ANDREW COTTERILL
East London-born Andrew Cotterill is a Photographer with a genuine passion and engendered affinity with his subject matter. His work for Q Magazine, Mojo, Spin, Sony Style, NME, Big Issue, and Dazed & Confused has taken him from court photographer of the mid-90s drum 'n' bass explosion to the expert eye on Jamaica's dancehall renaissance. His eye now being on the British Grime and hip-hop scene as well as others.
Andrew's, association with music runs true and deep - his passage into photography was a natural progression from his passion for the 80's club and warehouse-party scene. Andrew's entry into magazines came, suitably enough, with pictures of Public Enemey's Chuck D for Dazed & Confused. In the years since he has chalked up images of personal heroes ranging from Sly & Robbie to John Peel, to Lee Scratch Perry, amongst an ever-growing catalog of prolific names featuring the likes of, Robert Plant, Arctic Monkeys, Vivienne Westwood, Jarvis Cocker, J Hus, Kanye West, Johnny Marr, Black Keys, Chase & Status, Outkast's Andre 3000 and the Converse-booted Strokes to name but a few…
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Signed limited edition print of Foo Fighters front man, Dave Grohl by acclaimed British photographer, Andrew Cotterill.
Signed limited edition print of Beck by acclaimed British photographer, Andrew Cotterill.
“I love Beck and was really pleased to be asked to shoot him. This was shot in 2005 in London at the Soho Hotel. Beck was super chilled out and almost a little shy when we meet and started our little session. Really interesting and a joy to shoot.
This image was shot on a Pentax 6x7 120mm film camera that i shot on a lot around this time. A real beast of a camera but beautiful to shoot on. We shot this image in a tiny ally behind the hotel with only top light and very little space but i think pulled it off. Really captured him i think.”
Signed limited edition print of The Strokes by acclaimed British photographer, Andrew Cotterill.
“This was one of my early shoots for Dazed and Confused magazine. I worked with them a lot in the late 90’s and got some fantastic commissions..All unpaid! You did it for love and experience to get you to the next stage.
I remember being sent to the infamous band hotel “The Columbia” in Lancaster gate London. This was in April of 1998 if i recall and it would have been one of their early trips to London. It was certainly the first time Dazed had featured them.
When i turned up they were waiting outside for me with their PR Jacob who i knew, looking like many other new bands but had a real fun side to them. Julian however was working the Rock and roll vibe. Its a great energy to be around when you meet young fired up bands like this for me. Their room was not something you would imagine in this part of London but worked perfectly for the shoot. So we shot a little out side and the rest in this dodgy room. As you can see from the body language the guys were engaged in having a bit of fun..I used an old Pentax 6x7 camera for this shoot and on the legs image shot it blind from on top of a wardrobe. I have alway loved this image and it was actually one of the images the magazine used.”
ANDREW COTTERILL Print Information
Andrew Cotterill prints are hand-signed and numbered by Andrew, available unframed or framed. Framing options include standard framing, or premium museum grade framing with non-glare museum glass. Archival digital print on Hahnemühle paper, available framed or unframed in the following sizes:Available in the following limited edition sizes.
12 x 16”
16 x 20”
20 x24”
30 x 40”
NOTE: Measurements quoted are paper size, with the printed image being slightly smaller to create a natural border to house the photographer’s signature and edition number