Meet the Judges: Eric Johnson | Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards 2023

Meet the 2023 MPA Judges. Eric Johnson: take the stage.
Photographer Eric Johnson’s archive goes back more than 30 years having had work published in Rolling Stone, 032c, Vogue, Dazed & Confused, The Face, W, The New York Times, V & Interview, to name a few. While he has photographed a dizzying array of luminaries from Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather to Cindy Sherman and Gus Van Sant, Johnson is best known for his work documenting the US music culture of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. His photos of Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Missy Elliott, Lauryn Hill and the late Aaliyah defined an era of US music photography, while more recent work with the likes of Doja Cat, Glorilla, Yung Miami, Pusha T and Shygirl places him at the heart of contemporary pop music culture in 2023.
Last year Eric was awarded the inaugural MPA Icon Award and announced as ‘an unsung hero’ by V Magazine when featured in their August 2022 HEROES issue.
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