Alistair Taylor-Young is a British photographer whose career spans 25 years shooting and directing in all corners of the globe for a variety of luxury clients. Based between New York and Paris, he has been fortunate to collaborate with clients in the realms of fashion and beauty such as Hermés, Dior, Brunello Cucinelli, Jacques Marie Mage, Neiman Marcus, Saks 5th Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman as well as editorial clients. Contributing to Condé Nast Traveller for the past 20 years travelling to the most extraordinary places in the world and delighted to be included in the masthead. Alistair also has had five solo exhibitions and is represented in the art world by The Little Black Gallery in London.

Danish born photographer Anders Overgaard comes from Helsingor, Hamlet’s notorious hometown. Anders’ interest in photography was first piqued at age 10, when he began by snapping photos of what he knew – his skateboarder and windsurfing friends. His love of the outdoors and the water continues to fuel the energetic quality of his current work. After completing his education at the Copenhagen Graphic Design School, Anders spent a year in Paris learning about the fashion business and freelance assisting notable photographers like Giles Bensimon. In 1990, Anders moved to New York to work with the world-class photographer Bruce Weber and spent the next five thrilling years traveling with Bruce as though he was in a rock band. Anders’ high standards and complete devotion to creating the best possible imagery for his clients was shaped during those years. Ultimately, Anders put down the roots in New York, where he has worked as a photographer for the last 15 years. Anders’ images possess a fresh, simmering vitality that threatens to jump off the page. In his photographic world, life is active, engaged, and physical, with a cinematic, narrative twist and a real sense of beauty of every kind. Anders always brings an open-minded, international perspective, and ease to the work he does for advertising, fashion, and celebrity clients. He currently divides his time between New York, London, and Copenhagen, along with his wife and two sons.

Camilla Åkrans is based between Stockholm and New York, she has collaborated with some of the most prestigious fashion houses, including Hermès, Chloé, , Missoni, and Blumarine. She regularly contributes to magazines such as Vogue, Porter and Harpers Bazaar. Her style is instantly recognizable, as she has the capacity to capture the essence of the people – women especially – that she photographs. Her portfolio includes portraits of Rihanna, Nicole Kidman, Miley Cyrus, and Julianne Moore, to mention just a few. For this reason, she has also been widely exhibited across the world. In 2010, Camilla Åkrans was one of only three Swedish photographers to be included in FASHION, the opening exhibition at Fotografiska, Sweden’s first international museum of photography. She has also been part of a number of prestigious exhibitions around the world, including Lady Dior – as seen by in Hong Kong (2013), Culture Chanel at DDP in Seoul (2014), amFAR ART for LOVE in New York, in benefit for AIDS research (2015), Vogue: like a painting, at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid (2015), FREEZE FOR FRIEZE in London (2016), and Photo Vogue Festival in Milano (2016) HARPERS BAZAAR : First In Fashion in Paris (2020).

Carlton Davis began exploring photography at the age of sixteen. He nurtured his talent as the high school yearbook photographer in Hartford, CT and deepened his passion for image making by studying photography for two years at a school in Rhode Island. Carlton moved to New York in 1987 to become a photographer's assistant. Three years later, he opened his own studio and received his first major advertising commission. Carlton’s successful career as a commercial still life photographer includes working with brands such as Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, Tiffany & Co., and Tanqueray among many others. His work has been commissioned by many of the major magazines including,
Vogue, Marie Claire, Esquire, GQ among others. Carlton's passion for storytelling drives him to continuously produce personal projects that explore the concepts of identity, place, and relationship while challenging society's preconceptions through still life and portrait photography.

Cat Garcia's photography focuses on documenting and celebrating the simple, authentic beauty of people and places. Cat’s personal series ‘Our Time’, was released as a 252 page book, documenting the lives of 60 of Britain’s creative talents including Sir Peter Blake, Bella Freud, Giles Deacon, Grace Ladoja and Sir Paul Smith. The book combines black-and-white and colour portraits with observed details, telling stories of time spent together.

