Editing Mert and Marcus (section)

== Career ==
'''Mert Alaş''', born in Turkey and '''Marcus Piggott''', born in Wales,<ref name=newyorker>{{cite magazine|author=Nick Paumgarten |title=The Shoot: How Mert and Marcus make everyone look magnificent. |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/09/27/the-shoot |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=September 27, 2004 |accessdate=October 27, 2015 }}</ref> met in England in 1994 after having worked for a brief period in different areas, Alaş in classical music and Piggott in graphic design. Piggott was an assistant photographer and Alas was a fashion photo modeler. After working together in the photography business, they decided to create a team. When they showed their first photos to ''[[Dazed|Dazed and Confused]]'', the London fashion magazine, they immediately made the cover.

The team has worked for such magazines as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]], [[Vogue Paris]], [[Vogue Italia]], [[Interview (magazine)|Interview]], [[LOVE (magazine)|Love]], [[W (magazine)|W]], [[Pop Magazine]], [[Numéro]]'' and ''[[Arena Homme +]].'' Some of their major clients have included fashion labels such as [[Dior]], [[Louis Vuitton]], [[Missoni]], [[Giorgio Armani]], [[Roberto Cavalli]], [[Fendi]], [[Kenzo]] and [[Miu Miu]]. They have created the images for perfume houses such as [[Gucci]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves St Laurent]], [[Givenchy]] and [[Lancôme]].

Alas and Piggott have also worked with celebrities including [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Marion Cotillard]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Vogue Paris September 2010 Cover – Marion Cotillard by Mert & Marcus|url=http://www.fashiongonerogue.com/vogue-paris-september-2010-cover-marion-cotillard-mert-marcus/|publisher=fashiongonerogue.com|date=August 19, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marion Cotillard by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for Lady Dior – Lady Grey|url=http://www.designscene.net/2010/11/marion-cotillard-mert-marcus-lady-dior.html|publisher=designscene.net|date=November 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marion Cotillard as Lady Dior, shot by Mert & Marcus|url=http://en.vogue.fr/fashion-videos/fashion-story/videos/lady-dior-marion-cotillard-seen-by-mert-/19471|publisher=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> [[Cara Delevingne]], [[Adele]], [[Adriana Lima]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Julia Roberts]], [[Rihanna]], [[Shakira]], [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Linda Evangelista]], [[Gisele Bündchen]], [[Björk]], [[Gigi Hadid]], [[Kendall Jenner]], [[Lindsay Lohan]], [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Charlotte Rampling]], [[Bella Hadid]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]], [[Victoria Beckham]], and have shot album covers for [[Fergie (entertainer)|Fergie]], [[Taylor Swift]] and [[Nicki Minaj]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Emma-Louise|last=Gibson|title=Posh Spice Victoria Beckham 'does a David' in Armani undies strip|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/posh-spice-victoria-beckham-lsquodoes-a-davidrsquo-in-armani-undies-strip-14142168.html|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|date=January 15, 2009|accessdate=January 15, 2009}}</ref>

They created the cover art for [[Rob Dougan]]'s 2002 CD ''[[Furious Angels]]''.<ref>[http://www.robdougan.org/ANRNETWORK_08.pdf Rob Dougan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201115509/http://www.robdougan.org/ANRNETWORK_08.pdf |date=December 1, 2008}}</ref>

In 2015, Mert & Marcus were awarded Honorary Fellowship of the [[Royal Photographic Society]]. 

In 2018, Mert & Marcus won the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Qui sont les grands vainqueurs des British Fashion Awards 2018 ? |url=https://www.numero.com/fr/Mode/fashion-awards-2018-londres-virgil-abloh-kaia-gerber-craig-green-pierpaolo-piccioli-vivienne-westwood-kim-jones |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=Numéro Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mert & Marcus vont être primés aux Fashion Award 2018 |url=https://www.vogue.fr/mode/news-mode/articles/mert-et-marcus-vont-etre-primes-aux-fashion-award-2018-photographe-mode/70548 |access-date=19 March 2024 |website=Vogue France}}</ref>