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THE DOUGLAS BROTHERS
'Andrew Douglas (born August 10, 1952) and Stuart Douglas (born February 6, 1962), better known as The Douglas Brothers, are British photographer/director siblings.
BIOGRAPHY The Douglas Brothers grew up in Southend, Essex. Their older sibling, Graeme Douglas, was guitarist/songwriter with new wave rock band Eddie And The Hot Rods.
Andrew, a fine arts graduate, moved to London and started his photographic career in 1975 as assistant to John Swannell and Lord Snowdon.
He went onto shoot album covers for bands such as The Cure, The Jam and The Pretenders.
In 1989, Andrew was joined by younger brother, Stuart, a graduate of Barking College of Art. The pair began working as a collaborative duo under the name The Douglas Brothers.
Technically The Douglas Brothers explored older photographic processes [2]. They gained recognition for their sepia litho portraiture of people like Daniel Day-Lewis, Susan Sontag, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Salman Rushdie, Steven Soderbergh, Don de Lillo, Paul Auster, John Le Carré, Anish Kapoor, Kazuo Ishiguro and Jeanette Winterson.
The Douglas Brothers photographic output was prolific. The question of who actually pressed the shutter was never answered.
Their portfolio grew to incorporate abstract imagery, collage, nudes and reportage.
PUBLISHING AND MUSIC BUSINESS
The Douglas Brothers’ work appeared in magazine, newspaper, book publishing and advertising industries on both sides of the Atlantic. Publications included The Face, The New York Times The Independent, New Scientist, Empire and Premier magazines.
Book publishers included Jonathan Cape and Faber and Faber. For the music business The Douglas Brothers photographed Ronnie Wood, Blur, Morrissey, Prefab Sprout, eventually being invited to direct music promo videos.
ANNIE LIEBOVITZ GAP CAMPAIGN'
The Douglas Brothers’ profile led to them being photographed by Annie Liebovitz for a GAP campaign alongside Miles Davies.
INTERNATIONAL ART WORLD The Douglas Brothers photography crossed the art/commerce divide. Their work was exhibited in the Howard Greenberg Gallery in LA, the Kate Heller Gallery in London, The Kopelkin in LA and the Parco Gallery in Tokyo.
ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIALS
Following a successful still campaign for Adidas The Douglas Brothers were invited to direct full tv commercials, again as a collaborative duo.
WORKING SEPARATELY
In 1996 The Douglas Brothers made a decision to pursue individual careers.[5][6]
Andrew Douglas worked as commercials director. Moving to Los Angeles, he directed the critically-acclaimed BBC documentary Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus. In 2005 Andrew achieved number one US box office, directing the re-make of The Amityville Horror.
Stuart Douglas remained in the UK and continued as a commercials director. He directed Johnny X, an episodic web drama for Sony Ericsson, which gained over 8 million hits.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS
1994 The Douglas Brothers, Parco Gallery, Tokyo 1995 The Douglas Brothers, the Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York 1996 The Douglas Brothers, the Kate Heller Gallery, London
REUNION
In 2013 Andrew and Stuart Douglas re-united to work on a book documenting The Douglas Brothers photographic legacy.
REFERENCES
[1] Garner, Philippe (Spring 1994), We Are A Camera, Eye Magazine http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/we-are-a-camera
[2] The Douglas Brothers — Collective, Iniva, 1995 http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/d/douglas_brothers
[3] Andrew Douglas, Filmbug, Date Unknown http://www.filmbug.com/db/345101
[4] Andrew Douglas, Tribute.ca, Date Unknown http://www.tribute.ca/people/andrew-douglas/13576/
[5] Yates, Karen, Douglas Brothers Set To Stay at D-Films, PR Week, February 7, 1997 http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/19972/Douglas-Bros-set-stay-D-Films-plan-direct-alone/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH
[6] Austin, Jane, Douglas Brothers Prepare to Move Their Style On, April 5, 1996, Campaign http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/17493/
EXTERNAL LINKS
The Douglas Brothers www.thedouglasbrothers.com
Stuart Douglas http://www.niceshirtfilms.com/director/stuart-douglas/ Andrew Douglas at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1497918/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
Andrew Douglas http://andrewdouglas.info/about/
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