Alasdair McLellan
British photographer and filmmaker whose fashion stories, portraits and books keep returning to youth, music and the landscapes of home.
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Overview
- Born
- 1974
- Hometown
- Tickhill, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire
- Based in
- London
- Work
- Photography, films and photobooks
- First photographs
- 1987, aged 13
- Early recognition
- i-D editorials and an ongoing relationship with Palace
Mini bio
How it started.
Raised in Tickhill near Doncaster, McLellan started by photographing friends. Music magazines and record sleeves offered a way into a world they wanted to join. One early image, of their friend Daniel in a field in 1987, became the opening photograph of Home and Away.
Finding an audience.
Their work became a regular presence in i-D during the 2000s. McLellan also began documenting the people around Palace when the skate brand launched in 2009, building a continuing portrait of its skaters and friends.
A world across books and film.
Ultimate Clothing Company, their first book, appeared in 2013 and explored British masculinity through Doncaster. Ceremony followed in 2016 with photographs of British ceremonial troops. In 2021, McLellan directed the Saint Etienne companion film I’ve Been Trying to Tell You; Home and Away gathered decades of photographs into two volumes in 2023.
Still connected to home.
Alongside editorial work and campaigns for houses including Miu Miu and Burberry, McLellan keeps returning to familiar British places. Scotland, a Louis Vuitton Fashion Eye book, grew from family visits and their father’s attachment to Scottish culture.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2024Scotland, Louis Vuitton Fashion EyePhotographer
- 2023Home and Away, 1987–2022Photographer
- 2016CeremonyPhotographer
- 2016The PalacePhotographer
- 2013Ultimate Clothing CompanyPhotographer
Film and music videos
- 2024Pet Shop Boys: LonelinessDirector
- 2021Saint Etienne: I’ve Been Trying to Tell YouDirector
- 2016The xx: On HoldDirector
Quotes
I always work with film; I very rarely work digitally if I can help it.Alasdair McLellan, 10 Magazine
On the camera and working process behind Scotland. Source: https://10magazine.com/alasdair-mclellan-scotland/
Trivia
- As a teenager, McLellan DJed with friends at a youth club and later at pubs around Doncaster.
- McLellan told 10 Magazine that their usual camera is a Pentax 6×7.
- The National Portrait Gallery lists portraits by McLellan of Kano, Jourdan Dunn, Lucy Bronze and Captain Tom.
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