John McMurtrie (born 1969) is a British music photographer. He makes portraits of musicians, usually in the heavy rock arena. He has shot covers for Metal Hammer magazine and Total Guitar magazine[1] and also contributes to Rolling Stone (USA) and Q magazine (UK).[citation needed]
He is the official photographer for Iron Maiden[1] and author of the book Iron Maiden: On Board Flight 666, a behind-the-scenes photo documentary. It includes photographs taken during the Somewhere Back In Time Tour (2008–09) and The Final Frontier Tour (2010–11) aboard the band's custom Boeing 757, Ed Force One.[2] A presentation of the book was held from 5 to 31 August 2011 at the British Music Experience at the London O2.[3]
On 20 November 2014, the paperback version of On Board Flight 666 was published by Orion.
IRON MAIDEN ROYAL MAIL STAMPS - John Photographed 5 of the 8 Special postal stamps issued in Feb 2023.
On 29 March 2012 at the 2011 Professional Photographer of the Year awards, McMurtrie won the Best Portfolio award and was runner-up for News Editorial Photographer of the Year.[4]He was a runner-up for News Photographer of the Year in 2011[citation needed] and was nominated for the 2012 Terry O'Neill award.[citation needed]
He was listed in Professional Photographer magazine's "100 Photography Heroes" 2013 special issue.