Charlotte Lapalus is a Marseille-based photographer mainly shooting fashion editorials, portraits, landscapes, interiors and objects. Her captivating photographic style invites the viewer into a world of saturated colours and deep tones filled with mystery, beautiful scenery, poetic style, and serene portraits. Somehow lost in another world, her unique style and distinctive use of colours creates a certain melancholy calmness throughout her work. Her strict use of muted colours adds a warm minimal aesthetic, that somehow erases or fades the perspectives within the photos, giving it a quaint expression. There exists a certain lightness to every look, as well as the models that often have these serene dewy look, which catches light, even from the shadows. Her personal favourite project is one she made for a French Charity called Autour de L’enfant, which looks after women and children in Africa.

Craig McDean is a photographer and filmmaker who is renowned for his striking fashion imagery and portraiture. Having discovered photography by taking pictures of his rocker friends in the North of England, McDean moved to London, where he assisted before striking out on his own with assignments for i-D and The Face. In 1999, McDean made his highly anticipated publishing debut with I Love Fast Cars, his homage to the world of drag racing and the community who love it. His second book, Lifescapes, was published by Steidl/Dangin and his 2014 and 2019 books with Rizzoli were released to much international acclaim. McDean currently lives in New York, and has photographed campaigns for Dior, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Armani, Estée Lauder, and Calvin Klein. He regularly contributes to a range of international fashion publications including W, American, British and Italian Vogue, Interview and Another Magazine. He is a 2008 recipient of the ICP Infinity Award and Presided over the 2019 International Festival of Fashion and Photography Festival in Hyeres, France.

Nigerian born. New York and London based. Davey grew up on a farm next to a rainforest in Lagos. It was very quiet and easy going, which have a lot of free time to explore nature. Davey’s father was big on films, so he spent a lot of time watching old classic foreign fils and was surrounded by cassettes and vinyl. This quiet natural life, surrounded by music and films, was instrumental in developing Davey’s eye and aesthetic. In this age of social media and noise, Davey persuades, through his work, people to stop, take a break, a moment to pause and reflect.

Born in Australia / Sydney, from serbo-création parents, grew up in Belgium. Art student but self taught photography and experiment with portrait & fashion back in London in the late 90’s \ Worked for dazed, ID , self-service just to name the cool ones haha! Working on personal projects to keep the photography passion going … I like to go back from scratches, the beginners mind, be curious.

Born and raised in Cornwall, Emma had the good fortune of growing up by the sea, which has always been a big influence in her work. The county's dramatic coastline, sumptuous landscapes and clear light have inspired and been reflected in her work. From an early age she was surrounded by cameras, darkrooms and the smell of film stock, as her grandfather founded and ran a successful photographic business. Influenced by great filmmakers and her love for the countryside, Emma’s beautifully lit images capture a sense of beauty that portrays women in a graceful and engaging way.

British born director and photographer George Harvey is known for his clean and refined minimalist aesthetic. Harvey’s background in architecture has inspired his monochromatic images giving him the ability to create striking compositions using geometric forms and graphic lines. Exploring the boundary between still and moving image his studies of movement and time have gained him recognition in the fashion, beauty and luxury industries. His clients include - Another, Calvin Klein, Cartier, Chanel, Nowness and Vogue. Harvey works in regularly in Paris, Amsterdam and London where he currently resides.

Beginning his photographic career in Amsterdam, Jan Welters focused on fashion and portraits. In 1992, he continues in Milan until moving to Paris in 1995. Renowned in the fashion industry, Jan has worked for a wide range of magazines such as the Paris, German, Dutch and American editions of Vogue, French and British Elle, Italian Marie Claire and Vanity Fair to mention a few. In 2019 he published his first book with Damiani called Profile, a personal selection of his work from the early 90s to now. Since 2003, he’s photographed all the lookbooks for superfine, the label of his wife, Lucy Pinter. They are about to continue with her new brand dhAra.

Van Sommers is a London based still life photographer who works with an A-class roster of clients for both editorial and commercial work. Her clients include Ponystep, French, British, German and Chinese Vogue, Dazed And Confused, Another Magazine, Pop And 10, Apple, Audi, Nike, Sony, Nokia, Mercedes, Jil Sander And Stella Artois.

