Music Photography

Music Photography

Gered Mankowitz

Jimi Hendrix

Kate Bush

Eurythmics

Jimi Hendrix

Gered Mankowitz (born 3 August 1946) is a British photographer of the rock music scene over the last 40 years. Some of his portraits of rock musicians, such as The Rolling Stones, Kate Bush, Jimi Hendrix and Slade, are now part of the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery.

His father was the late author and screenwriter, Wolf Mankowitz. Gered Mankowitz's portrait was painted by Christian Furr in 2004. He is currently a part-time lecturer at the University College Falmouth.

Gered Mankowitz was born in London in 1946, the first son of the author and screen writer Wolf Mankowitz and the psychotherapist Ann Mankowitz.

After attending several North London progressive schools he left devoid of any academic qualifications aged 15 and served a short but intensive apprenticeship with the legendary photographer Tom Blau at Camera Press Ltd, having been inspired to pursue photography by the actor Peter Sellers.

After two years of assisting in various different fields of photography Gered established his first studio in Masons Yard, in the very heart of 60s swinging London in 1963.

Through working with folk/pop duo Chad & Jeremy he met and photographed Marianne Faithfull who was managed by the mercurial Andrew Loog Oldham, who also managed the Rolling Stones.

Gered started working with the Rolling Stones in 1965; he toured America with them later that year and produced several album covers for the band. He continued working with them on a regular basis until 1967 by which time Gered was established as one of London’s leading rock photographers.

Over the past 45 years Gered has continued to work in the music business as well as supplying many leading magazines with celebrity portraits and also finding time to take prize winning images for the advertising industry.

Currently Gered has been concentrating on books and exhibitions as well as selling prints and producing small editions of large Lenticular prints, trying to satisfy the considerable global interest that has built up in his archive.

In 2009 Gered was one of the panel of judges for the Sony World Photography Awards sharing the role with some of the most famous names in photography including, Mary Ellen Mark, Bruce Davidson and Sarah Moon.

He has recently moved his studio and home to Cornwall and is also a part-time lecturer at University College Falmouth.

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