Photography
Corbett's photographic work has been widely published. In August 2006, his portrait of Bella Freud appeared in Harper's Bazaar. In 2008 he was interviewed by the New York Times while shooting on location in Essaouira, Morocco. He photographed the band Alabama 3 of The Sopranos fame in 2008 for their album, M.O.R. and, in 2010, he photographed Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction for their CD, We Are Volsung. Although he is not a member of the Colony Room or Gerry's club, he has photographed extensively in both, releasing a book of smokers portraits before the smoking ban came into force in 2007 called; Gerry-Go-Round. This was followed in 2011 by a book of photographs documenting the demise of the Soho drinking establishment, the Colony Room Club, entitled Behind the Green Door exhibited as part of the 'One More for The Road' show at Soho's Reading Room Gallery.
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