About me: To introduce a glorious example of creative genius at work... meet Ami Barwell.
Ami is my angel, exploring the interiors so sweetly that I fall in love with
every encounter, without failure.
She photographs me while I struggle with my natural, creeping nervousness.
She's the only artist that I've ever met to sincerely recognize the
contemplative moments of a nobody, with a messianic complex, and capture
that complexity, isolating its innocence.
Ami, you make me feel like a beautiful person. Your photographs tell the
truth, which, in my opinion, makes you the most important music photographer
in the world, not to mention an extremely unique individual that I humbly
respect and admire.
To those who have yet to have a session with Ami Barwell, when you do, consider it an honor, she's truly a pleasure to work with and a
brilliant talent.
For what it's worth, she's the only one I trust behind the lens.
Keep on Ami, you're amazing; a bright star shining darkly.
-Bobby Harlow
The GO
Who I'd like to meet:
The World's leading Rock 'n' Roll Photographer.
Yorkshire-bred, London-based Rock ‘n’ Roll photographer Ami Barwell has been shooting within the music industry for the past 10 years. Striking and atmospheric, honest & sexy; her photographs seek out and capture their subjects’ soul. Ami’s ability to capture the raw essence of her subject on film has earned her a solid reputation as ‘The World's leading live music photographer’. Her photography, both portraiture and live encapsulates the true spirit of rock 'n' roll - passion, emotion, sex, sweat and soul.
Having shot some of music’s biggest artists to worldwide critical acclaim – from her iconic intimate portraits of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and the legendary Ian Brown through to The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Iggy Pop, REM and Lenny Kravitz.
Ami has travelled the World as a tour photographer with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Snow Patrol, Ian Brown, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Blood Brothers and others.
Working with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club as their Official Photographer for 5 years – she documented everything from relaxed personal shots, candid tour-bus antics, intimate backstage emotions and raw, high-energy live shots – in a way no-one else could.
A catalyst for the camera shy, her photographs have a feel and depth that takes you into the shot, as if you were present at that very moment they were taken.
Ami has photographed album and single cover images for Interpol, Editors, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Cribs, Bernard Fanning and Cage The Elephant to name just a few. Her amazing raw talent and dirty rock ‘n’ roll style has recently seen Ami in demand for fashion campaigns from Buddhist Punk to Ben Sherman.
In August 2009 Ami’s clothing range ‘By Ami Barwell’ launched - Teaming up with Ben Sherman to launch an exclusive, limited-edition collection of unique T-shirts, each adorned with her incredible prints. Edgy and unique, showcasing her amazing photographic talents the ‘By Ami Barwell By Ben Sherman’ collection couldn’t be more rock ‘n’ roll.
Barwell’s tees lead the way in capturing the true authentic spirit of rock ‘n’ roll, where others simply follow.
Ami gains the trust and respect of the bands, artists, models, celebrities and everyday people she photographs. Ongoing working relationships & life-long friendship ensue. In return she gives them photographs to believe in. Perfect, frozen-forever rock ‘n’ roll moments.
Ami captures something nobody else can.
BY AMI BARWELL BY BEN SHERMAN:
“The best kept secret in rock n roll photography. Ami Barwell, an amazing raw talent collaborates with the greatest British heritage brand Ben Sherman”.
Showcasing the amazing photographic talents BY AMI BARWELL. A small collection of unique T-shirts designed BY BEN SHERMAN.
The Cooper Temple Clause - 'Make This Your Own' Album Photography.
Interpol - 'Antics' Album Photography.
Editors - 'The Back Room' Album Photography.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 'HOWL' Album Photography.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 'Take Them On, On Your Own' Album Photography.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 'Whatever Happened To My Rock 'n' Roll (Punk Song)' Single Cover.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 'Weight Of The World' Single Cover.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 'HOWL' Television Advertisement - Stills Photographer.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 'Take Them On, On Your Own' Television Advertisement - Stills Photographer.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Album 'BRMC' Television Advertisement - Stills Photographer.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - 'Weight Of The World' Video - Director Of Photography.
The Cribs - 'The Cribs' Album Cover.
The GO - 'Supercuts' Album Cover.
The GO - 'American Pig' Single Cover.
Brisa Roche - 'Takes' Album cover.
Bernard Fanning - 'Tea and Sympathy' Album Cover.
The Music - 'Live at The Blank Canvas' DVD - Video-Camera woman.
The Music - 'The Truth Is No words' Video - Video-Camera woman.
