For his last shoot of 2020, Chris Floyd captures the extremely talented and “exquisitely understated” Adrian Lester for Saga.
Chris Floyd - Wintery Wild Swimmers
Chris finds himself surrounded by early morning wild swimmers… but somehow resists the temptation to jump in himself!
#brrrrrrrrrr
Chris Floyd - Jenny Murray
CHRIS FLOYD shoots JUDY MURRAY, champion of grass-roots tennis, manager (and mum) to world-champion tennis pros JAMIE & ANDY MURRAY, who now has her eye firmly focussed on "game-changing women's sport".
Chris Floyd - National Lottery / National Portrait Gallery
Chris was commissioned by THE NATIONAL LOTTERY to photograph 13 'unheralded champions of the arts sector', who have all undertaken wonderful creative projects throughout the pandemic to keep the spirit of their communities alive...
These awesome projects are funded by the massive £30million raised each week for good causes by National Lottery players.
Featured here are just a handful of the inspiring creators and founders from projects such as OPEN BOOK in Scotland where Liz Treacher hosts creative writing sessions to combat loneliness; Vic Brown in Tamworth whose creative arts project NEW URBAN ERA has launched a new online platform for beatboxers, street artists, breakdancers and schools to collaborate during the pandemic; and Maria Connolly, founder of 1 ELEVEN THEATRE in Belfast who performs socially distanced theatre (as Judy Garland, Bette Midler and Marilyn Monroe) to elderly people with dementia. You can read more inspiring stories here.
The portraits are currently being exhibited at eight galleries around the UK including IKON, the MAC Belfast, the PHOTOGRAPHERS' GALLERY, BFI Southbank and the NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, London here.
Chris Floyd - Idler / Vic Reeves
Chris shoots Vic Reeves at his home studio in Kent for The Idler Magazine.
"Although when you're in his home studio you don't call him Vic. You call him Jim because Jim's his real name. Jim Moir, like Goya".
Jim has just produced a new book called Vic Reeves Art Book, a sumptuous compendium of his drawings and paintings from the last two or three years.
Full article here. The book is available from all good bookshops.
Chris Floyd - SKYArts / ICON
We are super excited to announce that both CHRIS FLOYD and his photography will feature in a 6-part series “Icon: Music Through the Lens”, described as a“rollercoaster ride through the rich history and cultural impact of music photography”, showing on SKYArts from November 2020.
in Chris’ own words…
“I’m blown away to have me and my work featured in this massive 6-part series on the story of music photography, alongside these icons of the game, many of whose work I gazed on with obsession as a younger photographer. As Baron Wolman puts it so eloquently here, “it’s the fuckin’ best job in the world.”
and it’s definitely ONE TO WATCH!!
Chris Floyd - Berry Bros & Rudd - Poppy Lennox
A beautiful short film by CHRIS FLOYD showing the making of the original artwork for the Limited Edition Label for Berry Bros & Rudd's 'Good Ordinary Claret' … 🍷
Chris Floyd - Stylist / Sian Clifford, Sharon Horgan and Waad al-Kateab
A few months ago CHRIS FLOYD captured portraits of SIAN CLIFFORD, SHARON HORGAN and WAAD AL KATEAB for the STYLIST / REMARKABLE WOMEN AWARDS.
CHRIS spent a memorable afternoon on shoot having “a complete laugh with this lady and her massive cake!”… aka SHARON HORGAN, actor and Bafta-winning writer behind razor sharp comedies such as Catastrophe, Motherland and Divorce.
SIAN CLIFFORD, aka Fleabag’s sister Claire, recently played Diana Ingram in ‘Quiz’, the terrific 3-parter on ITV.
For five years WAAD AL-KATEAB filmed the conflict in the Syrian city of Aleppo for her feature documentary ‘FOR SAMA’ which has received numerous awards including the Prix L’Œil d’Or for Best Documentary at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the SXSW Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize for International Feature Documentary at the Hot Docs Festival. It is a deeply powerful film and “a rare first hand account of war, from a strictly female perspective”.
