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Dale May is an American advertising photographer, commercial director, CGI artist, and visual effects artist based in New York City. His work combines studio photography with photorealistic CGI-built environments for advertising campaigns and fine art photography. He is known for the photography series Lego Wars and was named International Photography Awards Special Photographer of the Year in 2024.
Early life and education
[edit]May graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York City.[1]
Career
[edit]Photography and advertising
[edit]May has worked as an advertising photographer for more than three decades. His editorial portrait work includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Charlize Theron, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Jared Leto.[1]
May's portrait of Cumberbatch received a Communication Arts Photography Annual Award of Excellence in 2015.[1]
May's advertising and fine art work incorporates studio photography with CGI-built environments created in Blender.[2]
Film
[edit]In 2003, May co-wrote and directed the short film Jer-Z Knights, featuring members of the mock metal band Satanicide. The film was an official selection of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program.[3]
His short film Starlight Falls Motel, Room 4, written, directed, and produced by May, was selected for the 2025 New York Shorts International Film Festival. The film was produced using greenscreen photography and CGI-built environments.[4]
Lego Wars
[edit]Beginning in 2011, May developed Lego Wars, a fine art photography series depicting Star Wars Lego minifigures in macro studio photography, often juxtaposed with luxury fashion imagery. Works in the series include Coco Vader, Chewy Burch, and V3P0.[5][6][7][8]
Lego Wars was exhibited at the Samuel Owen Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut beginning in 2011.[9]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- International Photography Awards Special Photographer of the Year, Digitally Enhanced category, for Last Trip Home (2024)[10]
- Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide 2025/26[11]
- Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide 2024/25[12]
- Communication Arts Photography Annual Award of Excellence, Benedict Cumberbatch portrait (2015)[1]
- Sundance Film Festival Official Selection, Jer-Z Knights (2003)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Dale May: May the Force be with Him x Lego Wars". IRK Magazine. 2018.
- ↑ "Dale May's "Last Trip Home": A Powerful Fusion of Photography and CGI". International Photography Awards. 2024.
- ↑ "Jer-Z Knights". IMDb.
- ↑ "Program 11". New York Shorts International Film Festival. 2025.
- ↑ "Star Wars Lego Art by Photographer Dale May". People.
- ↑ "Here's What Happens When Star Wars Gets a Massive Fashion Makeover". Marie Claire.
- ↑ "Star Wars Fashion Meets Art by Dale May". Glamour.
- ↑ "Lego Wars by Dale May". Trendland.
- ↑ "Dale May: Lego Star Wars at Samuel Owen". Quintessence. 2011.
- ↑ "IPA 2024 Winner / Last Trip Home / Dale May". International Photography Awards.
- ↑ "Dale May". Lürzer's Archive.
- ↑ "200 Best Digital Artists". Lürzer's Archive.
External links
[edit]Category:American film directors Category:Living people Category:Parsons School of Design alumni Category:Photographers from New York City
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