Jeremy Irons Photographed for 31thirtyone Project

31thirtyone is a charitable photographic project with the aim to take 31 portraits in as many days. this year, all the photographs will take place during august. this will prove to be not only a logistical, but a photographic challenge too.

the resulting photographs will be put together as a physical and online exhibition, running concurrently later in the year. there will be a limited number of prints of each portrait, plus a special one-off signed, mounted & framed copy, which will be put on public auction.

all proceeds from these sales will be donated to this year’s nominated charity – crohns & colitis UK (NACC)

Here’s what photographer Matt Humphrey had to say in his blog about his photo shoot with Jeremy and Sinead:
” full of surprises
August 23, 2010

last week finished on an absolute high, after successfully fitting in 3 sittings on the friday to take my tally to 19. the late addition of jeremy irons was a great surprise, and a fantastic addition to the project. he and sinead cusack were also wonderful hosts when i visited their home in the country and, having made my trip out there, they made sure i returned not only with some great shots but laden with supplies for the journey and a bag full of vegetables! the whole experience was such a pleasure, and one that i feel honoured to have shared with them. ”

Learn more and see the other portraits at www.31thirtyone.com

Sinead Cusack was also photographed for the 31thirtyone project:

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Jeremy Irons in Brian Griffin Photo Exhibition

Jeremy Irons - photo by Brian Griffin

A life in portrait: Brian Griffin’s latest collection

Friday, 1 October 2010

In the early Seventies, the photographer Brian Griffin began his career taking shots of businessmen for Management Today magazine. His approach, as you may deduce from the images here, was rather unconventional.

Now he is among the most revered portrait photographers of his generation, capturing the likes of Kate Bush, Ringo Starr, Iggy Pop and Helen Mirren. Pictured here are the actor Jeremy Irons, French fashion designer André Courrèges, the unkempt locks of Queen’s Brian May, the actor Donald Sutherland, and the fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood.

“Face to Face”, which opens outside Snow Hill Station in Birmingham today, showcases 38 years of Griffin’s portraiture; from iconic portraits of leading musicians, politicians and celebrities to shots of ordinary people. It was to Snow Hill that Griffin commuted for three years while working in a local factory, the job that was to trigger his departure to photography school in 1969.

A further two Griffin exhibitions will also open in the city today: “Team”, an award-winning 2006 commission depicting the people that built Britain’s first high-speed railway, and “The Water People” a commission for Reykjavik Energy, a semi-mythical portrayal of adventure across the Icelandic landscape. The works in the exhibitions will eventually be donated to Birmingham Central Library.

Brian Griffin said: “I am a boy from the Black Country, born in Birmingham. For that reason the city has always been close to my heart.”

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Jeremy Irons – at ‘The Half’

The Half: Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage
by Simon Annand

For 25 years actors have given Simon Annand unprecedented access to photograph them during the thirty minutes before curtain up, known as ‘the half’. These rare images show the myriad ways actors focus for the performance ahead and offer a dazzling gallery of our most celebrated actors.

In 2008, Annand’s photographs from The Half were part of an exhibit at the National Theatre in London from September 22 to November 9.

Click HERE to buy the book from Amazon.com

Click HERE to buy a print of one of Annand’s photos of Jeremy.

Here is Annand’s 1986 photo of Jeremy:

Here is Annand’s 2006 photo of Jeremy:

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Photos of Jeremy and family at Sam’s exhibition premiere

Jeremy, Sinead, Max and Sam were all at Jacobson Space in London on 7 January 2010 for the Private Viewing of the new exhbition “Nowhere…do we go from here?”.

Click on the thumbnails for larger images:

Alfred Stieglitz

Photos of Alfred Stieglitz – Jeremy was made to look quite a lot like him in the movie Georgia O’Keeffe.

Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz - Self Portrait

Alfred Stieglitz - Self Portrait

Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz NY 1944

Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz NY 1944

Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe at Lake George

Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe at Lake George

The Stieglitz family home at Lake George

The Stieglitz family home at Lake George

Photo of Georgia O'Keeffe taken by Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George

Photo of Georgia O'Keeffe taken by Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George

Alfred Steiglitz photographed in 1944 by Arnold Newman

Alfred Steiglitz photographed in 1944 by Arnold Newman

Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George

Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George

Jeremy Irons as Alfred Stieglitz

Jeremy Irons as Alfred Stieglitz

Jeremy Irons as Alfred Stieglitz

Jeremy Irons as Alfred Stieglitz

Jeremy Irons as Alfred Stieglitz

Jeremy Irons as Alfred Stieglitz

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