ARCTIC MONKEYS
ANDREW WK ALBERT HAMMOND JR. BRYAN ADAMS
…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
ALFIE
AIRBOURNE
EROL ALKAN
IAN BROWN
BECK
BLONDIE
BLUR
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
BADLY DRAWN BOY
THE BLOOD BROTHERS
DEVENDRA BANHART
BLOOD RED SHOES
CSS
CORINNE BAILEY RAE
THE CHARLATANS
GRAHAM COXON
THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE
CAGE THE ELEPHANT
THE CRIBS
JARVIS COCKER
COLD WAR KIDS
PETE DOHERTY
THE DARKNESS
THE DATSUNS
DWARVES
THE D4
THE DISTILLERS
KIMYA DAWSON
EDITORS
THE EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER
FOO FIGHTERS
FRANZ FERDINAND
FISH
BERNARD FANNING
FONDA 500
FORTUNE DRIVE
KARIMA FRANCIS
THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE QUEEN
GOMEZ
THE GO
THE GLITTERATI
GOLDIE LOOKIN’ CHAIN
HANOI ROCKS
HIM
THE HIVES
HOT HOT HEAT
HAR MAR SUPERSTAR HUSH THE MANY
IGGY POP
IRON MAIDEN
INTERPOL
BILLY IDOL
iLiKETRAiNS
JET
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
JURASSIC 5
DAWN JOSEPH
LENNY KRAVITZ
KINGS OF LEON
KASABIAN
THE KILLS
THE LIBERTINES
THE LEVELLERS
LOST PROPHETS
MOTORHEAD
MEATLOAF
MC5
MYSTERY JETS
MAXIMO PARK
THE MUSIC
MACY GRAY
STEPHEN MALKMUS
MOHAIR
NEW YORK DOLLS
NEWTON FAULKNER
BETH ORTON
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE
OPERAHOUSE
THE PIGEON DETECTIVES
PAVEMENT
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE
POWDERFINGER
PUNISH THE ATOM
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
RADIOHEAD
REM
RAZORLIGHT
ANDY ROURKE
THE ROGUE ELEMENT
RADIO 4
RED LIGHT COMPANY
BRISA ROCHE
SNOW PATROL
THE SUBWAYS
SUPERGRASS
STARSAILOR
BILLY SHEEHAN
ERIC SARDINAS
THE STREETS
SUPER FURY ANIMALS
THE SCARE
THE STEPS
MICHAEL SCHENKER
STONE GODS
THE THRILLS
TERROVISION
TURIN BREAKS
THURSDAY
TOURISTE
VELVET REVOLVER
STEVE VAI
THE VINES
THE WHITE STRIPES
PAUL WELLER
THE WITNESSES
THE WOW SIGNAL
WHIRLWIND HEAT
THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS
YOUNG HEART ATTACK THE ZUTONS
“Your photos are GREAT... I love them... You're the BEST”. - IAN BROWN.
“I really like the photos you did of our band...and you look very innocent and beautiful, so everyone needs to hear that once in a while right?” - JACK WHITE - THE WHITE STRIPES.
“You ARE the best! Those photos are friggin' awesome!! Wow...” - NEW YORK DOLLS.
“I don't want to have my photo taken by anybody but you. Mick Rock can kiss my ass”. - Bobby Harlow - THE GO.
“Loving the pics Ami, they are sex!” - EDITORS.
“You’re the best"... You are brilliant, we love you”. - BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
“Thanks so much for all your support over the years, the album photos are amazing - you're a superstar”. - Ben Gautrey - THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE.
“Ami! So fucking insane! Absolutely amazing... you are an insane photographer. You make us look the way I want us to look when I see photos 50 years from now”. - Steve Bays - HOT HOT HEAT.
“You asked me to dance... I checked out your website, your photographs are great. I dig them, Nice one!” - Daniel Kessler - INTERPOL.
“Really love your work, that Interpol shit is awesome”. - NEW YORK DOLLS.
“If I haven't complimented you on your work - it's great”. - Guy Garvey, ELBOW.
“Had a great afternoon, let's do it again sometime”. - IAN BROWN.
“What can I say? Photos are better than you knew they would be. Pennie who? Corrine who? Thank you... talent will out”. - THE LEVELLERS.
“Excellent! You are fast becoming one of the best”. - JILL FURMANOVSKY.
“I discovered Ami Barwell when one of my young designers told me to check her website out. I was immediately blown away. The imagery was amazing. Her photographs have a feel and depth that takes you in to the shot, as if you are there at that very moment it was taken. When we approached Ami she was excited to do the collaboration with Ben Sherman. The product result is a range of completely unique t-shirts that innovatively feature some of Ami’s best work. Bringing together a great British rock photographer and a great British clothing brand has been an exciting journey”. - Mark Maidment, Creative Director, BEN SHERMAN.