Josh Olins was born in London, England on April 14th 1980. He currently resides in New York. Although surrounded by photography and the fashion industry for much of his early life it wasn’t until he studies Art at Middlesex University that he found a love for the medium of photography and decided to follow his passion by working as an assistant in London during the early 2000’s. Since then he has developed a style and aesthetic of strength and elegancy that’s shared across both his studio and location photography. His work has been featured in UK Vogue, Vogue Paris, Us Vogue, WSJ, Interview, The Last Magazine, i-D, Dazed and Confused and Holiday Magazine. His clients include Balenciaga, Calvin Klein, Jil Sander, Mugler, Isabel Marant, Narciso Rodriguez, Mango, H&M, The Gap, J Brand and Tommy Hilfiger.

Photographer and filmmaker Julian Broad was born in Hythe England in 1964. He was the assistant to Ken Griffiths, Parkinson, Snowdon and Bob Gothard from 1981 -1987, where he learned his own unique style and gathered inspiration. Broad’s early commissions were for Arena magazine with Neville Brody and The Face magazine with Phil Bicker. Michael Roberts and Neville Brody nominated Broad for awards in his first year as a photographer. Contracted for two years to what was then Harpers and Queen magazine at the age of 24, he has since undertaken portrait and fashion commissions for expansive list of publications and commercial clients. Broad has since been a contributing photographer to Vanity Fair for twenty-five years and D la Repubblica for twenty one years. A selection of Broad’s work is held in the National Portrait gallery. In 2016 Julian was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. About his image from Julian Broad, “This picture was taken at 5am on May 20, 2020, in the cabin I built in my woods in Mid Wales. I woke up super early and noticed it was an unusually misty morning, took my coffee with me and sat and listened to woods coming alive to the sound of honking ravens. The month of May was limbo time for me during lockdown; I felt suspended, frozen in time; it was extraordinary”.

Intrigued by family photo albums and inspired by his father’s amateur photography practice, Laurie Bartley grew-up taking photographs. Bartley’s passion for cinema began to inspire and shape his Fashion Photography. Initially experimenting with film lighting, Bartley started applying techniques more familiar with Film Directors & Cinematographers, to his process. Establishing his Mise en Scène, with the use of character building, set design, props and special effects, Bartley’s fashion images began to resemble film stills where models were actors, high fashion was costume and poses were acts. With a strong array of interesting projects, including publications and features on editorials and advertising campaigns, Bartley is currently writing and directing a series of mini short films entitled "Stories from the city" to be released later in 2020.

Mark Seliger was born in Amarillo Texas in 1959, where he lived with his parents, Maurice and Carol Lee, and his two older brothers and younger sister, until 1964, when they moved to Houston. He attended Houston’s High School for Performing & Visual Arts and, from there, went on to attend East Texas State University, where his education began in earnest, as he studied graphic art and photography. He moved to New York City in 1984. In 1987, he began shooting for Rolling Stone. He was signed as their chief photographer in 1992. During his time at Rolling Stone, Seliger shot over 125 covers and began a long term collaborative relationship with Design Director, Fred Woodward, which continued into their work with GQ. They have co-directed numerous music videos for artists such as Hole, Lenny Kravitz, Gillian Welch and Elvis Costello. In 2001, Seliger moved from Rolling Stone to Condé Nast. He shoots frequently for Vanity Fair, Elle, GQ, Italian Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and German Vogue. In 2011, he founded a non-profit exhibition space for photography called 401 Projects,
which has featured shows for James Nachtwey, Eugene Richards, Albert Watson, Platon, among others. He also hosted the Emmy-nominated show “Capture” on You Tube’s Reserve Channel, which focuses on candid conversations between established photographers such as Platon, Mary Ellen Mark, Martin Schoeller, Bob Gruen, etc and celebrities who are interested in photography (Dylan McDermott, Helena Christensen, Judd Apatow). Seliger continues his love of the darkroom by using the platinum palladium process to create large-scale, 30”x40” prints, and his photographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries. He has published numerous books, including: Mark Seliger Photographs (Abrams, 2018), OnChristopher Street: Transgender Stories (Rizzoli, 2016), Listen (Rizzoli, 2010), Mark Seliger: The Music Book (teNeues, 2008), In My Stairwell (Rizzoli, 2005), Lenny Kravitz/Mark Seliger (Arena, 2001), Physiognomy (Bullfinch, 1999) and When They Came to Take My Father – Voices from the Holocaust (Arcade, 1996). Seliger is the recipient of such esteemed awards as: Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, Lucie Award, Clio Grand Prix, Cannes Lions Grand Prix, ASME’s and most recently the 2019 Texas Medal of Arts Award. His photographs are part of the permanent collection of the Houston Fine Art Museum, as well as the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

