Joseph Sinclair: Celebrity photographer who worked with Dua Lipa and Paul Mescal dies aged 49

Sinclair had worked with the greats of stage and screen, with his work featured in Vogue, Sunday Times and Vanity Fair
Joseph Sinclair, right, with partner Ryan Sinclair-Neale
Facebook
The Weekender

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

Celebrity photographer Joseph Sinclair - who captured the likes of Dua Lipa, Nicole Scherzinger and Paul Mescal - has died suddenly. He was 49.

Sinclair had worked with stage and screen stars such as Hannah Waddingham, Jack Lowden, Jodie Whittaker and Asa Butterfield.

He recently captured the young stars of The Crown - Meg Bellamy, who played a young Kate, Luther Ford, who played Prince Harry, and Ed McVey, who played Prince William in the final series of the Netflix hit. 

His work had been featured in Q, Esquire, Vogue, Sunday Times and Vanity Fair. 

Sinclair had also worked on publicity campaigns for Netflix, Disney, Amazon & HBO.

Sinclair’s agent, John Parkinson, confirmed the sad news. 

"Joseph sadly passed away last Friday.

“I spoke to him around 4pm on the phone, then later found out that he had died that evening. 

“We are all very sad – he was a very talented man.”

Sinclair had been shooting professionally for almost 15 years.

According to his website, his work was often inspired by films and music while growing up in England in the 80s and 90s.

His website reads: “I began taking photographs when I was around eight years old. Fascinated by capturing people on film.

“It's the passion to create that drives me.

“The wonderful thing about having a camera is you never know where it will take you, who you will meet and what the next exciting project will be.”

Tributes were paid to the photographer. 

Singer Lisa Scott-Lee wrote: “I’m so sad to hear about the passing of photographer @josephsinclair. Joseph was a talented photographer & me feel at ease standing up there alone after years of being in Steps. He shot my Electric single cover and was a joy to work with.”

Darren Styles, the owner of Attitude Magazine, added: “We’re not sure how nor why, but the fabulous @josephsinclair has passed - and everyone at @AttitudeMag is bereft and sends love to his partner, Ryan. His work for us, over years, lit up our pages as surely as he did every room. May he rest easy, he was a creative genius.”

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in