In Control

by Anton Corbijn

Corbijn's recent project is a biopic on the troubled life of post-punk Joy Division lead musician Ian Curtis. "In Control" is his visual diary of the making of the film, with handwritten notations, drawings, and a wealth of photographs detailing the creative process from pre-production to first screenings.

IN CONTROL is the story of the making of CONTROL as captured by its director

Genres: Photography, Music, Film

136 pages, Hardcover

First published January 20, 2007

About the author

Anton Corbijn is a Dutch photographer, filmmaker, and video artist. He is best known for his black-and-white portraits of artists shot with slow shutter speeds to allow for the subtle movements and gestures of his subjects. “I feel the imperfection is much closer to how life is than perfection,” the artist has said.

Born Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard on May 20, 1955 in Strijen, Netherlands, Corbijn began shooting local bands at the age 17, before moving to London to work for NME magazine as a staff photographer. He has directed over 80 music videos for a number of musicians, including Nirvana, U2, Depeche Mode, and Joy Division. In 2015, the artist was the subject of the exhibition “Anton Corbijn 1-2-3-4” at the Fotomuseum Den Haag, which included over 300 of his most iconic images. Living and working in The Hague, Netherlands, Corbijn is currently focused on feature-length films.

Reviews

[Gary Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful, beautiful book of Corbijn's photos from the set of Control, along with notes and anecdotes from behind the scenes -- too bad it's priced at $70 retail.


BTW, the cover is different than is shown; and the title has been changed to In Control.

[Maureen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anton Corbijn makes me want to take more photographs than I already do.