Drew Carolan (b. 1957, New York City) | Photographer, Filmmaker, Curator and Author
Drew lives and works in Los Angeles. He began photographing his surroundings where he grew up in New York City in the 1970s. His love for music attracted him to clubs in the neighborhood where he photographed jazz, blues and the burgeoning underground music scene — clubs like CBGB, Danceteria and the Ritz were his playground.
Professional Background
In the early 1980s Drew apprenticed with several top photographers including Richard Avedon, Gilles Bensimon, and Bruce Weber before starting his own photography business and soon made a transition into directing music videos.
Exhibitions
CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop — The Annenberg Space for Photography (Los Angeles), International Center of Photography (New York City), Museum of Pop Culture (Seattle)
The Real Thing — London College of Fashion
Style In Revolt — T-10/SKP-S in Beijing
Drew's photography is also in the permanent collection of the Design Museum of London and has had gallery exhibitions in Paris and extensively in New York and California
Publications
His photographs have appeared in Rolling Stone, SPIN, Interview, New York Times, LA Times, Vogue, GQ, and numerous international magazines and books.
Drew has also directed award-winning music videos for Living Colour, Red Hot Chili Peppers, B-52's, Ziggy Marley, Heavy D, George Benson, Urge Overkill, Dinosaur Jr., among many other recording artists.