On exhibition through April 25, 2021 at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) is Tony Duran: California. Tony Duran is an award-winning commercial, fashion, celebrity portrait, and architectural photographer.
This Winona, Minnesota-born artist spent many years working freelance all over the world and has lived in Los Angeles, California for the last two decades. His break into fame occurred when he photographed musician Jennifer Lopez, which subsequently led him to photograph nearly every leading celebrity in the music, fashion, film, and television industries. His works have appeared on hundreds of magazine covers worldwide. As an obsessive student of history and pop culture, his creative endeavors have defined personalities, catapulted careers and elevated brands across the world.
Duran is known for leading people to a vision they never knew was possible, but one that they always aspire towards. “It doesn’t matter what you put in front of my camera- an actor, a model, a musician or a piece of furniture, that subject will leave looking and feeling stronger and more beautiful than it did when it arrived,” says Duran. On display in the exhibition at MMAM are portraits of Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Tom Cruise, Sandra Bullock, Sharon Stone, Jane Fonda, and dozens more on the beaches, and in the pools and baths of California.
Tony Duran, Beyoncé, Santorini, Greece, 2009. Digital photograph.