When asked how Matthew Sprout first got into photography, he simply says “I just kind of fell into it.” Matthew Sprout grew up in the small town of Elkton, Maryland where he attended community college to study Graphic Design. At school, Matthew decided to take a black and white film and digital photography course as a way to counter his busy soccer schedule. “It was like a light bulb turned on”. A self-proclaimed jock of sorts, Matthew had never really taken to art before college, but that didn’t stop him from moving to New York City to attend the School of Visual Arts to study photography. Twelve years later, Matthew has made a name for himself as a fashion and beauty photographer. His photographs possess a quality of light and color palette that give his work a sense of modernity and refinement. Matthew’s work has been featured editorially in Allure, Architectural Digest, InStyle, Interview, Kinfolk, Porter, PorterEdit, Russh, Sunday Times Style, T Singapore, Teen Vogue, V, Vogue, Vogue Arabia, Vogue Mexico, and W. He has also shot for a number of brands including Barneys, Carolina Herrera, Club Monaco, Co, Derek Lam, Derek Lam 10 Crosby, Halston Heritage, La Ligne, Lisa Perry, Mignonne Gavigan, Natori, Ralph Lauren, Saks Fifth Avenue, Splendid, Splendid x Margherita, Theory, Ugg, and Zara. Matthew lives in Brooklyn, NY.

The beginning
1956 - Michel Haddi is born in Paris. He is the only child of a French soldier who he’s never met, and his mother Halima Haddi, an Algerian woman of Turkish, Moroccan and Berber origin. Michel spends a number of years in a Catholic orphanage, the Sisters of Saint Vincent de Paul in Paris while Halima is employed in a smart Parisian hotel. Hotel guests often leave fashion magazines behind and Halima gives them to Michel. Copies of Vogue Magazine fascinate him; the lives of the rich and the famous fascinate him and the photography… always the photography fascinates him.

Early stages of Career
At the age of 18, Michel has a crush on a photo by Helmut Newton that made the cover of Vogue. At the time, he has two jobs: his first, as a waiter in a very well-known gay restaurant provides the perfect opportunity to see all the stars of the moment when they come to have a drink, and a second, as night watchman at the Hotel des Bains provides plenty of downtime to think about what he really wants to do with his life. His dream is to leave Paris and become a photographer.
1976 - Michel leaves Paris for Saudi Arabia where he works for three months as an electromechanical technician and supplements his income with trafficking of all kinds.

1977 - A chance meeting with Ben Lee, photographer, sees Michel became his assistant and he relocates to London.
1979 - Just two years later, Michel’s fashion shoot of the model-of-the moment Gail Elliot appears in the Daily Mail.

1980 - Michel opens his first studio and meets Victor Herbert, who becomes his mentor. It proves to be a successful meeting and before long, his first photo for American GQ is published; during that same year, his work appears in Jardin des Modes, Dépêche Mode.

1981 - Shoots for Vogue. Commissioned by Alberto Nodolini, the art director of Vogue Italia, to photograph the first in a series of fashion works for Vogue Italy and Vanity Italia.
1985 - Shoots for British Vogue and meets John Hind, the creative director who becomes a life-long friend, and Lucinda Chambers, Beauty Editor.

1985 - Michel meets Franca Sozzani and her team from Italy’s Lei and Per Lui; Sozzani’s only brief? Impress me! And so with artistic freedom in his lap, he produces monthly images for both the magazines to much acclaim.