“Thanks for a chilled afternoon and all the smiles... photos look great”. - FISH.
“Ami, love your work”. STEVE ROTHERY – MARILLION.
“I've just been looking through your website and I found some amazing piccies from back in the days... they bring back such fond memories... It's pretty much my favourite photo of me! I think it sums up that era of The Darkness perfectly!” - JUSTIN HAWKINS.
“How the fuck did you get on stage with the New York Dolls?” - Simon Harper, Editor – CLASH MAGAZINE.
“Ami your photos are perfect thank you so very much”. - THE BLOOD BROTHERS.
“Ami Barwell, whose stylish live shots have helped make her one of the UK's leading music photographers”. - CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE.
“I love your work so much.... you are one of the best rock photographers I've ever seen… keep up the good work”. - SUB POP RECORDS.
“Wow, thanks very much for the shots, the photos you took of us are AMAZING, we're really impressed with them”. - THE CRIBS.
“Fucking hell they're brilliant!!! They look amazing, Wow, gonna look at them again now :) We think you're bloody great!” - Mark Bowen - WICHITA RECORDS.
“I'm sure you've heard this a million times Ami, but your work is completely fantastic”. - Editor, GUITAR BUYER MAGAZINE.
“I really love it - it's got that real classic vibe to it”. - Editor, TOTAL GUITAR.
“The photographs look great in the booklet, I'm very happy that worked out”. - INTERPOL.
“This is fucking fabulous! Honestly I am so pleased I can't tell you - they're amazing, really amazing”. - EDITORS.
“Fucking great stuff... You are amazing, as always!!... Best picture ever”. - THE COOPER TEMPLE CLAUSE.
“HOTT photos... and you have Rad hair!” - THE KILLERS.
“We like, you tigress among photographers!!!!” - LIZARD KING RECORDS.
“Ami Barwell - This country's best and most original young photographer”. - VIRTUAL FESTIVALS.
“Wow! thats all I can say... those are unbelievably amazing”. - CAGE THE ELEPHANT.
“SPECTACULAR PHOTOS!!!! I really like your photography - you make even an old guy like me look good!” - BILLY SHEEHAN.
“These shots are amazing, Ami!!! You've made all the guys look gorgeous and so classy - like shots in a fashion feature of a lifestyle magazine”. - SONY / BMG RECORDS.
“You really are great... you do a great job... We love you… you make the world a better place... we don't deserve you.........!” - YOUNG HEART ATTACK.
“World’s best live rock ‘n’ roll photographer”. – PAUL DRAPER.
“Thanks for doing the session at short notice and getting great results... all the band love 'em... You were top to work with and let’s do it again soon”. - Leigh Marklew -TERROVISION.
“We are completely awestruck by your photographs. You are absolutely fantastic and a total pleasure to be around… Your photographs capture the complexity of the subjects’ imagination, that's your amazing talent”. - THE GO.
“You're fucking awesome!” - XL RECORDINGS.
“Ami was one of the coolest chicks any of us has ever met... It was fresh as hell”. - EVEN THE ODD.
“Wow... I think you are one of the best rock photographers I've seen since Linda McCartney... no bullshit!” - AMPLIFIED HEAT.
“Great shots as always Ami. Very impressed… photos are so amazing”. Robert Levon Been - BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
“We love you Ami, you’re a UK classic – you're brilliant!” - THE DWARVES.
“Thanks for today I loved it”. - Bernard Fanning - POWDERFINGER.
“You're brilliant”. - Chris McCormack, 3 COLOURS RED.
“She's our photographer, she's the best!” - PETER HAYES - BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
“You seem to be doing grade A shit, what can I say? I don't know how you do it, an uncanny knack for capturing the... je ne sais quoi. You're an artist with immense potential, some realised, some not”. - THE DARKNESS.
“Ami Barwell you facinate me. Fuck me you do!” – KARIMA FRANCIS.
“Thanksamillion, Ami. Photos are beautiful!” – KITCHENWARE RECORDS.
“The list of bands Ami Barwell has photographed is almost endless - if stark, sexy black and white shots of your favourite rock n roll action heroes looking cool as fuck is your bag, baby, look no further than here...”. - MISS BLACK AMERICA.
“We all love it! Especially the live photography, it’s amazing! You have captured the real essence of the band”. - EDITORS.
“This Woman rules! She sees things no one else can”. - YOUNG HEART ATTACK.
