Roger Sargent (photographer)

Roger Sargent (born 1970 in London) is a British photographer known for his work with bands and musicians.

Sargent graduated with a documentary photography degree at Newport College.[1]

Sargent has worked as a music photographer for NME, Melody Maker, ID Magazine, Rolling Stone, MOJO and The Guardian and was awarded the outstanding contribution to music photography at the 2007 Record of the Day Awards for Music Journalism and PR.[2] In 2012 he received the Outstanding Contribution to Music Photography Award at the NME awards.[3]

He has photographed many bands and musicians, in both live and photoshoot settings, with photographs being used for press, promotional purposes and album covers, including The Libertines, The Charlatans, Blur, Richard Ashcroft, Suede, Paul Weller, Radiohead, Bloc Party, Cat Power, AC/DC, Liam Gallagher, Kasabian, Trampolene, Reverend & the Makers, Ash, Sleeper, Bob Mould, Fatboy Slim[4][5][6]

Roger Sargent has had major photography exhibitions in London, including Oasis "Beentheredonethat" in 2002,[7] "Future Legends" and "The Libertines - Boys in the Band" in 2013.[8][9]

Sargent has filmed and directed many music videos, for bands including The Libertines,[10][11] Suede, Trampolene,[12] Baxter Dury,[13]Slaves, Sleaford Mods.[14]

In 2012, Sargent's full-length documentary "The Libertines - There Are No Innocent Bystanders" was released.[15] This was followed in 2014 by a shorter "visual history" film of The Libertines, screened before their reunion Hyde Park show.[16]

In 2016, "Night Thoughts", Sargent's film made to accompany Suede's album of the same name was released.[17]

In 2019 Sargent's film "All At Sea", documenting the recording of the Peter Doherty and the Puta Madres self-titled album was released as a DVD to accompany the cd version of the album, and subsequently added to Doherty's Youtube channel.[18]

Sargent's photographs feature in the 2006 biography The Libertines - Bound Together which he co-produced with writer and music journalist Anthony Thornton.[19]

In 2020, Sargent was featured on a Sky Arts documentary "Icon: Music Through the Lens".[20]

A virtual exhibition of Sargent's archive of Libertines photographs launched on 17 July 2021 at Snap Galleries.[21]

References
  1. "Roger Sargent | IFFR".
  2. Twitter, Press Gazette (11 December 2007). "Roger Sargent: His pictures, his words". Press Gazette. Retrieved 25 April 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. "NME photographer Roger Sargent picks his favourite shots". NME. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ReadingOtherPeople (26 February 2016). "An Interview with Premier Photographer to the British Stars: Roger Sargent". Reading Other People. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "NME photographer Roger Sargent picks his favourite shots". NME. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. "Roger Sargent | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - Beentheredonethat Exhibition - Big Brother's Sandy Cumming". Alamy. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  8. "Snapper's delight". the Guardian. 14 April 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  9. "Rock'n'roll free spirits". The Independent. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  10. "Roger Sargent on life with The Libertines". www.gigwise.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  11. "The Libertines 'Heart Of The Matter' by Roger Sargent | Videos | Promonews". Promonewstv. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  12. "The Libertines' touring poet's band Trampolene debut video for 'Come Join Me In Life'". NME. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  13. "Talk about method acting, Baxter Dury got his head punched in for his new video". Loud And Quiet. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  14. "Sleaford Mods share Roger Sargent directed video for 'Kebab Spider' - watch | Gigwise". www.gigwise.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  15. "The Libertines -"There Are No Innocent Bystanders" A film by Roger Sargent". The Peoples Movies. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  16. "The Libertines release short Roger Sargent-directed 'visual history' film online – watch". NME. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  17. "'Night Thoughts' by Suede". Wales Arts Review. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  18. "New film documenting Pete Doherty's most recent album coming tonight". NME. 4 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  19. "The Libertines: Bound Together, by Anthony Thornton & Roger". The Independent. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  20. "Icon: Music Through the Lens takes a fascinating look at music photography". Vinyl Chapters. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  21. White, Guy (21 June 2021). "The Libertines by Roger Sargent". Snap Galleries Limited. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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