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Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film maker
Damian Bird
To commission him or to request prints of his work: damianbirdphotography.com
Damian Bird (born London, 1972) is a photographer, photojournalist and lecturer
with many years of experience, working in war zones and trouble spots around the
globe.
He was educated at Canford School and in Photography at the Surrey College of Art
and Design and at the London College of Communication where he studied for a post
graduate degree in Photojournalism.
In 2011 he founded Life Force magazine with his business partner and wife of 19
years, Alice. As well as Editing Life Force magazine, he is currently engaged in
photographing a series of photo-essays on English culture and has recently returned
to Afghanistan. His first book Seabird was released in November 2017 his latest book is
due to be release at the end of 2019.
He continues to have his work published in national and international newspapers and magazines including The Times,
the Telegraph, the Express, the Observer, GQ, Esquire, Daily Mail, Dazed & Confused, The Face, Country Life, Coast and
Geographical magazine. He lives in Devon, England with his wife, four children and
his five dachshunds: Jessie, Rosie, Ted, Dot and Daffodil.
Ethan Bird
To commission him or to request prints of his work: instagram
Born in Dorset, England in 2004, Ethan Bird is a student of photography.
He is currently focused on documentary photography.
Fiona Fullerton-Batten
To commission her or to request prints of her work: www.rachaelsmith.net
Born: Bremen ,Germany, 1970
Lived: Bremen,Germany:, 1970-1972; Reading, PA, USA, 1972-1979: Alzenau,
Germany, 1980-1986: UK,since 1986
Studied: Berkshire College of Art & Design, Reading, UK, 1990-1992
Freelance Photo Assistant, 1994 – 2000
Professional Photographer since 2001
Julia Fullerton-Batten is a worldwide acclaimed and exhibited fine-art photographer.
Her body of work now encompasses twelve major projects spanning a decade of
engagement in the field.
The foundation of her success was ‘Teenage Stories’ (2005), an evocative narrative
of the transition of a teenage girl to womanhood. This and sequel projects portray
the difficult stages and life situations of an adolescent girl’s transition to womanhood
Mimi Plumb
To commission her or to request prints of her work: www.mimiplumb.com
Born in Berkeley, and raised in the suburbs of San Francisco, Mimi Plumb has
served on the faculties of the San Francisco Art Institute, San Jose State University,
Stanford University, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She currently lives
in Berkeley, California.
Since the 1970s, Plumb has explored subjects ranging from her suburban roots to
the United Farm Workers movement in the fields as they organized for union elections. Her first book, Landfall, published by
TBW Books in 2018, is a collection of her images from the 1980s, a dreamlike vision of an American dystopia
encapsulating the anxieties of a world spinning out of balance. Landfall was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture
Foundation First Photobook Award 2019, and the Lucie Photo Book Prize 2019. Her second book, The White Sky, a memoir
of her childhood growing up in suburbia, was published by Stanley/Barker in September, 2020. The Golden City, her third
book, due to be published by Stanley/Barker in early 2022, focuses on her many years living in San Francisco.
Plumb received her MFA in Photography from SFAI in 1986, and her BFA in Photography from SFAI in 1976. Her
photographs are in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Art Collection Deutsche Börse in Germany,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pier 24, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, and the
Yale University Art Gallery. She is a 2017 recipient of the John Gutmann Photography Fellowship, and has received grants
and fellowships from the California Humanities, the California Arts Council, the James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography,
and the Marin Arts Council.
“There is no one else like David Bailey. Arriving onto the scene in the early sixties, Bailey was quick to flip the status quo,
thrusting London’s edgy scene into the spotlight. Without knowing, he made London’s East End cool and for it to be cool to
be creative. And what a coup it is for Sotheby’s to collaborate with David Bailey for the first time, offering this exceptional
group of works that showcase the breadth of his unique photographic practice which defined the 1960s and left an indelible
mark on global culture for generations that followed.”
Brandei Estes, Head of Photographs, Sotheby’s London
David Bailey
as she grapples with the vulnerability of her teenage predicament – adjustments to a new body, her emotional development
and changes in her social standing. Julia’s book ‘Teenage Stories’ was published in 2007*.
Julia admits to a pronounced semi-autobiographical influence in much of her earlier work, often falling back on recollections
of her own early and teenage years, living in Germany, the USA and the UK, her parent’s divorce, and her own early
relationships.
Her more recent projects consider social issues, frequently covering controversial subject matter. For example, in ‘Feral
Children, 2015’, Julia re-enacts fifteen reported historical cases of feral children. Using child actors, her re-enactments
illustrate the tragic circumstances in which children were rejected or abused by their parents, got lost or were left in the wild,
and yet others were captured by wild animals.
Her most recent project, ‘The Act’, shot in 2016, is a comprehensive study of the performing and private lives of fifteen
women active in the UK sex industry. Her still images are enhanced by interviews with the ladies, captured both in video
and text.
Fullerton-Batten was born in Bremen, Germany. Her early life was spent in Germany and the USA, but after her parent’s
divorce she and her siblings moved to the UK. There she completed her secondary education, then studied photography at
college. Subsequently she assisted professional photographers for five years before a first commercial assignment kick-started
her career in 1995, and first gained recognition as a fine-art photographer in2005.
Julia’s use of unusual locations, highly creative settings, street-cast models, accented with cinematic lighting are hallmarks of her
very distinctive style of photography. She insinuates visual tensions in her images, and imbues them with a hint of mystery,
which combine to tease the viewer to re-examine the picture, each time seeing more content and finding a deeper meaning.
These distinctive qualities have established enthusiasts for her work worldwide and at all ends of the cultural spectrum, from
casual viewers to connoisseurs of fine-art photography.
Fullerton-Batten has won countless awards for both her commercial and fine-art work, and is a Hasselblad Master. She was
commissioned by The National Portrait Gallery in London to shoot portraits of leading people in the UK National Health Service.
These are now held there in a permanent collection. Other images are also in permanent collection at the Musee de l’Elysee,
Lausanne, Switzerland. She is widely interviewed about her projects by professional photographic magazines from around the
world and is sought after as a speaker at international events and as a judge for prestigious international photographic
competitions.
Julia lives in London with her husband and two young boys.
Steven Ahlgren
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.stevenahlgren.com
Steven Ahlgren’s photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries in the US and abroad and published in many
magazines including The New York Times.
He currently lives in Media, Pennsylvania.
Jack Young
Jack Young, a digital product designer by day, spends his weekends photographing London’s council estates for his
Instagram page @thecouncilhouse.