Sheryl Nields
American portrait photographer
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Sheryl Nields is an American portrait photographer.[1]
Sheryl Nields | |
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| Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Known for | Portrait photography |
| Website | Copious Management |
Early life and education
Nields grew up in Los Angeles, California. She attended Parsons School of Design, and then worked as an assistant to Patrick Demarchelier and Walter Chin.[1] She started photographing musicians and bands. A photograph of Beck appeared in Spin in 1994.[2][3]
Career
Nields has photographed actors and musicians including Sheryl Crow, Christina Hendricks,[4] Scarlett Johansson,[5] Milla Jovovich,[1] Diane Lane, Tobey Maguire,[6] Prince, Ben Stiller, Charlize Theron,[7] and Naomi Watts.[8] Nields was among the thirty-five photographers included by Fergus Greer in The World’s Top Photographers: Portraits in 2004.[9] In 2005 she photographed Carmen Electra for 4 Inches, a fundraising book and auction project for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.[10] A photograph of Jack Black was used for the movie poster for Nacho Libre in 2006.[11] In 2009 she photographed Dita Von Teese for Dita Stripteese, a collection of three striptease flip books.[12][13] For Traummänner at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg in 2011, she photographed a friend in a Spider-Man mask and sweatshirt.[14]