Phil Poynter, renowned British photographer, has joined the directorial roster at Mill+.
Poynter joins Mill+, The Mill’s content driven collective, to continue building on his long and highly acclaimed career in fashion photography with the addition of moving image direction.
In a career spanning 20-plus years, Poynter has had a prolific impact on the world of fashion photography and editorial content. With his strong sense of narrative and conceptual style, the transition into moving image direction is a natural one.
Poynter has a myriad of strong relationships in the fashion world, regularly contributing to Love Magazine, Vogue Italia Interview, Vogue Germany, Vogue Paris, Luomo Vogue, Vanity fair and Garage. His creative highlights include collaborations with Louis Vuitton, Prada, Givenchy, Maybelline, Lacoste, Rolex, Cadillac, Shiseido Prada and Calvin Klein Cartier and Alexander McQueen.
Poynter’s partnership with Mill+ has grown out of years of successful collaboration with The Mill’s Beauty team, leading to creation of Garage Magazine’s interactive AR cover series and contributions to Love Magazine’s annual advent calendar.
With his wealth of experience in both stills photography and moving image direction for luxury fashion brands and magazines, Poynter perfectly complements the current Mill+ team of directors across the globe, particularly as the industry sees a rise in demand for high quality branded editorial content.
Mill+’s end to end concept to delivery proposition will give Poynter a breadth of opportunities and support him in creating content backed by the scale and expertise of The Mill.
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