"An accomplished portrait photographer and masterful documentarian,"[1] he studied Photography at the London College of Printing and graduated in 1968.
The film, which premiered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and aired on the Documentary Channel, explores Israel's life and work through the words of those who knew him.
Selkirk's recent project, Certain Women, was on display from March 19 to May 2, 2015, at the Howard Greenberg Gallery[9] in New York City.
“The series has taken Selkirk far afield from that for which he’s best known: frank portraits of celebrated authors, filmmakers, statesmen, athletes, and their recognizable ilk, which he has shot since the 1970s for Esquire (where he got his start under Jean-Paul Goude), Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and many other publications.
He has also produced a strong body of documentary and street photography that reflects his having studied with Diane Arbus and worked in the studio of Richard Avedon.”[10] About the project, Selkirk said in an interview with the Los Angeles Review of Books, "Motherhood leaves its mark.