Shawn Mortensen

{{Short description|American photographer and photojournalist (born 1965)}}

Shawn Mortensen (November 14, 1965—April 15, 2009){{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=shawn-mortensen&pid=126518569|title=Shawn Mortensen's Obituary on Los Angeles Times|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-05-17}} was an American art photographer and photojournalist. He was famous for his characteristic, and often-imitated, style.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/shawn-mortensen|title=Shawn Mortensen|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=2017-05-16| first=Eliza |last=Honey|date=April 17, 2009}}{{Cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2009/04/17/photographer-shawn-m.html|title=Photographer Shawn Mortensen has died.|website=Boing Boing|access-date=2017-05-16|date=April 17, 2009|first=Xeni|last=Jardin}}

His subjects included Keith Haring, the Beastie Boys, Biggie Smalls, Kate Moss, and the Sex Pistols.{{Cite web|url=http://www.supertouchart.com/2009/04/16/newsripin-loving-memory-of-photographer-shawn-mortensen-1966%E2%80%942009/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419144401/http://www.supertouchart.com/2009/04/16/newsripin-loving-memory-of-photographer-shawn-mortensen-1966%E2%80%942009/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 19, 2009|title=IN LOVING MEMORY OF PHOTOGRAPHER SHAWN MORTENSEN 1966—2009 |date=April 16, 2009|website=www.supertouchart.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-16}}