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David Corio was born in London in 1960. He began his professional career in 1978 after his sister’s then fiancé Wreckless Eric introduced him to the fledgling Stiff Records and he was able to photograph the record company’s first tours featuring Ian Dury and Elvis Costello.
Whilst working in an industrial darkroom, David began doing freelance photography for New Musical Express who he continued to shoot for from 1979 until 1984, capturing artists including Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia and new unsigned bands including U2. David’s work for NME then led to assignments for other British Magazines including The Face, Time Out and Black Echoes, covering a wide range of music and portraiture.
During the early 1980’s David captured a selection of successful Australasian bands as they attempted to crack the UK market including The Birthday Party, Midnight Oil and Split Enz.
After a stint as a music writer at City Limits, he worked as a freelance photographer for the Daily Telegraph, The Times, Q, the Theatre Royal in Stratford and Greensleeves Records among others.
David’s photographs have been exhibited in London Galleries including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Photographer’s Gallery, and the Special Photographers Gallery. His work has also been shown New York, Dublin, Japan and Hong Kong.
David has lived and worked in both London and New York City and his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Times, The Telegraph, Rolling Stone and Mojo.
He has also worked for the School of Visual Arts, the Swedish Institute, New Jersey Institute of Technology, the Universal Music Group, EMI and Island Records.
David has several books to his name. A comprehensive collection of David’s photographs of black musicians The Black Chord was published in 1999 followed by Megaliths in 2003 – a 14-year project photographing the prehistoric standing stones of England and Wales. David has also had published a book of haute couture accessories, The Couture Accessory in 2002.