Gray Malin


Gray Malin is a US fine art photographer and author, who shoots collections around the world in locations as remote as Antarctica, Bhutan, and Namibia, while also receiving commercial recognition for inventive aerial beach, ski, and park scenes of the world’s destinations. In 2015, he was recognized by LinkedIn as part of their Next Wave: A List of 150 Professionals, 35 and Under, Who are Changing the Way We Do Business.

Personal life

Gray Malin was born in Dallas, Texas, and attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He majored in Marketing and received a minor in photography. He currently lives in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California with his husband, dog and twins, Max and Dove, in a renovated 1930s bungalow.

Career

After moving to Los Angeles for an internship at Paramount, Malin started his business selling photographs from a small booth at a West Hollywood Sunday swap meet near his current home. In 2009, he attracted public attention with his Prada Marfa series, which was a sequence created with the assistance of the local township in Marfa, Texas.
Malin has collaborated with global brands such as Veuve Clicquot, Sperry Top-Sider, and Le Méridien Hotels & Resort. Malin's first monograph, BEACHES, documented five years of work spanning twenty cities over six continents.

Other ventures

In 2015, Gray Malin partnered with international hotel chain Le Méridien for The Follow Me Campaign. The exhibition will feature Malin’s photographs as part of a video installation viewable in hotel lobbies worldwide. The installation features stills by Gray Malin, as well as video footage of him at work. Destinations seen in installation include Bhutan; Dubai; Split, Croatia; and Seychelles.
Malin has also partnered with Sperry Top-Sider to create a spring shoe line featuring his photography, and with Veuve Clicquot, to produce original prints "inspired by Veuve Clicquot's brand essence."