Artist (2//1/10): Roy Cox

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Roy Cox

Roy Cox is a 35 year old fashion and advertising photographer. He began his career just 8 years ago, when at the age of 27 he decided to turn his photographic hobby into a full-time passion. Having no formal training, he spent a few months immersed in teaching himself the technical aspects of photography before opening his own studio in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. He quickly began making a name for himself around the state doing portraits and portfolio shots. After less than a year in business he got his first commercial assignment and his career took off from there. He began working with large advertising agencies, musicians and designers. Today he has done countless magazine covers and editorial layouts and hundreds of advertisements. He has an easily identifiable style that seems to fuse fantasy and reality. A lot of his more artful images use creatively detailed sets which is something I have been playing around with in my own work. I particularly love the Wizard of Oz themed shoot shown above. A few of the shots seem to have been done is a studio while others seem to be on location. It is helpful for me to see the things that are possible in a studio, as well as the what can be done in terms of lighting a location to make it blend and work with the series.