Iain McKell

Iain McKell is a British photographer and filmmaker who has been documenting the lives of subcultures in the UK for over 30 years. He is best known for his work on the New Romantics, Skinheads, and Travellers.

McKell was born in London in 1965 and grew up in a working-class family. He studied photography at the London College of Printing and then went on to work as a freelance photographer for magazines such as The Face, i-D, and Arena.

In the early 1990s, McKell began to focus on documenting subcultures in Britain. His work has been featured in numerous books including The New Gypsies (1995), The Wild Tribes of Britain (1998), and The Last of England (2003). He has also directed several documentaries including Skinhead Attitude (2003) and Travellers: A Road Less Travelled (2008).

McKell's photographs have been exhibited around the world including at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. In addition to his photography work, he has also written several books about his experiences with different subcultures including The Englishman: A Portrait of Iain McKell (2005) and The Wild Tribes of Britain: An Exploration into Subculture (2009).

McKell continues to document subcultures around Britain today. His work is an important record of British culture that will be remembered for generations to come.