“Your pictures are really absolutely perfect. They're exactly what we wanted. No lame ass posing, no attitude - they're just us being us. Thank you so much, they look great”. - THE BLOOD BROTHERS.
“Thanks so much for your great album photography”. – LOOPHOLE ENTERTAINMENT.
“... What a fantastic photo shoot. Both the group shots and individual shots are beautifully posed and lit. You've also managed to capture the individuals' personalities beautifully, particularly in the individual portraits. I'm just going through them now to choose the contenders for press shots etc and am spoiled for choice. Thank you and well done!!!” - MARRAKESH RECORDS.
“I had a little dream bout you last nite!... Come and take some pictures of me”. - ROB HARVEY - THE MUSIC.
“The photos look incredible, thanks for making a pug ugly band look presentable. You made the shoot fun and made it really easy for us”. - PUNISH THE ATOM.
“The pics are fucking great they look amazing. Very impressive”. - FORTUNE DRIVE.
“We love your work... thanks for making us look good...HA!” - ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD.
“Your photos look dope, when we're in the UK we should do a sesh”. - THE UNICORNS.
“Fuckin' ace photos... very cool”. - THE D4.
“You are THE most talented person I know... and I got a hell of a lot of respect for that. xxx" - THE HIGH SOCIETY.
“You are really fucking good! Just can't believe how great they are. The photos really are out of this world - You're definitely gonna be our photographer for good”. - JONNY LIVES!
“Ami...you are a badd ass photographer I can't ever say not... Without even knowing you I knew that you could capture me like no one else....you rock". - TODD DEATHERAGE.
“I'm really happy... the photos look great. I really love my headless photograph”. - Daniel Kessler - INTERPOL.
“I hadn't realised you took the photos in Antics - they are beautiful... Your work is excellent - hope to work with you at some point”. - REDJETSON.
“Liked the pics, liked your shapes - and you were kind of cute!” - MEW.
“Rad... these photos are all great. We love them… thanks again so much”. - THE PATTERN.
“Nice Photos!!! You rock. :-)”. - BIG HASSLE, NYC.
“Oh my god this is amazing – how the hell do you do it? ...working with you has been a really wonderful experience!” - JOHNNIE BURTON.
“Fantastic!! We just absolutely and utterly lovvveee the photos that you have taken”. - GENTLE ELECTRIC RECORDS.
“The pictures are beautiful...we love yer fotos, you freeze the fire”. - THE WITNESSES.
“Love those pics, very cool! Knew from your site that ya had it goin' on, but WOW!”. - Tom Potter - DETROIT CITY COUNCIL.
“Your pictures are the most beautiful I've seen ever!!!!!!!!”. - Jonny Dubowski - JONNY LIVES!
“Your website is amazing, your work is fantastic, and I would join the fan club if you had one”. - WRONG RECORDS.
“Thanks for a great day Ami, They look fantastic... You are a legend in the making!” - INFRASOUND.
“As always Ami the photos are stunning!” - PUNISH THE ATOM.
“Wow! Photos look great... I'm a dork and you made me look cool”. - Mike Ski - THE AKA's.
“I love them, I love them, I love them, I love them! ...all of your stuff is off the hook amazing… I think you're the best photographer ever”. - JOHNNIE BURTON.
“Thanks for the shoot on Monday - the band really enjoyed working with you - thanks for being nice and flexible, I guess not every photographer is willing to jump into a skip (or the gents toilet)”. - ORGY RECORDS.
“The shots are amazing. thank you so much, we they love them!” - THE STEPS.
“Your pictures are better than perfect… like I said before, I trust you 500%, you are the genius photography master. So Happy with your work and personality” - Bardi Johannsson - Bang Gang.
“I want you to the be the one behind the lens for several new bands. No more of this modern photography without feel.... I want you!” – THE ONE HIT RECORDS.
“Thanks so much - the shots are great, definitely what we were looking for. We're going to be spoilt for choice for press shots so I'm very happy we found you!”. - VERSITY MUSIC.
“Ami, we are all in love with you...Come and shoot us again its lonely in Nottingham without you, and I miss the water torture too… You're the only one for the job, we really want something different”. - PUNISH THE ATOM.
“I love it when Ami's fine, fine work is stretched out on my covers! Makes a mag like me want to go daily”. – Editor, ARC MAGAZINE.
“Your pictures are stunning. How can we arrange for you to take some of us?” - THE WILDHEARTS.
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Hello There Ami, Thanks for letting us get all friendly with ya.. we
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Hello, how are you? I just wanted to swing by and personally thank you for accepting our friend request. It truely means a lot! Anyway, how are things in London?
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