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1.Nigel Barker was born on April 27th 1972 in London. Nigel went to Bryanston School ( a boarding school ) there he took A-levels in biology, chemistry and physics. He was going to continue studies in medicine but his mother enterned him in a televised model competion on the clothes show and ended up being a finalist which started his modeling career. He modeled in London, Milan, Pairs, and New York City for ten years. While he was modeling he fell in love with fashion so in 1996 he decided to become a photographer. He opened is own studio in the meat packing district of Manhattan. Nigel is a judge on Americas Next Top Model he is also an exectuvie producer for VH1 photography based contest, The Shot. And he is also a Photographer on most Top Model Shows. He directed and produced a highly acclaimed documentary A Sealed Fate? and then Generation Free and Hati:Hunger and hope. He is also a celebrity ambassador for Make-A-Wish-Foundation, the Do Something orginization, The United Nations Foundations Girl Up. He also had cameo roles on a few TV series such as The Young & The Restless, Privileged, Stylista, Style Her Famous and Ugly Betty. Nigel also published a book on beauty in Septemeber 2010. He opened a photography exhibit in January 2009, Hati:Hunger and Hope in New York at the Milk Gallery.

2. Nigel Barker has said he has always ben hugely influenced by Avedon who is best known for his bold, black and white portraits of famous and unknown people. He said he is an impossible to ignore figure in the world of photography.

3. Nigel Barker is a fashion photographer. He takes photographs of fashion shows, photo shoots and he is also a photographer for Americas Next Top Model.

4. This is a good representation of Nigels work because the woman in dressed in a new fashion and i like the contrast between the womens clothes and the old school building and window in the back ground. His use of light shows off the model well, she is well seen but the back ground behind her one arm is dark which is okay because there isnt anything important to be seen there but the other side of her is light up because the window is also a important part of the photograph. Rule of thirds.

This photograph is a good representation of Nigels work because it is a photo of a model walking down the runway at a fashion show as you can tell by seeing the people sitting in the back ground. I really like how he uses light in this photo, the main glare of the light is blocked by the model which makes around her have kind of a glow.

Simple and Single Point. I think this is a good representation of Nigels work because the its a fashion photo and i like how he used how pale the model is with her light blonde hair and the white dress and white back ground. The use of light is good in this picture its pretty bright which is good since every thing is mostly white.

Triangles This is a good representation of Nigels works because it has to do with fashion but i also like how it incorporates the forest too. The use of light in this picture is very well used, i like how the girl who is the main part of the picture has more light on her then the man behind her, you can also see him but he is less important so the use of light is used well.

Triangles and Rule of Thirds. This is a good representation on Nigles work because it uses the model as a part of the picture but the smoke in the back ground and the water really make the picture. I like how he use light in this photograph, the water is dark and the smoke and the model are shown really well.

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