioneers shot over the year 2009 making a very memorable final issue of OMM.

David Walliams and Noel Gallagher by DAVID BAILEY for Observer Music Monthly June 2005. Shot at David Bailey's studio, Holborn, London WC1.

10 years with Observer Music Monthly and The Observer Magazine gave me the opportunity to work with some of the world's biggest names. As well as David Bailey I worked with Nadav Kander, Harry Borden, Danielle Levitt, Malick Sidibe, Anton Corbijn, Edward Mapplethorpe, Dan Winters, and Kevin Westenberg.

Joss Stone and KT Tunstall by DANIELLE LEVITT for Observer Music Monthly February 2007. Shot in New York, December 2006.

Mike Skinner by HARRY BORDEN for OMM April 2004. Shot at various locations in Stockwell, London SW9

'Burger Queen' by LEVON BISS for Observer Food Monthly March 2011. Shot at The Guardian and Observer offices, King's Place, London N1.

Andy Serkis by RAMONA ROSALES in Los Angeles, for The Independent on Sunday magazine The New Review, July 2014. 

The brief for this shoot was to find a way of representing Andy as an actor who has gone from being the anonymous voice behind the mask, to one of Hollywood's biggest players, and also to refer to his new film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. I had the idea of mimicking the famous 'ages of man' image and the evolution headline which tied up all those ideas nicely together.

Jack Whitehall by PAL HANSEN for The Observer Magazine, October 2011. Shot at Classic Car Club, London N1. 

'Deliciously Good'. Advertorial campaign for M&S shot by Scott Grumett. Fashion Styling by Pip Hamilton; food styling by Stephanie Knowles-Dellner; prop styling by Lydia Brun.

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'Deliciously Good'. Campaign for M&S Shot by Ria Osborne. Food styling by Henrietta Clancy; prop styling by Lydia Brun.

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'Deliciously Good'. Campaign for M&S shot by Georgia Glynn-Smith. Food Styling by Rosie Scott; prop styling by Cynthia Inions.

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Advertorial campaign for Elizabeth Arden 2016

'Shield' shot by Luke Kirwan.