London, United Kingdom
Born 1964 Rotherham.<br>I've had over two decades of experience as an International people photograp...
About the artist
Joined In 2010
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About the artist
Joined In 2010
(7 Followers)
Born 1964 Rotherham.
I've had over two decades of experience as an International people photographer.
I work in Portraiture, Editorial & Advertising in Asia, US & Europe.
My work developed in the decade of free market capitalism.
Lavish & prosperous clients demanded larger than life, extreme portraits of subjects.
My influences came from Brian Griffin at Management Today & Anne Leibovitz at Vanity Fair, but always with a slight tongue-in-cheek.
Now a days I refer back further than those times, to early photographic history and Irving Penn, Arnold Newman & Richard Avedon.
I studied Photography, Film & TV at Bournemouth College of Art & Design in 1984 for three years, leaving with a Distinction.
Exhibitions include:
1986 - 'Something fishy going on in Bournemouth' The Photographers Gallery
1987 - 'Raw' Association of Fashion, Advertising & Editorial Photographers Gallery
1987 - 'Men of Iron' Poole Arts Centre
1995 - 'John Kobal photographic portrait awards' National Portrait Gallery
2006 - 'Signature' Association of Photographers Gallery
2009 - 'From Here to There' Arts Institute at Bournemouth
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