- Omer Cordell
Omer Roy Cordell (born
24 December 1976 nearTel-Aviv, Israel ) is aVancouver based photographer specializing in rock albumphotography and is the owner of Seventh Frame Photography.Life in Israel
Growing up in
Israel Cordell was faced with the reality of serving 3 years in the Israeli Defense Forces and served as a senior combat medic. Shortly after his military service he spent some time in SouthernChile before moving to Vancouver BC and start his photography career.While his unique background has seen him make stops in cities worldwide. Cordell initially began photographing musicians, both in the live and studio setting, but has branched out into other industries, as well as continued working on his own unique art pieces.
Introduction to Rock Photography
Cordell's big break came when the multi-talented
Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad ,Steve Vai ) personally requested Cordell take the promotional shots for Townsend's 2003 DTB opus, "Accelerated Evolution ". Cordell's name quickly spread throughout the industry landing him a high-profile gig shooting the photos that would appear in the booklet ofFear Factory 's 2004 CD release, "Archetype", onLiquid 8 Records .During the Archetype Photo sessions, Cordell earned his nickname "Impson" from vocalist Burton C. Bell. Bell argued that seeing as Cordell's name is Omer without the "H" then his last name should be Impson without the "S".In addition to the major exposure generated from Devin Townsend and Fear Factory, Cordell has honed his skills with other up-and-coming and established bands such asKMFDM ,Alexisonfire ,Clutch ,Mnemic ,Threat Signal ,Meshuggah ,Apocalyptica and many more.Other work
In addition to photographing bands for album covers, Omer work has been featured for korg.com,Fact|date=June 2008 and on a page of MTv.com [ [http://www.mtv.com/photos/?fid=1494439 ALEXISONFIRE PHOTOS 12.2004 | MTV Photo Gallery] ] , and one of his photographs appears in a page of centurymedia.com. [ [http://www2.centurymedia.com/index.aspx?default_id_country=3&page=detailed_artist&id_artist=62 Century Media Records] ] His work has also been featured by other notable companies.Fact|date=June 2008 One of his photographs is used to illustrate the book "New Wave of American Heavy Metal" by
Garry Sharpe-Young . [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=%22Omer+Cordell%22&source=web&ots=ZyEM0mPycQ&sig=3lmPbJmQ1x56_6yHawCQCHdc_Jc the book] at Google Books]Cordell is planning to release a book about his works with the music industry and also a more profound book about his travels around the world.Fact|date=January 2008
References
External links
*Lord of the Wasteland, " [http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/content/view/34/0/ Omer R. Cordell (Seventh Frame Photography)] ". Metal-rules.com.
27 October 2004 . An interview.
* [http://www.seventhframe.com Cordell's website]
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