PYMCA is proud to represent the collection of Clare Muller.

Born and raised in London NW1, Clare went to school with people who wanted to be pop/rock stars in the early 80's ( madness, body snatchers..). with no musical ability and no aptitude for being a groupie, she followed her mates around taking pictures and generally getting in the way.

On the suggestion of Miranda from the 2- tone band, the Bodysnatchers she took a carrier bag of gig shots to Stiff records who amazingly offered her a job documenting a tour starting the next week. The love affair with photography begins. She shot live/portraiture for NME , SMASH HITS and THE  FACE and worked on many classic pop videos as a stills photographer.

For the next decade Clare photographed many great bands and artists: from The Smiths (Morrissey/Marr), Annie Lennox, Paul Weller Billy Idol, the Clash, Queen and Madness.

When the hair and make-up and styling became more important than the music and the "first 3 songs"*. rule came to be, she realised the party was over for the reportage, realism inspired shots clare enjoyed taking and it was time to do something else involving less shoulder-pads and back-combing.

She worked as a 16 mm camera operator on many pop promos and shot and co-directed a documentary film and travelled extensively with a still and movie camera.

A serious accident in 1995 meant Clare was out of action for the best part of a decade but she is now back at work, taking pictures and has recently completed a project  photographing the great and good in Media broadcasting, news  reporting and literature and is enjoying hanging out with grown-ups.

That being said she has, of late worked with Will Young, Dido, Natalie Imbruglia , Charlotte Church and Emma Bunting and still keeps her options open...................after all rock/music  photography is REALLY GOOD FUN!

You can see all of Clare's images in the FEATURES section