Gered Mankowitz FRPS (born 3 August 1946) is an English photographer who focused his career in the music industry. He has worked with a range of artists from The Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix, and in other divisions of the photography industry, including fashion, music, advertising, news, and private photography. He works from his own gallery in North London.
Table of Contents
- 1 Personal life
- 1.1 Goin’ Home with the Rolling Stones ’66: Photographs by Gered Mankowitz
- 1.2 On the Road
- 1.3 Gered Mankowitz: 50 Years of Rock and Roll Photography
- 1.4 The Experience: Jimi Hendrix at Mason's Yard
- 1.5 Rolling Stones (One on One)
- 1.6 Cloud Nine ( WEA – 3208 Vinyl, LP, Album Venezuela 1987 )
- 1.7 Breaking Stones: 1963-1965 A Band on the Brink of Superstardom
- 1.8 The Stones 65-67
- 1.9 Mason's Yard to Primrose Hill
- 1.10 Chapters Of Gold: The Life Of Mary In Mosaics
Personal life
Mankowitz was born as the first of four sons upon 3 August 1946 in London, England, to the English writer Wolf Mankowitz and Ann Margaret Seligman. After attending multipart schools throughout his education, Mankowitz dropped out of school at 15 years of age, without any proper qualifications. However, his natural photography gifts were discovered upon a school trip to the Netherlands by the photographer Tom Blau. Blau offered Mankowitz an apprenticeship, and after a few months on the job, he had worked in anything the departments, and began taking assignments. In 1962, Mankowitz began taking photos professionally in Barbados, and later he returned to London, he took a aim in the Parisian fashion world, but speedily realized that that style of photography was not for him. In 1963, he broke into the music photography industry, and felt at house being able to law with artists his own age. At the subside of that same year, Mankowitz opened his own studio.
After a few months, Mankowitz began working with Marianne Faithfull and The Rolling Stones, and was asked to go upon tour like The Rolling Stones. After his stint on tour, he had the opportunity to behave with Jimi Hendrix, Free, Traffic, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, Soft Machine, Slade, Gary Glitter, Suzi Quatro, Doctors of Madness, Sweet, Elton John, Kate Bush, Eurythmics, ABC, heavy metal band Budgie and Duran Duran. In 1982, Mankowitz was featured in an exhibition at London’s Photographer’s Gallery, and had his produce an effect viewed by over 16,000 people. This exhibition subsequently toured the U.K. for 2 years. For the next-door 22 years, Mankowitz was based in his North London Studio, mainly working in the advertising industry, and contributing to major publications. He yet works in the music industry, regularly works for newspapers and magazines and his play a part is brute shown and sold in galleries throughout the world.
Last update 2021-08-06