John McMurtrie

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John McMurtrie (born 1969) is an award winning British music photographer. He is well known for his striking portraits of musicians usually in the heavy rock arena. He regularly shoots covers for Metal Hammer magazine and Total Guitar magazine and also contributes to Rolling Stone (USA) and Q magazine (UK).

He is the official photographer for Iron Maiden. Photographer and Author of the No.1 Best selling book 'ON BOARD FLIGHT 666' - IRON MAIDEN (An exclusive behind the scenes photo documentary by official band photographer JOHN McMURTRIE) published by Orion Books 20 Oct 2011. Photographs taken during the global tours by Iron Maiden from the 'Somewhere Back In Time Tour' (2008-9) to 'The Final Frontier Tour' (2010-2011) aboard their custom Boeing 757, ED FORCE ONE.

On the 29th March 2012 at the prestigious 2011 Professional Photographer of the Year awards, John won the coveted 'Best Portfolio' award and News Editorial Photographer of the year runner-up.

External links

Picturedesk.co.uk

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Name	McMurtrie, John
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Date of birth	1969
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