CHRIS FLOYD photographed these striking portraits of Olympic heptathlon champion, DAME DENISE LEWIS for YOU. The issue is a double cover: one showing the image of Denise by Chris, while the other cover uses a portrait of Denise from 2000 photographed by SHEILA ROCK, (who Chris “assisted 2 or 3 times back in 1990/91, though I’m sure she will have no memory of that!") Huge thanks to Gemma Hayward for gorgeous styling.
Chris Floyd - New Statesman / Gary Lineker
For the second time in as many months, CHRIS FLOYD shoots GARY LINEKER, this time for a wonderful commission for NEW STATESMAN.
Lineker, the man who “seems to live in the Daily Mail’s head,” was photographed at his home in south-west London, in front of a huge wall-mounted section of an artist’s paint spattered studio floor that he had bought from a condemned building. His rescue dog Filbert dozed at his feet.
Chris Floyd - Esquire / The Rest is.....
CHRIS FLOYD shot this wonderful series of portraits for ESQUIRE focussing on GARY LINEKER and his co-founders / hosts from the GOALHANGER / “THE REST IS…” podcast series.
GOALHANGER has become “the number one (and number two, and number five, and number nine and number 12) name in British podcasts”.. which is a considerable accolade..!
Huge thanks to all our team and to Esquire for the fabulous commission 🙌. Please scroll down to see the full series.
Above L: GARY LINEKER, “already one of Britain’s most famous faces, former England striker, current’Match of the Day’ boss and long-standing crisp enthusiast, he is also co-founder of a podcast empire that achieves more than 40 million downloads each month”
Above R: Popular historians TOM HOLLAND and DOMINIC SANDBROOK - the hosts of “The Rest is History", the number one podcast in the UK.
Above L: New Labour spin-doctor ALASTAIR CAMPBELL and former Conservative MP RORY STEWART, the hosts of “The Rest is Politics”
Above R: Author WILLIAM DALRYMPLE and BBC broadcaster ANITA ANAND are cohosts of the history podcast “Empire”.
Above: GOALHANGER co-founders JACK DAVENPORT and TONY PASTOR.
Phil Fisk - Inside Out / Anniah
The second in a series of a short films by PHIL FISK entitled INSIDE OUT, showing the perspective of people’s inner lives on one side of the window and that of the outside world on the other. The films are deliberately shot in portrait format to fully frame the window.
ANNIAH is a young aspiring actor, who Phil found through a local theatre group - this was her first time acting on camera.
Thanks also to Martin at The Lemonade Factory and Vic Twyman for props and set dressing 🏏!
Chris Floyd - Mark Cavendish / Men's Health
CHRIS FLOYD recently captured these wonderful portraits of SIR MARK CAVENDISH KBE for MEN'S HEALTH.
In the words of his yellow-jersey-wearing pal, Olympic gold medallist Sir Bradley Wiggins, 'This fella is the GOAT.' The British cyclist made history in his final Tour de France this year, with a record-breaking 35 stage wins.
In Chris’s words.. “The man gives it everything, no matter what he’s asked to do. We wanted to do one final shot at the end: the old long exposure light painting trick with a torch. Mark offered to draw a man on a bicycle and despite several acceptable attempts in the first few goes, he insisted on carrying on, believing that he could do a better one. So great to work with someone who’s willing and wants to give to the process.”
Chris Floyd - Men's Health - Louis Rees-Zammit
CHRIS FLOYD shot 23 year old Welsh rugby winger turned American Football receiver LOUIS REES-ZAMMIT in his home town of Penarth for the new issue of MEN'S HEALTH.
LRZ recently made his pre-season debut for the Kansas City Chiefs in a game against Jacksonville Jaguars. Good luck to him in his future #NFL career.
