Irene Young
Young's photographs have appeared worldwide including Us Magazine, Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, People Magazine, Rolling Stone, Guitar Player, and The Utne Reader. Her clients have included Warner Brothers, Columbia, Motown, Windham Hill, Narada, Virgin, Rounder, Olivia, Redwood, Harper Collins, Fawcett, Doubleday, Henry Holt & Company Publishers, and many others.
Within her vast catalog of artists in Women’s Music, Folk, Jazz , New Age, Bluegrass, Roots Music, and other art genres, her subjects have included well known artists such as Cris Williamson, Holly Near, Meg Christian, Deidre McCalla, Teresa Trull, Therese Edell, Gwen Avery, Barbara Higbie, Grace Griffith, Laura Nyro, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Laurie Lewis, Kate Clinton, Karen Williams, Marga Gomez, Margie Adam, Alive!, Skip The Needle, Katie Cash, Kofy Brown, Linda Tillery, Mary Watkins, Eileen Myles, Jewelle Gomez, Sonia Braga, Rosario Dawson, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, Judy Collins, Michael Hedges, Will Ackerman, Al Jarreau, The Roches, Mary Black, and countless others.
Her current projects are two forthcoming retrospective photo books, and a joint ongoing video project with her video partner, D.J. Rockaway, entitled, Lez Cook. Young’s career has spanned 47 years, and she has photographed musicians for more than 600 CD covers.
Young is of Greek heritage, spent her formative years in The South, lived 17 years in NYC, and currently resides in Northern CA." -
Irene Young. “Bio (Somewhat),” Personal communication to author. July 8, 2021.
