Drew Carolan Figurative Photography

Peace punks embraced the ethos including the peace sign which to many was strictly for hippies. Not the case during the greed of the Reagan 1980’s. Selected from the Drew Carolan’s m...

Selected from the Drew Carolan monograph MATINEE All Ages On The Bowery. Shot against a white seamless on the corner of Bleecker St. and Bowery in New York City in the early 1980's w...

Selected from the Drew Carolan monograph MATINEE All Ages On The Bowery. Shot against a white seamless on the corner of Bleecker St. and Bowery in New York city in 1984 with a Rollei...

Eric B. from the Follow the Leader album cover session. Shot in Lower Manhattan in NYC in April 1988. The Eric B. is wearing custom made suits form Dapper Dan of Harlem. Edition Det...

Model, actress and writer Veronica Webb photographed in Coney Island in May, 1987. Veronica is wearing Azzedine Alaïa. A NYC native, Drew loved Coney Island as a kid; so when he started shooting photographs professionally he returned to one of his favorite New York locations for several projects. Archival pigment print from an edition of 30, printed on 100% cotton fine art paper with a satin baryta finish, signed and numbered in the lower margin by the artist. Dew Carolan: In the early 1980’s Drew Carolan apprenticed with several top photographers including Richard Avedon, Gilles Bensimon and Bruce Weber before starting his own photography business. Soon after he made a transition into directing music videos. Drew’s photography is also in the permanent collection of the Design Museum of London and his work has hung in museum exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, London, Beijing and Dubai. He has also shown in Paris and extensively in New York and California galleries. His photographs have appeared in the pages of ROLLING STONE, SPIN, INTERVIEW, NEW YORK TIMES, LA TIMES, VOGUE, GQ and numerous international magazines and books. Additionally, he has directed award winning music videos for groups like LIVING COLOUR, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, B-52’s ZIGGY MARLEY, HEAVY D, GEORGE BENSON, URGE OVERKILL, DINOSAUR Jr...

Model, actress and writer Veronica Webb photographed by Drew Carolan - Coney Island, May, 1987. Veronica is wearing Azzedine Alaïa. A NYC native, Drew loved Coney Island as a kid; so when he started shooting photographs professionally, naturally he returned to one of his favorite New York locations for several projects. Archival pigment print from an edition of 30, printed on 100% cotton fine art paper with a satin baryta finish, signed and numbered in the lower margin by the artist. Dew Carolan: In the early 1980’s Drew Carolan apprenticed with several top photographers including Richard Avedon, Gilles Bensimon and Bruce Weber before starting his own photography business. Soon after he made a transition into directing music videos. Drew’s photography is also in the permanent collection of the Design Museum of London and his work has hung in museum exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, London, Beijing and Dubai. He has also shown in Paris and extensively in New York and California galleries. His photographs have appeared in the pages of ROLLING STONE, SPIN, INTERVIEW, NEW YORK TIMES, LA TIMES, VOGUE, GQ and numerous international magazines and books. Additionally, he has directed award winning music videos for groups like LIVING COLOUR, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, B-52’s ZIGGY MARLEY, HEAVY D, GEORGE BENSON, URGE OVERKILL, DINOSAUR Jr...