Tag: based in London

  • Cristina de Middel

    Cristina de Middel

    Cristina de Middel is a Spanish born photojournalist, who is now based in London. De Middels work deliberately questions the viewer and is a reconstruction or archetype which blurs the line between fiction and reality. She has been selected for five solo exhibitions and received numerous awards between 2009 and 2013.

    Her most recent and well known series entitled “Afronauts,” where De Middel stages photographs of the Zambian Space program in 1964. “Astronauts” in training in an African landscape with colourful space suits. De Middel creates imagery representing cultural identity by assigning a futuristic appearance of how this space program could have been. De Middel states, Not only because the story is positive, in terms of African people having dreams, but also evidencing what we expect from Africa in terms of aesthetics and behaviour, (2013).

  • Michael Robert Williams

    Michael Robert Williams

    Photographer Michael Robert Williams grew up in the small town of Congleton, just south of Manchester in North West England. Some time later he moved to London armed with a camera, a photography degree, enough money to live on for a couple of months, and whatever would fit in the back of the car.

    Still based in London, today Michael is well known for his portraits of musicians, including Kasabian, La Roux, The Killers, Oasis, Ian Brown, Ellie Goulding, Pixie Lott, The Maccabees, and Portishead to name just a few, and other celebrities from the worlds of sport, film, and music.

    His portraits have featured in many publications around the world, including Filter, Clash, Uncut, Time, Die Zeit, 944, FMS, and NME. In addition to portraits for magazines Michael has produced artwork and promotional images for record labels and artist management, and commercial clients including adidas, Microsoft, Philips, JCPR, and American Rag Clothing.