Beth Garrabrant
{{Short description|American artistic photographer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Beth Garrabrant
| education = University of Notre Dame, International Center of Photography
| occupation = Photographer
| known_for = Photography, notably for Taylor Swift album artwork
}}
Beth Garrabrant is an American photographer known for her editorial and commercial work, and her photography collaborations with Taylor Swift since 2020 on her albums Folklore, Evermore, Fearless (Taylor's Version), Red (Taylor's Version), Midnights, Speak Now (Taylor's Version), 1989 (Taylor's Version) and The Tortured Poets Department. She primarily uses medium-format film in her work.
Early life and education
After growing up in Connecticut and the North Shore of Illinois,{{Cite web |title=Photographer Spotlight: Beth Garrabrant |url=https://www.booooooom.com/2021/01/22/photographer-spotlight-beth-garrabrant/ |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=BOOOOOOOM! |language=en-US}} Garrabrant attended the University of Notre Dame, before studying at the International Center of Photography in New York City.{{Cite web |last=Whitfield |first=Zoe |date=September 24, 2020 |title=Meet the photographer behind Taylor Swift's folklore artwork |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/z3ed8e/beth-garrabrant-photographer-behind-taylor-swift-folklore-artwork |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002043059/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/z3ed8e/beth-garrabrant-photographer-behind-taylor-swift-folklore-artwork |archive-date=October 2, 2020 |website=i-D}}
Career
Garrabrant works across a range of photography genres, from editorial to commercial shoots. Her most recognized work is her collaboration with Taylor Swift since 2020, when she worked on folklore.
{{Blockquote|text=From the very beginning, Taylor had a clear idea of what she wanted for the album's visuals. We looked at Surrealist work, imagery that toyed with human scale in nature. We also looked at early autochromes, ambrotypes, and photo storybooks from the 1940s.|title="Meet the photographer behind Taylor Swift's folklore artwork"|source=i-D|author=Beth Garrabrant}}
She worked with Swift on subsequent album projects Red (Taylor's Version), Evermore,{{Cite web |last=Ruggieri |first=Melissa |title=Album review: Taylor Swift remains introspective on 'evermore,' her second album of 2020 |url=https://www.ajc.com/life/music-blog/album-review-taylor-swift-remains-introspective-on-evermore-her-second-album-of-2020/6A36FRLJM5BGNCEZPIBDXQC3OI/ |date=December 11, 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=Georgia Entertainment Scene (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) |language=English}} Midnights{{Cite web |title=Taylor Swift Midnights Press Shot_Photographer credit Beth Garrabrant |url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2022/10/editors-pick-quinn-christopherson-at-the-kencen/taylor-swift-midnights-press-shot_photographer-credit-beth-garrabrant/ |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=Metro Weekly |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Finkel |first=Lena |date=October 22, 2020 |title='folklore' Photoshoot: Taylor Swift's Photographer Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Secrets |url=https://www.femestella.com/taylor-swift-folklore-photoshoot-by-photographer-beth-garrabrant/ |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=Femestella |language=en-US}} and The Tortured Poets Department.{{Cite magazine |last=Vasquez |first=Ingrid |date=February 4, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Shares the Sexy Cover of New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department': 'All's Fair in Love and Poetry' |url=https://people.com/2024-grammys-taylor-swift-new-album-cover-tortured-poets-department-8558634 |access-date=February 5, 2024 |magazine=People |language=en}}
In 2019, Garrabrant photographed author Joyce Carol Oates for ELLE Magazine.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-04 |title=Joyce Carol Oates Thinks Trump Is a Red Herring |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/a25714052/the-elle-woman-joyce-carol-oates-january-2019/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=ELLE |language=en-US}} In 2020, Garrabrant shot a commissioned project portrait series for the Netflix show I Am Not Okay with This. Garrabrant has also shot portraits for Disney's Cruella and A24 films When You Finish Saving the World, Love Lies Bleeding, and Problemista.{{Cite web |title=Beth Garrabrant {{!}} Home |url=https://www.bethgarrabrant.com/#1}}
From 2014, she served as photo director of NYLON magazine.{{Cite web |last=McDermott |first=Emily |date=November 4, 2014 |title=Our Photo Director Shows Us Her Barbie World |url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/photo-director-shows-barbie-world |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=Nylon |language=en}} Prior to her work at Nylon, Garrabrant worked as a photo editor at Travel + Leisure magazine, where she was introduced to the Pentax 6x7 II, which became one of her "go-to cameras" along with the Fuji GA645. She also shoots with the Contax T2 and Rolleiflex. Garrabrant shoots primarily on medium format film.{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2017 |title=Meet Beth Garrabrant |url=http://passerbymagazine.com/profiles/beth-garrabrant |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=passerby magazine |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Garrabrant is married and lives in the vicinity of Austin, Texas.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.bethgarrabrant.com/}}
- {{IMDb name|13324270}}
- [https://www.vogue.com/photovogue/photographers/185830 Beth Garrabrant on PhotoVogue]
- [https://todinefor.podbean.com/e/beth-garrabrant/ Interview on To Dine For podcast], January 24, 2022
- [https://redcircle.com/shows/92bf9085-a91e-49f6-81b8-5b651b52ba3f/episodes/2bcb46b7-bc6f-47d0-85d5-8507a0a6dfa8 Interview on Analog Talk podcast], August 19, 2020
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Category:21st-century American women photographers
Category:21st-century American photographers
Category:American portrait photographers
Category:American fashion photographers