Derek Ridgers (born 20 October 1950) is a British photographer known for his photography of music, film and club/street culture. He has photographed people including James Brown, the Spice Girls, Clint Eastwood and Johnny Depp, as well as politicians (Tony Blair), gangsters (Freddie Foreman), artists (Julian Schnabel), writers (Martin Amis), fashion designers (John Galliano) and sports people (Tiger Woods). Ridgers has also photographed British social scenes such as skinhead, fetish, club, punk and New Romantic.
He has worked for Time Out, The Sunday Telegraph, NME,[1][2]The Face, Loaded,[3][4]The Independent on Sunday,[5]The Guardian, The Observer,[6]The Sunday Times, The Independent, GQ, GQ Style, Melody Maker and Sounds.[7][8][9][10][11]
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