Misan Harriman

Misan Harriman is a Nigerian-born British photographer, entrepreneur and social activist. As well as being one of the most widely-shared photographers of the Black Lives Matter movement, Harriman is the first black man to shoot a cover of British Vogue in the magazine's 104-year history.

Misan Harriman
Born
Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria
NationalityBritish, Nigerian
OccupationPhotographer, entrepreneur
Years active2017–present
Known forPhotography

Early life

Harriman was born in Calabar, Nigeria 1977. He is the son of Chief Hope Harriman (a businessman and politician from Warri in Nigeria's Delta State).[1] He attended Stubbington House School and Bradfield College in England. After school Harriman worked in recruitment in the City of London.[2]

Photographic career

Harriman was interested in photography from an early age, this including giving a presentation at school on Stanley Kubrick's use of light in Barry Lyndon aged 9. In 2016 Harriman set up an Internet media agency, What We Seee. He began photographing in 2017 and is self-taught.[3][4]

Harriman's photographic career has included photographing a diverse list of celebrities, including Meghan Markle, Rihanna, Stormzy,[3] Olivia Colman, Princess Beatrice, Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Tom Cruise, as well as documenting the Extinction Rebellion, climate strike and anti-Trump protests in 2019.[3] In the spring of 2020 he took a series of pictures of people living through the Coronavirus lockdown in his home town of Woking in a project called Lost in Isolation.[5][6] His pictures of the Black Lives Matter protests taken in the summer of 2020 appeared on the BBC and in Vogue and The Guardian, and in July were shown on the Piccadilly Lights at Piccadilly Circus in Central London.[7] Harriman's triple gatefold cover for the September issue of Vogue—traditionally the most important issue of the year[8][9][10][11]—included portraits of Adwoa Aboah, Marcus Rashford and 18 other activists associated with the Black Lives Matter movement from around the globe.[4] He was assisted by two photographers, Cornelius Walker and Ron Timehin.[2][12]

Personal life

Harriman is married and has two children.[2]

References
  1. Amaize, Emma (8 November 2012). "Hope Harriman dies at 79". Vanguard
  2. Butter, Susannah (13 August 2020). "Misan Harriman: 'I find myself standing in a moment of history'". The Evening Standard.
  3. Warner, Marigold (23 June 2020). "Misan Harriman on photographing London's BLM protests". The British Journal of Photography.
  4. Peters, Ellie (3 August 2020). "Meet Misan Harriman, The BLM Protest Photographer Who Captured Vogue's September Cover". British Vogue.
  5. Stanciu, Elena. "Lost in Isolation - Found in Solitude: A Photo Series by Misan Harriman". PetrieInventory.com
  6. (28 May 2020). "The photographer bringing his community together". BBC News Online
  7. (7 July 2020). "Piccadilly Lights encourages empathy in the fight to end systemic racism". Ocean Outdoor
  8. (4 August 2020). "Edward Enninful: Focusing Vogue on activism a 'no-brainer'". BBC News.
  9. Sandhu, Serena (4 August 2020). "Vogue's September issue with Marcus Rashford and Adwoa Aboah inspired a hope I've never felt before as a reader of 12 years". The i Newspaper.
  10. Cambell, Niamh (3 August 2018). "Why the September issue of Vogue is always a big deal in the fashion world". Evoke magazine.
  11. Alexander, Ella (1 August 2016). "Why is the September issue so important to fashion?". Glamour Magazine.
  12. Warner, Marigold (4 August 2020). “A symphony of activism”: Misan Harriman on his historic Vogue cover. British Journal of Photography.
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