500 Photographers: Photographer #225: Patrick Hoelck

Friday, February 11, 2011

Photographer #225: Patrick Hoelck

Patrick Hoelck, 1968, USA, is a portrait and celebrity photographer. Next to being a photographer he also directed a large number of music and commercial video's. In 2009 he presented his first feature film called Mercy. Patrick has seen many celebrities and musicians in front of his lens, from Queens of the Stone Age to The Game and from Clint Eastwood all the way to Mandy Moore. During the last twelve years Patrick shot polaroids while working on commercial and personal projects. The polaroids will now be combined in the book Polaroid Hotel. The following images come from his portfolio's Portraits, B&W and Polaroid.

Website: www.patrickhoelck.com

1 comment:

Simon Johansson said...: those three polaroids are far better than the boring studio ones. interesting.; February 12, 2011 at 11:21 AM

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