By: Natalie Kwiecien

SEXY NOTED FASHION

PHOTOGRAPHERNIGEL BARKER

BIOGRAPHY• Nigel Barker was born on April 27, 1972 in London,

Enlgand.• He grew up in a family with five siblings and attended

Bryanston School.• He planned on pursuing a career in medicine, however

his mother (a former Miss Sri Lanka), entered him into a televised model show called ‘The Clothes Show’ that started his modeling career.

• He modeled for 10 years before he decided to become a fashion photographer in 1996.

MEDIA• Nigel is currently a photographer and judge on the show,

America’s Next Top Model and has been since cycle 2.• He was also an official judge for the Miss America Pageant

2007.• He made his directorial debut with the documentaries ‘A Sealed

Fate?’, ‘Generation Free’ and ‘Haiti: Hunger and Hope’.• In September 2010, Nigel released a book on beauty called,

‘Nigel Barker's Beauty Equation: Revealing a Better and More Beautiful You’.

PERSONAL LIFE• He married Cristen Chin, a fellow former model, in

1999.• He currently resides in New York City with his two

children, Jack and Jasmine.

A SEALED FATE?• A Sealed Fate? is a 45 minute documentary made by

Nigel Barker about Canada’s annual harp seal hunts.• Nigel traveled 30 miles off the coast of Prince Edward

Island with the Humane Society of the U.S. to witness the birth of the harp seals.

INTERESTING FACTS• Nigel opened his own photo studio in New York City called

StudioNB.• He has photographed for various magazines including Seventeen,

GQ, Town & Country and Cover.• Some of Nigel’s role models include Andy Warhol and David

LaChapelle.• Nigel took fashion classes all throughout high school and was the

first boy to be awarded the designer’s cup.

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PHOTOGRAPHY

BIBLIOGRAPHYhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Barker_(photographer)

http://www.studionb.com/

http://www.nigelbarker.tv/blog/

http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/recycling-design-technology/nigel-barker-a-sealed-fate-seal-clubbing-460409

http://www.novafm.com.au/Article_Model-turned-Photographer-Profile-Nigel-Barker_97563

http://studionb.com/catalog/detail.php?cPath=25&osCsid=opao12ebe3qt0bjnci0va0okd4