Markus Klinko is an award-winning fashion and pop culture photographer and film director who is renowned all over the world. The Swiss-born artist has worked with a wealth of legendary celebrities in music, film and fashion, and has created poignant and striking images that capture the essence of popular culture of the 2000s.
Klinko was initially interested in music. He was a classically trained harpist and studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Klinko was a featured solo performer with orchestras around the world, signed an exclusive recording contract with EMI Classics and was awarded the Grand Prix de Disque for his recording of French harp music with members of the orchestra of the Paris Opera Bastille.
In 1994, Klinko suffered a hand injury and chose to retire from recording and performing. Instead, he decided to take up fashion photography. He’d made friends in the industry over the years and his talent earned him assignments with the likes of the London Sunday Times and Interview magazine and other French and British fashion magazines. Klinko eventually met revered British rock star David Bowie because he was shooting Bowie’s wife — supermodel, entrepreneur and actress Iman.
In 2001, the photographer shot the cover of the book I Am Iman — Iman's book, which features contributions by David Bailey, Helmut Newton and others — and Bowie commissioned Klinko to photograph him for the cover of the singer’s 2002 album Heathen. Klinko and Bowie worked together again for the cover of GQ, and a 2001-era collection of never-before-seen images of the musician that Klinko shot called “Bowie Unseen” has garnered international critical acclaim.
Collaborating with digital post-production artist and photo editor Indrani, Klinko has created some of the most iconic album covers of the 21st century and has worked with American superstars Beyoncé, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga. Over the years, the photographer has worked for Vogue, Vanity Fair, Hugo Boss, L’Oréal Paris and many more. A campaign he shot for children with AIDS raised over one million dollars in merely three days. The book Icons: The Celebrity Exposures of Markus and Indrani was published in 2012.
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Britney Dreams 2004 Markus Klinko Limited Estate Edition
By Markus Klinko
Located in London, GB
Britney Dreams 2004 Photo by Markus Klinko Limited Estate Edition C Print Produced from the original transparency Certificate of authenticity supplied Paper size 20×24 inches/ 5...
C Print
Price Upon Request
Britney - ICE, Fine Art Photography
By Markus Klinko
Located in Vienna, AT
Britney Spears photographed by Markus Klinko. All prints are limited edition. Available in multiple sizes. High-end framing on request. All prints are done and signed by the artist...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
Natural Villains - superstar David Bowie in black clothing with wolf
By Markus Klinko
Located in Vienna, AT
Natural Villains is one of the centre pieces of Markus Klinko's Bowie Unseen Series: Although this iconic series was created with the use of body doubles and montage, the energy betw...
Archival Pigment
Dasha & Mari - GIRL WITH EARRING - limited edition
By Dasha & Mari
Located in London, GB
Dasha & Mari - Tennis - limited edition 40 x 40" inches oversize C print - numbered and stamped limited to 100 only. Sumptuous, sensual with erotic undertones, this is a beautiful ...
C Print
$903
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Abstract Dancers, White 1, 2019 - Royal Ballet London Opera Jewels Ballet Print
By Giles Revell
Located in Brighton, GB
Abstract Dancers, White 1 is a stunning and dynamic Archival Pigment Print by contemporary British photographer Giles Revell. Giles Revell creates image...
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Pigment
Eye Of The Beholder, 1974
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Eye Of The Beholder 1974 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swi...
C Print
$4,144
H 26.7 in W 40.01 in D 0.01 in
Last Dance 4- Michael Schumacher Formula 1 Mercedes, Red, Still life photo, Race
By Laurent Campus
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Last Dance 4 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2011 - Edition of 5 Formula 1 , Preseason test, 2011 , Barcelona, Spain. Michael Schumacher's last appearance in th...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
$5,400
H 40 in W 30 in
Slim Aarons The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Chromogenic Lambda print Printed Later Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The ...
C Print
Eye Of The Beholder, 1974
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Eye Of The Beholder 1974 (printed later) C print Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150 with Certificate of authenticity A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swi...
C Print
$3,600
H 20 in W 24 in
Getty Christmas, 1979 - Midcentury Modern Slim Aarons
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1979, Ann and Gordon Getty and two of their four sons, Andrew and Billy, at home for Christmas, San Francisco. Slim Aarons Getty Christmas 1979 (printed later) C print Estate stamp...
C Print
$5,250
H 48 in W 72 in
Skiing Holiday - Slim Aarons - Gstaad - 20th century colour photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing Holiday' SLIM AARONS ESTATE Print Giant Estate Stamped Limited Edition Print (to 150 only) by Slim Aarons American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break...
C Print
$2,960
H 29.53 in W 19.69 in D 0.01 in
Last Dance 3- Michael Schumacher Formula 1 Mercedes, Red, Still life photo, Race
By Laurent Campus
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Last Dance 3 - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2011 - Edition 2 of 5 Formula 1 , Preseason test, 2011 , Barcelona, Spain. Michael Schumacher's last appearance in ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pig...
$1,350
H 44 in W 36 in D 0.1 in
Untitled (Nr. 4564) Figurative Photography 44" x 36" in Ed of 12 by Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 4564) Figurative Photography 44" x 36" in Ed of 12 by Rowan Daly Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist Unframed - ships rolled in a tub...
Archival Pigment
$1,200
H 15.75 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Summer Games - Contemporary, Polaroid, Photograph, Youth, 21st Century, Color
By Cristina Fontsare
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Summer Games - 2019 40 x 50 cm, Edition of 10 + 2 Artist Proofs. Photograph printed in Hanemühle Baryta Photo Rag 340gr, based on a Fuji Instant Film original (not mounted). Sig...
Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Circumstance, America #331
By Formento + Formento
Located in New York City, NY
In Circumstance, Formento + Formento examine the human figure as a site of vulnerability shaped by social, economic, and emotional forces. The series emerged from an extended journey...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment