Mark Hamill, Actor

These two images were originally done for Entertainment Weekly Magazine.  The second one in the more fantastical setting was done in collaboration with my partner, the artist Kip Johl.  It might be of interest to some that these images were done in the days (mid-nineties) before Photoshop had become a regular tool of photographers.  Very few were using it then and I was one of the holdouts who didn’t give it serious consideration till around 2005 despite the urgings of  leading edge magazine art directors such as Paul Roelofs and others. Anyway, I digress, the portraits were done completely analogue as was our practice in those days (still is, mostly).

Despite his fame (and some of the less attractive qualities that befall some), Mr. Hamill was one of the more professional, courteous people I’ve worked with.