Shawn Brackbill

Shawn Brackbill, Photographer & Director

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Brooklyn-based photographer Shawn Brackbill wasn't always a photographer. He got his start in the music industry, as a tour manager for the bands Q and Not U and Zombi, and booking shows at the Mr. Roboto Project.

Since picking up the camera, Shawn has been proliferate, shooting anything and everything related to music. From an ongoing black-and-white portrait project capturing artists like David Byrne, Wayne Coyne and Henry Rollins to editorial and commercial pieces for MOJO, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Self-Titled, and enough records labels to fill an entire music store aisle (Sub Pop, 4ad, Domino, Matador, and many, many others). 

In recent years, Brackbill has moved beyond music as well, was cover the backstage scene at New York Fashion Week for Dazed and Confused. His reportage approach to photographing the event has led to assignments from Vogue, Interview, ELLE Magazine and others. Brackbill’s fresh perspective and beautiful use of light has also caught the eye of lifestyle-minded clothing companies, like J.Crew and Lands’ End, that appreciate editorial-inspired marketing campaigns.