A Kinda Magic!

Mixing Avant Garde Style With Self Taught Techniques Has Made Magic Owen One of Fashion Photography’s Most Talked About Creatives

- Magic Owen

PHOTOGRAPHY IS AN industry built on hard work, passion and experimentation and, in this sense, shares a number of parallels with fashion. But fusing the two genres needs something extra to make it a success – that sprinkling of stardust to make images stand out from the crowd. one photographer who’s well on the way to making this dream a reality is Magic owen. the 40-year-old creative explains how her journey to becoming one of the most talked-about fashion photographers in the UK started on the other side of the lens.

“My first experiences of photography were during my teenage years, when i did a lot of modelling. When i moved to the UK after studying at university, i met a photographer called Chris neville who introduced me to my first camera, an olympus OM10 35mm SLR,” explains Magic, who preferred an organic teaching experience rather than learning from books. “he didn’t have to teach me how to take a good photo, i’ve always had an eye for framing and experimenting with angles, but he did teach me how to develop a film.”