1986 - Michel lives and works between London, Paris and Milan, and photographs the biggest stars of the day such as Uma Thurman, Johnny Depp and Nicolas Cage…

1989 - Michel leaves Europe for New York and shoots for the best magazines on the East coast: Andy Warhol’s legendary Interview, being one of them. A series of shots of British Super Model Kate Moss are used in Bloomingdale's stores across the US, broadcast on television screens and posted on many shop windows throughout the United States.

1991 onwards - Michel works extensively in England for: The Face, Arena, Vogue, GQ and Tatler amongst others, and then moves into fashion advertising campaigns for luxury brands such as: Lee Cooper, Replay, Givenchy, Guerlain, Armani …

1992 - Settles in Los Angeles where he photographs Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Clint Eastwood and David Bowie and many, many others. Wanting to flex his creative muscle in others fields he creates a movie on Susan Bottomly, also known as International Velvet, the muse of the Factory, with Stach de Rola (Balthus’s son) and Barbara Steel (icon of Fellini). It takes the form of a false documentary about a supposed meeting between a journalist (played by Michel) and International Velvet. It tells the story of Susan Bottomly’s life through her own testimony and those of people that have known her.

1996 - Michel returns to New York because the he felt that life in Los Angeles had become “too sanitised and devoid of culture.” Seeking pastures new he journeys to the Equator for Esquire, Morocco for Premiere and Marie Claire, and to the Yemen for Cosmopolitan. At that time, Yemen had seen a civil war and was unsafe for foreign nationals, but Michel’s surname ‘Haddi’ is the name of one of the most influential tribes of the Country, the Haddi, and so Michel and his team were not only safe, but treated with great hospitality.

1998 - Michel is commissioned by Premiere to cover the Cannes film festival. Over 15 days he photographs 135 personalities; the great and the good, He is now part of the world he had been fascinated by as a child in the glossy magazines his mother had brought him, but Paris still calls to him and in 2002, he returns home a different man.

2004 - Commissions with Adriana Karembeu, in Cabo San Luca, Mexico for Stern Magazine, and Emporio Armani in the house of Mies Van Der Rohe, Barcelona follow. He shoots the national football team of France, Champions of the World at the time, for an editorial in L’Uomo Vogue.

2007 - Michel buys a house in Marrakesh for a change of scenery and to get fresh ideas. He develops a line of perfumes, jewellery rings and fabrics.

Having started his photography education in the U.S. aged seventeen, Paolo went on pursuing his career in the UK where he is now based. BA(hons) in Photography at the University of Cheltenham, has assisted photographers like David Sims, Max Vadukul and Nadav Kander before starting his personal journey in London. Finding his own photographic approach, a meeting point between a spontaneous snapshots and a carefully thought composition, Paolo keeps a balance between personal projects and commissioned work. With a strong interest in youth sub-cultures and music his photography is often inspired by urban situations and the streets. His commercial clients aren’t purely fashion and they include: Zegna, Dolce&Gabbana, Pirelli, Warner Music, Adidas, RayBan, Sony, Wrangler, Gucci, Erborian Cosmetics and Levi’s. Paolo has published two books with worldwide distribution and currently works on the yearly release of Bellissimo Zine which he has co-founded.

Paul Hempstead is a Scottish born photographer with an affinity for the outdoors, he has been roaming the Highlands from a young age captivated by the beauty, history and rugged charm this country has. Now based in London and currently working in the fashion sector as an art director and photographer Paul still makes frequent trips around the UK to continue his work on various long running projects documenting the beauty of the grit. Exploring forgotten landscapes, coast lines and towns with a proclivity for capturing the remnants of industry, people and settlements Paul’s goal is to display an honest portrayal of the UK.

Robin Broadbent is a photographer currently based in New York. His work focuses on the play of light and graphic composition, with an emphasis on exploring texture, shape, form and abstraction. Of his work, the highly acclaimed photographer says: “My work is a study and exploration of objects. I keep things very simple and reduce down to the minimum, with a balance of interest and tension with the negative and positive spaces. I get excited by shape and form and how they interact or repeat – either in a random or organized way”.

