Stars and cameras.

[Dave Wilkinson]

Just been looking at my copy of a good book :- 'LEICA witness to a century' - by Alessandro Pasi, it carries a picture of the late Yul Brynner, relaxing between filming, and taking candid shots with his M3, apparently he was a keen snapper. A few weeks ago, in another book I was browsing, were some pictures of Sammy Davis Jnr. doing the same, but with his Rollieflex, I wonder how many other stars of stage and screen were also keen photogs?, and what they used?, just for a bit of fun - can anyone add to my list?
Dave.

 

[maddoc]

Brad Pitt comes to mind (Leica R and M), Wim Wenders (Leica M, director), Seal (S2, M9, a couple of other M Leicas and a member here), Woody Allen ...

 

[furcafe]

http://nemeng.com/leica/005ea.shtml

To Mr. Nemeth's list, I would add comedian Louis CK. Also, since Sammy Davis Jr. was an avid amateur photographer, I wouldn't be surprised if he had owned/used a Leica once or twice.

 

[David_Manning]

Brandan Fraser is a keen Leica shooter. Check his website for info.

http://www.brendanfraser.com/

 

[MatthewThompson]

Jeff Bridges shoots a widelux

http://www.jeffbridges.com/widelux.html

 

[Sparrow]

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Is he looking at the screen of an M8?.......I had a feeling - that he was still around!

 

[Vince Lupo]

George Bernard Shaw was also a keen photographer, as is of course, the Queen.

 

[dogberryjr]

Brandan Fraser is a keen Leica shooter. Check his website for info.

http://www.brendanfraser.com/

Some darned nice stuff there. Go figure.

 

[cplkao]

Stanley Kubrick starts as a photographer, also a Leica shooter, in film "Barry Lyndon", he modified a Zeiss lens 50mm/f0.7 to fit on a cine camera to shot a candle light scene. More at Here

 

[bmattock]

Just been looking at my copy of a good book :- 'LEICA witness to a century' - by Alessandro Pasi, it carries a picture of the late Yul Brynner, relaxing between filming, and taking candid shots with his M3, apparently he was a keen snapper. A few weeks ago, in another book I was browsing, were some pictures of Sammy Davis Jnr. doing the same, but with his Rollieflex, I wonder how many other stars of stage and screen were also keen photogs?, and what they used?, just for a bit of fun - can anyone add to my list?
Dave.

Sammy Davis, Jr. also published at least one book on his photography.

Leonard Nimoy is a professional photographer.

Jessica Lange is a photographer, and has a book and a current exhibit.

Dennis Hopper is a professional photographer.

The late former Senator Barry Goldwater was a wonderful large-format photographer.

 

[bmattock]

Also Lou Reed.

 

[bmattock]

Brendan Fraser.
Jeff Bridges.
Brian Adams.
Bono?
Viggo Mortensen.
David Byrne.
One of the latest crop of teenage angsty girl movie/singing things also claimed recently to want to be a photographer, I forget her name (sorry, I'm old and they all blend together in their black nail polish-and-eye-shadow angstyness).

 

[nksyoon]

Singer Natalie Merchant in her video "Carnival" with an M3:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzhig_natalie-merchant-carnival_music

Lou Reed is also known as a photographer:
http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/01/19/lou_reed/index.html

American Photo - The Star as Artist
The photography of Viggo Mortensen, Brett Ratner, Jeff Bridges, Eva Mendes, Colm Feore, Aaron Eckhart, Adrien Brody, Julie Delpy, and Tim Roth.
http://archive.popphoto.com/americanphotofeatures/5127/portfolio-the-star-as-artist.html

American Photo - Visions of Rock
American PHOTO celebrates the world of music and photography through the eyes of some of the best-known musicians of our time.
http://archive.popphoto.com/americanphotofeatures/4265/visions-of-rock.html

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Wow!...I'm surprised!....the affliction is more widespread than I imagined! ....
and Leonard Nimoy Bill?, - I bet he has some 'stellar' lenses! (sorry, could'nt resist! )
Dave.

 

[shadowfox]

I don't know this guy, may have seen it in a movie or TV, but his photos are not bad -- in the journalistic kind of way:

http://www.paulblackthorne.com/

 

[bean_counter]

The late former Senator Barry Goldwater was a wonderful large-format photographer.

My employer's HQ is in Arizona, and before they moved to a new building, they had some big enlargements of his early color work, tucked away in a side hallway hardly anybody used. Must be early Kodachrome, as it was late '30's/early '40's as I recall. Who knows what color printing process, or how old the prints were.

Really, really good stuff.

 

[LADP]

Scott Caan, son of James Caan, and a fine actor in his own right. He was in several episodes of Entourage this season that I shot. He has published at least one book, and his work is quite good.

http://www.scaanphoto.com/

 

[photo4ls]

nksyoon,
Thanks for the Natalie Merchant link.
Good stuff !!
Nelson

 

[bsdunek]

Frank Sinatra used Nikons, as did Gina Lollobrigida.