Congratulations Chris and team - such a great series of portraits 🙌
Chris Floyd - Anthony Joshua / Men's Health
Professional boxer / world Heavyweight champion ANTHONY OLUWAFEMI OLASENI JOSHUA OBE captured in fine fighting form by CHRIS FLOYD for MEN'S HEALTH 👊🏾💥
Phil Fisk - Oscar Piastri
PHIL FISK was commissioned by AUSTRALIAN to capture these striking portraits of FORMULA ONE’s rising star 22 year old OSCAR PIASTRI, who races for MCLAREN and achieved his first podium finish last weekend whilst racing at the SUZUKA circuit in JAPAN.
Chris Floyd - Community Clothing - Welsh Pants 🩲
“Hello Boyos!”
Delighted to share these lovely portraits of folk in their pants captured by CHRIS FLOYD as part of his recent commission for PATRICK GRANT and the amazing COMMUNITY CLOTHING.
You can read a brief story of the pants in our previous blog post (here) 🏴 🩲⚡️!
Chris Floyd - Lioness Katie Zelem
We absolutely love these glorious portraits of Man U Women’s skipper Katie Zelem, rocking her Louboutins for You Magazine - captured by Chris Floyd ahead of the Women's World Cup 2023 in Australia + New Zealand.
(England's Lioness’s won 1-0 to Haiti yesterday. Next up is Denmark on Friday!)
Kick it like a girl 👊 🙌 👏 ⚽️ !
Kellie French - Observer - Nifty Fitness Hacks
Kellie French explores “Nifty Fitness Hacks” for Observer - and how to improve fitness levels without going anywhere near a gym! - including brushing your teeth while standing on one leg and doing sitting stretches whilst watching tv...
Huge thanks to all the team and congratulations on making fitness look so colourful, easy and FUN 🙌
Joseph Ford - Canon
Joseph spent several days on location in Avoriaz in the French Alps, shooting this beautiful commission for the launch of Canon's new EOS R6 Mark II.
Working alongside the film crew, he captured stills of action photographer Teddy Morellec putting the camera through its paces, alongside speed flyers (/adrenaline junkies!) Ugo Gerola and Ambroise Serrano and mountain biker Louise Ferguson. 🙌 ⚡️
Phil Fisk - The Grove / London Short Film Festival
We are delighted to announce that Phil Fisk's documentary film "The Grove", made the Official Selection, and will be showing at the London Short Film Festival on 26th January at Curzon Soho.
Short largely during the first couple of years of the Covid pandemic, Phil's film focusses on "an abandoned pub carpark on the A205 in South London, [where] local kids are creating ramps and an assortment of skate park structures, splicing old gas canisters, wooden planks, pallets, bags of cement, rubble, drinks cans, abandoned sofas - anything and everything, to create their own home-grown skatepark - and likewise establish a safe place for themselves, away from the traffic, the pandemic and authority."
More info here and here - and you can read about the full lineup of events here.
And of course you can watch “The Grove” on our website here. It’s a beautiful, contemplative film - and well worth a watch! 🙌
Chris Floyd - GSK / Haleon - motion
Delighted to share some beautiful moving image from a worldwide campaign captured by Chris Floyd for GSK / Haleon and its global range of consumer healthcare products.
The company have a very diverse audience, reflected in the casting of our models. We photographed real people with real stories, sometimes involving health challenges - but always with a spirit of positivity.
Chris Floyd - KSI / Men's Health
Knowledge Strength Integrity
Chris Floyd shoots rapper/boxer/joker/all-round entrepreneur KSI for Men’s Health.
"KSI is, to many of his fans, a modern-day polymath and 21st-century renaissance man. If you’re over 25, however, he may well be the most famous person you’ve never heard of.... Having made his name via YouTube skits and gaming commentary, KSI's ventures to date have earned him in excess of £15 million. He has more than 40 million subscribers across his three channels and his 2019 boxing match against fellow YouTuber Logan Paul was one of the top five highest selling-fights in history. KSI is 29 years old."