Chris Floyd - Men's Health - Fighting Spirit
For a story in the May issue of MEN'S HEALTH, CHRIS FLOYD was commissioned to photograph several British servicemen who have all endured PTSD in one form or another.
"How do you fight an enemy you can't see? One that can infiltrate every base, aircraft carrier and submarine and strike down a teenage cadet in the safety of his barracks yet is just as able to lie in wait for months, or even years, before dealing a fatal blow, long after a soldier has exited the theatre of war and even the military itself? Between 2014 and 2018, hostile action accounted for the deaths of 2 servicemen. Over the same period, at least 49 UK service personnel died as a result of suicide.”
Chris Floyd - IDLER / ON AIR with Mr Buckles King of Chuckle ADAM BUXTON
CHRIS FLOYD shoots MR BUCKLES king of chuckle, ADAM BUXTON, at his house near Norwich for the cover of the Sept/OCT 2020 issue of THE IDLER. BUXTON is something of an IDLER hero... a multi-talented podcaster, comedian, artist, parodist, actor and writer... to name a few of his idling accomplishments!
Chris Floyd - Archive
Amazing shots from Chris's archive accompanied by wonderful tales of his encounters with a veritable "Who's Who" of sitters.. from Liam and Noel Gallagher of the newly formed band Oasis in 1994 to the sun-baked rooftops of Cannes with Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchette, Richard Ashcroft in Vegas, Oliver Reed in Minsk, David Hockney, David Bowie, Debbie Harry, Paul McCartney, Naomi Watts, Robert De Niro, David Attenborough and many more..
Follow him here: https://www.instagram.com/chrisfloydarchive/
Chris Floyd - Patrick Hutchinson for Men's Health
Photographed for Men’s Health, Patrick Hutchinson, icon of the midsummer BLM protests in London. He and his friends, Chris Otokito, Jamaine Facey, Pierre Noah and Lee Russell, a group of martial arts practitioners and security professionals, attended the demonstration with a shared purpose; to keep the peace. But when Patrick was snapped rescuing a Black Lives Matter counter protester, the white man hoisted over his shoulder in a fireman’s lift, surrounded by a mob, his life changed instantly and irrevocably.
From left to right in the second picture below: Chris, Lee, Pierre, Patrick (standing), Jamaine (seated)
A short version of Paul Wilson’s interview with the five men can be read here. The full interview will feature in the September issue.
Chris Floyd - Esquire - Tabasco
Late last year CHRIS photographed the world of TABASCO on Avery Island, in the Cajun swamps of Louisiana, for ESQUIRE MAGAZINE.
Still a family owned business, the McIlhenny Co has been producing the hot sauce here for 150 years, using the same 3 ingredients since the beginning; red peppers, vinegar and salt.
🌶🌶🌶
Chris Floyd - Men's Health - PPE
CHRIS FLOYD shoots on location during lockdown for MEN’S HEALTH for a feature on 3 British manufacturers who have repurposed their production lines to create items of PPE for the NHS during the Covid 19 crisis.
COMMUNITY CLOTHING in Blackburn, Lancashire, who usually manufacture beautifully made items of affordable, sustainable and ethical men’s and women’s clothing turned their business towards making urgently needed NHS scrubs.
STAEGER CLEAR in Coventry switched from making things like shirt collar stiffeners and Easter egg cases to making a face visor of their own design.
INTERFLEX in Nottingham had also halted all their normal plastic packaging work and were producing disposable plastic aprons at a phenomenal rate.
A staggering and inspirational contribution from all 3 companies, especially as their undertakings were in the face of significant bureaucratic and logistical challenges. WE SALUTE YOU!
For inspiration, Chris took the 1950s photography of the great Maurice Broomfield, who so beautifully documented the last golden age of British manufacturing. “I’ve loved Broomfield’s work for a long time and this seemed like the obvious opportunity to pay tribute to it.”
