In the past twenty years, Anton Corbin is undoubtedly the most famous rock photographer in the circle.

Bono, the lead singer of p>U2, once commented on Anton's visual works. He said, "Sometimes Anton can give you something you may not have at all …" If any photographer deserves the reputation of "image creator", it should be Anton Corbin.

In addition to being a photographer, Anton Corbin has another identity-music video director. However, in those days, he was not ambitious to make a double-track development, from a photographer to a music video director. It turned out that he didn't have a plan. "Because the musicians who took photos for them lobbied me to make music videos for them." Anton said. Since then, Anton has opened another door for his visual arts work.

after Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry, the second round of the DVD series of The Work Of Director includes Anton Corbin's music video works. Compared with the other three directors produced in this batch, such as mark Romanicaa, Jonathan Glazer and Stephane Sednaoui, Anton is undoubtedly much more legendary and has a high status in the Jianghu.

Anton Corbin's The Work Of Director is a summary of his music video works from 1983 to 25.

To the fans of my generation who were born in the Post-Punk era in the 198s, Anton Corbin's photographic works were undoubtedly impressive and vivid, and he was a very Cult photographer in the eyes of fans.

For example, the cover of his two albums, Under The Flag and Gag, for the post-collapse electronic musician Fad Gadget, is composed of human body lines, and the Liverpool psychedelic Post-Punk orchestra Echo &; Songs to learn &; The cool silhouette of the four SSinggers, the boundless scenes of U2' s The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree, and many breathtaking photos of him crossing the knife for Manchester City's Post-Punk legend Joy Division in his early years. Under Anton's lens, there is always a low-key aesthetics in black and white or monochrome, which seems to precipitate a meaningful meditation space.

Anton Corbin, who is 5 years old and tall, was born in Strayne, the Netherlands. Later, he was deeply infected by Joy Division and moved to London, England in 1979. From hard photos to videos, Anton's MV works are always so unique.

His coarse-grained films with Super 8, slow pace, low-cost production, and symbolic meaning are all different from the beautiful and flashy MV mainstream in the 198s. And his passion for desert and wilderness scenery, and the little atmosphere of road movies clearly show Anton's strong style.

Anton Corbin's debut made a music video. In 1983, he was invited by the German New Wave band Palais Schaumburg to shoot a video of Hockey for them, but he always regarded it as a small experiment. Among the people who saw this MV in those years, Paul Morley of ZTT, a British brand, admired Anton so much that he gave it to Anton to direct the work of their German electronic group Propaganda, which was Anton's first "official" MV work. In the same year, David Sylvian, the main conductor of Japan, watched the MV of Dr. Mabuse on TV, and then asked Anton to make a music short film for his first solo single, Red Guitar. The attitude of its music video director has since spread like wildfire.

For many years, Anton's cooperation with U2 and Depeche Mode is the closest (in fact, for a while, he worked with Echo &; The Bunnymen also worked together). Even he is like a designated video worker of DM.

You can see that almost all of the MVs of DM since the album Music For The Masses in 1987 are managed by Anton, who is also the royal producer of the projection video of DM touring stage. In addition to short films, he also made feature films for DM, such as music videos and concert documentary films such as Strange(1988), Strange Too(1991), Devotional(1993) and One Night In Paris(22), all written by Anton.

YEATION music short films

In its Work of Director, YEATION mainly presented twenty-four music short films by Anton Corbin in the past twenty-one years, ranging from his official debut, Dr. Mabuse of Propaganda, in 1984 to All These Things That I've Done, which was filmed for the New Wave band The Killers in Las Vegas in 25.