Sasha is a Ukrainian born artist who moved to the United Sates in 2010 in pursuit for his passion for photography. Ever since he’s been working in the fields of commercial image making offering his artistic documentary approach towards editorial and commercial assignments. His work is followed by the notion of “poetry out of mundane” as most of his deeply personal beautiful work is created out of ordinary situations taken form life. Dividing his time between printing and shooting new work for his personal archive he’s hired by major fashion clients to create and choreograph moments of spontaneity and bring intimacy into the staged nature of commercial work.

Sean Thomas is as much of a storyteller as he is a photographer. He is known for his energetic and candid photographs that narrate a constant exploration of the human condition. At the heart of each one of these stories lies an ongoing pursuit of truth and beauty. Sean is an American photographer. He was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska and now spends his time living between London and New York City.

Norway-born, London-based fashion photographer and filmmaker Sølve Sundsbø has garnered respect for his otherworldly concepts, stylistic versatility and open-mindedness towards new technologies, from 3-D scanning to hand-painted retouching. Sølve has shot and directed for publications such as Italian Vogue, Love, Visionaire, V, Interview, i-D, NYTimes, Chinese Vogue, Vogue Nippon and W Magazine. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, from group shows to solo displays such as “Perroquets” in 2008 and “Rosie and 21 Men” in 2013. He has produced imagery for major fashion and beauty brands including Chanel, Armani, Cartier, Mugler, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Guerlain, Givenchy, H&M, Lancôme, Estée Lauder, Sergio Rossi and Boucheron. Sølve has directed short films for Chanel, Gucci, Lancôme, LOVE, NYTimes, Nike and SHOWstudio. His NY Times piece, “14 Actors Acting” won an Emmy Award for New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming in 2011. In collaboration with W Magazine in 2012, he created and exhibited an oversized installation of his film “The Ever Changing Face of Beauty,” an ambitious and ethereal piece that integrates both the natural and technologically vivid elements of Sølve’s filmmaking. It was received with immense critical acclaim. Sølve likewise received high praise for his images of the Alexander McQueen archive shot for the catalogue of the celebrated “Savage Beauty” retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. His artwork has been included in auctions by Phillips De Pury and is held in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

While working as assistant (to Steven Meisel) in New York following his studies Franca Sozzani of Vogue Italia took Tom under her wing (a relationship spanning two decades) with covers and editorials for Italian Glamour, rapidly progressing to L'Uomo Vogue and Vogue Italia. Vogue UK and Vogue US soon followed. He has not looked back since. His dedication and passion towards his craft continues to attract the industry’s leading designers and brands such as Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Guerlain, Saint Laurent and Tom Ford. In 2008, Tom started directing films, his directorial debut being a collaboration with Madonna on music video ‘Give it to me’ featuring Pharrell Williams. This in turn led to further film projects and numerous photographic collaborations with the ‘Queen of Pop’, as including shooting her international tour book, ‘Sticky & Sweet’. Tom released a self-named book in 2010, featuring some of his favourite work, forward by Madonna.

Collaborating with stars Adele, Angelina Jolie, Beyonce, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Dustin Hoffman, Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Johnny Depp, Joaquin Phoenix, Jude Law, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Rihanna and Scarlett Johansson, to name just a few, Tom is also well known for his celebrity portraiture.

Victor Demarchelier is an American photographer of Swedish and French descent. After studying Art and Economics at Vassar College, Victor began displaying his work in several galleries throughout New York. Through his love of fine art photography Victor ventured into fashion photography and portraiture. His work is recognized for it s beautiful lighting, classical elegance and timeless appeal. 

His list of clients include Ralph Lauren, D&G, Calvin Klein, Dior, H&M and Lancome. Editorial collaborations include, Vogue, Vogue Paris, Vogue Spain, Vogue Japan, Harper’s Bazaar, Numero, Esquire, GQ and Interview.

Victor has held exhibitions in several galleries, including Albright, Clic Gallery, Karl Hutter Fine Art and Camera Work in Berlin. 

Victor currently lives in New York with his wife and daughter.