JIM
McHUGH is renown for his signature portraits of such celebrities as Clint
Eastwood, Winona Ryder, Sally Field and David Hockney. He has been
a contributing photographer to People Weekly since 1976. His pictures
have appeared on the covers of Time, T.V. Guide, Entertainment Weekly,
Architectural Digest, LIFE and The London Times.
McHugh has served as Special Location Photographer on a number of Motion Pictures including John Frankenheimer’s films “The Burning Season,” “Andersonville,” and “Wallace.”
In January of 2000, he received a New York Addy Citation of Creative Excellence for his photography in the Punch Cigar Ad campaign, which included images of Dennis Hopper, James Coburn and Terry Bradshaw.
In 1998, McHugh received the Advertising Photographer’s of America Judges Choice Award for his portrait “David Hockney at Bolton Abbey.”
In 1990, Jim McHugh co-authored, along with museum director Henry Hopkins, “California Artists, New Work” for the Chronicle Press in San Francisco. The book was the 1990 recipient of the coveted Golden Quill Award.
Portraits by McHugh have appeared in several other books, including the cover of David Hockney’s “That’s The Way I See It” (Chronicle 1993) and “The Art of Light and Space” (Abbeville Press 1993).
McHugh’s photographs of Artists are in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Walker Art Institute in Minneapolis. He has had solo exhibitions at The Corcoran Gallery and The Santa Monica Museum of Art.
McHugh’s series of photographs entitled “Stone Portraits” were born from a desire to photograph common objects in an uncommon way. Conversely, McHugh also shoots recognizable objects and tries to approach them in a different way. “I strongly identify with Atget, with his intimate street scenes of Paris, and Nadar, favoring his idea of the long exposure.
McHugh has served as Special Location Photographer on a number of Motion Pictures including John Frankenheimer’s films “The Burning Season,” “Andersonville,” and “Wallace.”
In January of 2000, he received a New York Addy Citation of Creative Excellence for his photography in the Punch Cigar Ad campaign, which included images of Dennis Hopper, James Coburn and Terry Bradshaw.
In 1998, McHugh received the Advertising Photographer’s of America Judges Choice Award for his portrait “David Hockney at Bolton Abbey.”
In 1990, Jim McHugh co-authored, along with museum director Henry Hopkins, “California Artists, New Work” for the Chronicle Press in San Francisco. The book was the 1990 recipient of the coveted Golden Quill Award.
Portraits by McHugh have appeared in several other books, including the cover of David Hockney’s “That’s The Way I See It” (Chronicle 1993) and “The Art of Light and Space” (Abbeville Press 1993).
McHugh’s photographs of Artists are in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Walker Art Institute in Minneapolis. He has had solo exhibitions at The Corcoran Gallery and The Santa Monica Museum of Art.
McHugh’s series of photographs entitled “Stone Portraits” were born from a desire to photograph common objects in an uncommon way. Conversely, McHugh also shoots recognizable objects and tries to approach them in a different way. “I strongly identify with Atget, with his intimate street scenes of Paris, and Nadar, favoring his idea of the long exposure.
