A second self-portrait, youth zine by photographer Valerie Phillips. 

Photographs: Valerie Phillips

Publisher: Self-published

28 pages

Year: 2014

Softcover, 15 x 21cm, b&w photographs. 

Valerie Phillips is a New York City-born fashion photographer, based in London. Biography Valerie's biggest influences are things she loved as a child: outer space, gymnastics, skateboarding and the paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

She grew up in New York City, cut school to compete with her skateboard team, and eventually left for London, to take photographs.

Photography Her work has appeared on album artwork including PJ Harvey, Manic Street Preachers, Amy Winehouse, Amy Macdonald and Tracey Thorn. Her commercial clients include Nike Inc., Doc Martens, Billabong, Puma, Reebok, Paul Smith, Virgin Atlantic, PF Flyers, Urban Outfitters, Goodyear, J. C. Penney, Sony PlayStation, PC World, New Look, Selfridges.

Valerie has published six books, each documenting the life of a different girl – from a Polish high school student in Brooklyn to a young teen gymnast training in Oklahoma. The latest, Amber Is For Caution, follows an ex-model studying to become a surgical technician in Kentucky.

 The magazine Nylon describes her work as “gritty, graphic and bullshit free.”[citation needed] Her celebrity shoots have included Lindsay Lohan, Scarlett Johansson, and her portrait of Sienna Miller which resides in the permanent collection of The National Portrait Gallery. She also takes pictures in the landscapes she loves; the American Midwest, Russia, Kentish Town and Coney Island.