Tyler Shields (born April 29, 1982)[1] is an American photographer,[2] screenwriter, director, and former professional inline skater.

Shields gained additional notoriety in June 2017 for a photo of comedian Kathy Griffin holding a prop that looked like Donald Trump's severed head.

"[7] In August 2009, Shields participated in a photoshoot with The Vampire Diaries cast members Nina Dobrev, Candice Accola, Kayla Ewell and Sara Canning at Rumble Road Bridge, Smarr, Georgia.

[13] The series covered events such as the deaths of James Dean, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Marilyn Monroe; the first men on the moon; and the break-up of The Beatles.

[17] Some observers, including Henry Leutwyler, art critic Paddy Johnson,[18] and writer/photographer Jamie Lee Curtis Taete, have said that Tyler Shields takes other artists' concepts and passes them off as his own.

[25] Shields was criticized for a photoshoot with Glee star Heather Morris with a bruised eye as making light of abusive treatment of women.