Chris Floyd - Sleaford Mods - Sold Out Shorts
CHRIS FLOYD shoots a series of shorts about the SLEAFORD MODS entitled SOLD OUT.
Chris Floyd - PPA Campaign of the Year - P&O Cruises / Gary Barlow
More exciting news just in that CHRIS’S recent campaign for P&O CRUISES with GARY BARLOW has been shortlisted for the PPA Awards ‘CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR’ category.
Check it out here: https://ppaawards.co.uk/2020/en/page/shortlist
Chris Floyd - Cover of the Year Nomination at PPA Awards for Mens Health
We are super happy that this MEN'S HEALTH cover of 15 year old Andrew, one of 4 different boys photographed by CHRIS FLOYD at Oasis Academy in Waterloo, has been nominated for “Cover of the Year” in this year's PPA Awards. (Remaining 3 covers are shown below)
As it’s a public vote we'd love it if you could head over and vote for Chris! Here's the link: https://ppacoveroftheyear.co.uk
Thank you :))
And please read below the words of MH editor Toby Wiseman that accompanied the issue.
“You’re probably thinking that these don’t look like regular Men’s Health covers.
That’s because they’re not.
Over the past five years, we’ve increasingly devoted our attentions to the parlous state of mental health in men.
We’ve been single-handedly responsible for that wretched statistic - that for men under 45, the things most likely to kill you is you - becoming common knowledge.
But recently it has felt like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
It’s all very well telling people that 25% of men who take their own lives have visited their GP in vain just the week beforehand. But what about the months and years leading up to that cataclysmic decision? With any other illness, the emphasis would be on prevention rather than cure.
Maybe we’re looking for answers in the wrong place at the wrong time. What has planted those seeds? When did they take root?
The kids on these covers are aged 15/16. They have doubtless been dealt a worse hand than most. As pupils of a school that, despite being rated outstanding, resides in one of the most deprived areas in the country, they face issues that the majority of teenagers will never have to confront.
But thanks to progressive attitudes, excellent support and inspirational leadership, these kids are managing their situations with poise, stoicism and profound eloquence.
These teenagers, their teachers and the help they receive have comprehensively changed my opinion about the problems we face and the best way to broach them. Please buy the issue and read their story. Then, when you’re done, consider lending your support to our #GiveThemAHeadStart campaign. It’s what Men’s Health is all about.”
Chris Floyd - Sleaford Mods - Second
Late at night, when everyone's tucked up in bed and all the world's fast asleep...
...JASON from SLEAFORD MODS tiptoes out of the house to rehearse in his car. Here’s "SECOND".
Turn up the volume! It’s POWERFUL STUFF!
Chris Floyd - Sleaford Mods - Tweet Tweet Tweet!
In November 2019, JASON WILLIAMSON and ANDREW FEARN of SLEAFORD MODS asked CHRIS FLOYD to make a film about their biggest gig to date at Hammersmith Apollo (or Odeon, depending on when you came of gig-going age).
In these times it feels rather surreal to see crowds of people in such close proximity to each other, which makes the footage and the performance all the more compelling viewing...
Here's the footage of the band performing 'TWEET TWEET TWEET'!
Chris Floyd - Stylist / Shauna Coxsey
HANGING IN THERE...
CHRIS FLOYD photographs OLYMPIC climbing hopeful SHAUNA COXSEY for the 500th issue of STYLIST MAGAZINE.
"A few weeks ago I travelled up to Sheffield on a freezing cold morning to spend the day inside a building made entirely of chipboard and leftover bits of furniture adornment from the Memphis Milano design movement. Inside we were thrilled by the sight of Shauna Coxsey, in the finest SS20 fashions, as she clambered and scampered over every surface of the chipboard palace in this shoot for the 500th issue of Stylist Magazine."
Styling by Helen Atkin.