4 Quotes & Sayings By Tyler Shields

Tyler Shields is a self-taught photographer who has worked for magazines including Vanity Fair, GQ, and Maxim. He has shot images for Pharrell Williams, Jay Z, David LaChapelle, and Elizabeth Banks. His work has been featured in publications such as Time magazine, Rolling Stone, VIBE magazine, The New York Times, Elle magazine, Marie Claire magazine, GQ magazine and Teen Vogue. Shields' work has been compared to the work of American photographer Richard Avedon Read more

He is also known for his series "The Other Half," which features transgender models posing in front of their natural counterparts.

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I create other worlds, magical never-never lands where the camera is my weapon and the battles I fight are with the elements. i stretch the laws of the mind and displace people from their realities to capture a side of them they didn’t even know they had. Photography has the ability to freeze people in this time and space–no matter what happens after that moment, it cannot change–they are exactly how i want them to be. Tyler Shields
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Lips are the fingerprints of love. Tyler Shields
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When you steal from an artist you are stealing their blood, sweat and tears. Tyler Shields