Nigel Barker

Photographer

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I'm much more about the emotion that a photograph provokes out of you and less about how technically brilliant it is.

I'm much more about the emotion that a photograph provokes out of you and less about how technically brilliant it is.

Someone who is comfortable, someone who is happy, you see them immediately sit up, stand up and feel better about themselves. If you're able to capture that in a picture, that's the most beautiful picture you can ever take of someone.

The life you're leading is the sexiest part of you.

There's almost an element of selfies that is like photo therapy. People look upon themselves in a picture and then they critique themselves without knowing so, and that's what's happening on mass on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

For a selfie, it's not about the pose, it's about you. There's a reason why you look great in the picture or you look great in real life, because someone has caught the essence of who you are, and a pose is not you.

People think New York is this big city where no one knows each other, but when you live in the Village, it's the opposite.

I am always on the go; being a photographer, filmmaker, author and a father, things become stressful, and it is important to find time to escape for a few minutes.

Capturing a beautiful moment in a photo is something I'm very passionate about.

For guys, growing older is fine. Gray hair and wrinkles aren't considered a bad thing.

It's ironic to watch a dress on a mannequin or a model on a catwalk who's not anything like the person that's going to buy it.

Nonni's Biscotti Bites fit perfectly in my camera bag for a spontaneous break between photo shoots.

There's almost an element of selfies that is like photo therapy. People look upon themselves in a picture and then they critique themselves without knowing so, and that's what's happening on mass on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

I always wanted to be a zoologist. I'm fascinated with animals. I wanted to be a zookeeper.

My go-to necktie is jet black, skinny, and simple. It goes with everything. I really like that mod-ish punk look.

I am always on the go; being a photographer, filmmaker, author and a father, things become stressful, and it is important to find time to escape for a few minutes.

Everyone gets a pencil as a kid, but it doesn't make them all authors or painters or drawers or anything else.

Whenever you do anything public, you open yourself up to be criticized.

I got a camera when I was nine years old and it wasn't until I was a model that I realized you could be a photographer for a job.

I once died my hair blonde, and it looked like an orangey-red carrot top. It was the '80s, and I was trying to look like George Michael. At the time, the ladies loved it, and I loved it too!

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