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SEXY NOTED FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER Nigel Barker. By: Natalie Kwiecien. Biography. Nigel Barker was born on April 27, 1972 in London, Enlgand . He grew up in a family with five siblings and attended Bryanston School.
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SEXY NOTED FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERNigel Barker By: Natalie Kwiecien
Biography • Nigel Barker was born on April 27, 1972 in London, Enlgand. • He grew up in a family with five siblings and attended Bryanston School. • He planned on pursuing a career in medicine, however his mother (a former Miss Sri Lanka), entered him into a televised model show called ‘The Clothes Show’ that started his modeling career. • He modeled for 10 years before he decided to become a fashion photographer in 1996.
Media • Nigel is currently a photographer and judge on the show, America’s Next Top Model and has been since cycle 2. • He was also an official judge for the Miss America Pageant 2007. • He made his directorial debut with the documentaries ‘A Sealed Fate?’, ‘Generation Free’ and ‘Haiti: Hunger and Hope’. • In September 2010, Nigel released a book on beauty called, ‘Nigel Barker's Beauty Equation: Revealing a Better and More Beautiful You’.
Personal Life • He married Cristen Chin, a fellow former model, in 1999. • He currently resides in New York City with his two children, Jack and Jasmine.
A Sealed Fate? • A Sealed Fate? is a 45 minute documentary made by Nigel Barker about Canada’s annual harp seal hunts. • Nigel traveled 30 miles off the coast of Prince Edward Island with the Humane Society of the U.S. to witness the birth of the harp seals.
Interesting Facts • Nigel opened his own photo studio in New York City called StudioNB. • He has photographed for various magazines including Seventeen, GQ, Town & Country and Cover. • Some of Nigel’s role models include Andy Warhol and David LaChapelle. • Nigel took fashion classes all throughout high school and was the first boy to be awarded the designer’s cup.
Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Barker_(photographer) http://www.studionb.com/ http://www.nigelbarker.tv/blog/ http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/recycling-design-technology/nigel-barker-a-sealed-fate-seal-clubbing-460409 http://www.novafm.com.au/Article_Model-turned-Photographer-Profile-Nigel-Barker_97563 http://studionb.com/catalog/detail.php?cPath=25&osCsid=opao12ebe3qt0bjnci0va0okd4