Simon Mein, a stills photographer for over 30 years including on many Mike Leigh films, has died aged 68.
British photographer Mein died on Sunday, May 25.
Having studied sculpture at Exeter University then worked as an assistant to British photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, Mein began working regularly as a stills photographer in the 1980s, on films including David Lean’s A Passage To India, Alex Cox’s Sid and Nancy and Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society.
He began working with Leigh on 1990’s Life Is Sweet – the first of 12 features on which the duo collaborated, including Naked, Secrets & Lies, Mr. Turner and last year’s Hard Truths.
Mein’s other credits as photographer included Philip Haas’s 1995 Angels and Insects, Mark Herman’s 2000 Purely Belter, Ron Howard’s 2006 The Da Vinci Code, the UK shoot of Nancy Meyers’ 2006 The Holiday, and Brian Helgeland’s 2015 Legend.
“Simon Mein was unique, and very special,” said Leigh. “He always embraced the spirit and aesthetic of each film, yet he created masterful images, elevating the functional craft of stills photography to the level of true art.”
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