Huge thanks to all the team involved in creating these wonderful portraits 👏
Chris Floyd - Olajida Olatunji / JJ / KSI
Excited to share these amazing portraits captured by Chris Floyd for Men’s Health Magazine.
The star sitter is known to his mum as Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji.
You can call him @ksi which stands for “Knowledge, Strength, Integrity”.
If you’re not a Gen Zer then he’s probably the “most famous person you’ve never heard of”…
A 29 year old musician, whose YouTube channel boasts the 4th biggest following for a UK artist after One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Adele. And he’s fast becoming a boxing hero, with a big fight against fellow British rapper @swarmz and pro-boxer Luis Alcarez Pineda at O2 this weekend.
Chris Floyd - Sir Bradley Wiggins CBE / Men's Health
A few weeks ago, CHRIS FLOYD photographed this amazing series of portraits of SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS CBE for MEN'S HEALTH.
“Sir Wiggo” holds world titles in four disciplines, Olympic gold in three and was knighted in recognition of his achievements in 2013.
The images accompany a brilliant interview with Alastair Campbell.
When asked for the story that often accompanies his images, Chris replied, " Brad is a man of few words! We did it all more or less in silence."
The silence captured in these portraits speaks volumes.
Joseph Ford - Arnold Worldwide
After seeing his Invisible Jumpers project, ARNOLD WORLDWIDE commissioned Joseph to work on a multifaceted campaign for a pharmaceutical skin care product including stills, cinemagraphs and films, using the wardrobe and location design techniques he’d developed for his personal project. Shot on location over a two month period in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and California, using real patients in both camouflaged and lifestyle scenarios, Joseph produced over 80 final assets including stills and cinemagraphs.
The overall look of the camouflage areas were developed by Joseph to ensure the patients would melt into their backgrounds and created the wardrobe brief for both stills and TVC.
The shooting process included several remote shoots completed from the UK with a live stream from the camera on set, directing models and lighting whilst his assistant in the USA physically triggered the camera. Stills and cinemagraph post-production was managed by Joseph and Flock for the US agency.
Here’s one of the concepts in full, where the twin swimmers are camouflaged and hidden in their environment to their full reveal post-treatment, living their best lives.
Phil Fisk - The Grove - still lives...
Simple and symbolic portraits of a place…
These still life shots of DIY skate ramps and structures, environment and community, were captured by Phil Fisk at The Grove DIY in South London, the setting for his beautiful AOP 2022 Awards nominated documentary film (see next post).
Phil Fisk - The Grove / AOP Awards
During the lockdowns of 2020 (when official skateparks were closed), a group of enterprising skaters found an abandoned car park near the South Circular and established the beginnings of “The Grove”…
Phil Fisk captured the story of the space in this wonderful film, which we are delighted to announce is a finalist in the Documentary Category at this year’s AOP Awards
In an abandoned pub carpark on the A205 in South London, local kids were creating ramps and an assortment of skate park structures, splicing old gas canisters, wooden planks, pallets, bags of cement, rubble, drinks cans, abandoned sofas - anything and everything, to create their own home-grown skatepark - and likewise establish a safe place for themselves, away from the traffic, the pandemic and authority.
Safe… if you discount the odd broken wrist and elbow graze.
Safe… as an outdoor space where anyone with or without a board could hang out.
Initially they were chased away by security guards but soon found support for their endeavours from local residents, councillors and even Dulwich College Estate who own the land.
Phil filmed the steady transformation of the abandoned space, during the days and nights as winter drew in - “trying to capture the atmosphere, tricks (and constructions) as they happened without interfering with the natural flow of the space.”
The film opens with a shot of the sun coming up over a large tree… set against a soundscape of distant traffic, scrapes and clatters, skateboard wheels rolling over concrete and snippets of caught conversation, the resulting film is beautiful, contemplative and ultimately hopeful…
Phil hopes it, “feels something like a compressed day in the life of The Grove in which 6 months feels like 24 hours.”
Although the future is uncertain, it looks as if, for now, The Grove is here to stay…