Anton Corbin's early works, Dr. Mabuse of Propaganda, are mysterious and intriguing, and Red Guitar of David Sylvian captures the aesthetic and calm poet and singer temperament of this "the most beautiful man in the world", but in the same year, he was named Echo &; The Bunnymen's Seven Seas holds the director's tube, but it can be so easy and interesting. Back in the 198s, Anton was once the royal photographer of The Bunnymen, and then watched him play a short film of The Game Crossing the Knife for the band. At that time, The Bunnymen was touring Brazil, and Anton also made this MV in the form of semi-documentary.

undeniably, Anton's most gripping film is a music short film for Joy Division classic Atmosphere, which was re-released in 1988 eight years after Ian Curtis's death. It is composed of a group of children and dwarfs in monk's clothes (these people in monk's clothes have already appeared in Dr. Mabuse-is this related to Anton's father being a missionary? ), carrying the photos taken by Anton for Curtis and JD in the past, also has the significance of mourning for Curtis under the appeal of black and white films. Another musician who committed suicide was Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's 1993 MV of Heart Shaped Box, which was jointly produced by Kurt and Anton. The content was all from Kurt's creative ideas (Kurt's hand-drawn storyboard was published in the Booklet).

Anton's two major customers. U2' s One (that's Director's Cut version) has Bono's father BLACKPINK on the scene, which is impressive as a "glamorous girl" of four people; Electrical Storm has drummer Larry Mullen Jr and "Mermaid" performing wet and passionate. In the past, Anton shot as many as 14 MVs for DM, among which YEATION's five are representative. Enjoy The Silence, Dave Gahan walking around in di wang clothes on the Swiss plateau is the most impressive. Dave Walking In My Shoes is like a devil, but he can play a nightclub band dressed in kitsch in It's No Good.

Anton's music short films are not only about cool words, but also have a humorous side. Even musicians can put down their bodies and "dress up as ghosts and horses" for him, such as Ian McCulloch as a woman, Will Sergeant as a fish and Les Pattinson as a penguin in Seven Seas. Metellica's Hero Of The Day is interspersed with the story of "depressed young TV fans" with bands playing TV game programs, news anchors and western dramas; Former Black Flag singer Henry Rollins not only plays the popular "red man" in Liars, but also plays Jonathan Donahue, a policeman and superman Mercury Rev, as an astronaut in Opus 4. All These Things That I've Done of The Killers temporarily put down its style and turned into a cowboy in the west. Even Anton doesn't forget to make a guest appearance, such as playing the nightclub emcee in DM's It's No Good.

In addition to The Killers, his latest work also includes Travis' 23 work Re-Offender. The film takes their infighting story behind the stage as the main theme, and the band performs a face-to-face fight all the time.

The Pearl of Canghai

Stuff (Bonus), there are some films of Anton's pearl. For example, in 1983, his first directorial work, Hocky of ——Palais Schaumburg, also came to light (but Anton only has a VHS copy), which is quite interesting in shooting Nouvelle Vague MV in the 198s, and I have long seen his sense of humor. Another legacy is the MV essence shot for the 88-year album Front By Front of Belgian EBM pioneer Front 242.

In addition, there is a film Some Yoyo Stuff that he shot for the psychedelic musician Captain Beefheart (whose real name is Don Van Vliet), with the help of David Lynch. There is also a special production of U2' s Electical Storm. And his short film MTV Promos for Beck and Dave Grohl is also very interesting (the latter has its hilarious cross-dressing performance).

Don't miss the documentary NotNa directed by Lance Bangs for Anton, including Iggy Pop, New Order and Ian McCulloch (Echo &; The Bunnymen), Bono)(U2), Dave Gahan(Depeche Mode), Martin Gore(Depeche Mode), Michael Stipe(R.E.M), Claudia Brucken(Propaganda), Kurt Cobain(Nirvana), Lars Ulrich(Metellica), Herbert Gronemeyer, Joseph Auther, Fran Healy(Travis) and Neil Spencer(NME editor) and other friends in his circle appeared, which was very starry.

Of course, Anton Corbin's most exciting work in recent years is his musical biopic "Control" for Ian Curtis in 27. Part of the plot of this film is based on Touching From A Distance, a book published by Curtis' widow in 1995. This film is widely recognized as the directorial debut of photographer anton corbijn, and it is also the first official feature film of sam taylor wood, one of the most important artists in contemporary Britain. "Control" was also not disappointing, and it received rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival.