Kellie French - Observer - smiley summer vibes

Smiley summer vibes captured by Kellie French for Guardian 🌞😊🍊🍉🧡.

Huge thanks to all the team, not least of all Rhea Thierstein for set design and ice lollies and Sarah Cherry for make up magic 🙌

 

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...

23 easy fitness tips well worth knowing can be found here

Huge thanks to all the team and congratulations on making fitness look so colourful, easy and FUN 🙌

 

Phil Fisk - AOP Awards Finalist - Portrait + Lifestyle 🙌

We’re delighted to announce that PHIL FISK is finalist in both the PORTRAIT and LIFESTYLE categories at the 38th AOP AWARDS 2023.
His portrait of JASON WILLIAMSON / SLEAFORD MODS for OBSERVER is finalist in the portrait category.
And his ALLOTMENT ECCENTRICS series, exploring the extraordinary worlds of 3 unconventional smallholders - Lithuanian moonshine queen Elena, potting shed alchemist Pedro and retired tech-horticulturalist Ramaswami Krishnan - is finalist in the lifestyle category.

We’re super proud of you Phil! 🙌🙌🙌

 

Frankie Turner - Waitrose - summer treats 🍓

Frankie Turner captures glorious strawbs and stacks of tantalising choc ice for Waitrose! Mmmm! Don't mind if we do 🍓🍓🍓🍓♥️ !

Huge thanks to Maud Eden for super styling and all the team 🙌✨

Frankie Turner - Waitrose - Raising the Salad Bar!

Waitrose commission Frankie Turner to “Raise the Salad Bar!”

We absolutely love these images capturing a gorgeously refreshing, mouth-watering world of watermelon, halloumi and sumac; freshly popped garden peas and prosciutto.

Big thanks to Seika Hatfield for gorgeous styling, Julie Patmore, and Kerry Wakefield for luscious art direction. Super crisp and colourful! 🍉🌱🍖🥬 ❤️💚

 

Phil Fisk - Mark Rylance / Observer

PHIL FISK was delighted to be commissioned to photograph acting legend MARK RYLANCE for the OBSERVER.

Passionate activist, I Ching devotee, crop circle enthusiast and not least of all Academy, Bafta, Golden Globe and Oscar-winner, Rylance is routinely described as the greatest actor of his generation.

These beautiful images were shot at Mount View drama school in Peckham, where he is currently rehearsing his new National Theatre production of Dr Semmelweis (a drama created with director Tom Morris of War Horse fame.

You can read the accompanying wonderful and insightful article here.

Huge thanks to Tony Bell and all our amazing team for this wonderful shoot 🙌.

 

Kellie French - Observer

Kickstart the day with a HEARTY BREAKFAST 🌞🧡 🥚🍳💥

KELLIE FRENCH dips into some of the best brekkies in Britain for OBSERVER MAGAZINE.

Big thanks to all the team and to @sophiesibbald for delightfully delicious styling 🙌 ✨

 

Kellie French - Guardian / On Beauty

Kellie French shoots colourful, creative DIY beauty for The Guardian featuring home hair dying (tip: not using pink metal gloss paint!) and home waxing...

Huge thanks to all our amazing team 🙌 🧡💙💖

 

Frankie Turner - ASDA

In the pink... 💖⁠ ...red, white and sparkling!

Lovely tipples and accompanying nibbles captured by Frankie Turner for Asda 🙌

 

Chris Floyd - Niall Horan / Cosmo

CHRIS FLOYD shoots “lovely lovely” / “More than Mr Nice Guy” NIALL HORAN for COSMOPOLITAN 🙌.

With a whopping 32.2M followers on instagram, Niall has just released his 3rd solo album #TheShow on CAPITOL RECORDS and NEON HAZE to universal acclaim.

Big thanks to all the team 🎈

 

Phil Fisk - Guardian / Michael Socha

“I play a baddy. I often do, it’s my bread and butter.”

PHIL FISK shoots striking portraits of MICHAEL SOCHA for OBSERVER.

First cast by Shane Meadows, in "This is England", Socha is about ​to star in​ the director’s ​period drama ​"The Gallows Pole" for the BBC premiering later this month 🙌

 

Phil Fisk - Observer / Caleb Azumah Nelson

PHIL FISK shoots “literary star” CALEB AZUMAH NELSON for OBSERVER.

His first book OPEN WATER won the 2021 Costa first novel award, and his stunning second novel SMALL WORLDS, written “to feel like one long, continuous song” has just been published by Penguin Books.

Phil Fisk - Observer / Andi Oliver

PHIL FISK shoots bright, bold and beautiful portraits of ANDI OLIVER for OBSERVER 💛💙🧡💜

Her acclaimed first cookery book "The Pepperpot Diaries", exploring the delights of Caribbean cooking, has just been published by Dorling Kindersley. 🙌⁠

 

Kellie French - FT Mag

A deep dive into the glorious world of the CHEESE TOASTIE, captured in all its’ brilliant, oozing beauty by KELLIE FRENCH for FT Magazine.

Known in the Netherlands as TOSTIS, in Spain as the CATALAN BIKINI SANDWICH, in Mumbai as the BOMBAY SANDWICH - the CHEESE TOASTIE is a simple snack deserving of “serious attention”! After perusing these sumptuous shots (and the accompanying article), we were immediately compelled to rustle one up! YUM!! 🥪🧀✨💛

 
 

Phil Fisk - Chanel Contos / Australian

Phil Fisk shoots the amazing Chanel Contos for Australian Magazine.

In 2021 her online petition to make consent education mandatory in Australian schools attracted 45,000 signatures. One year later, education ministers from around the country unanimously agreed to the demand.

Her platform teachusconsent.com lobbies for and provides holistic consent and sexuality education in Australia and has inspired similar movements worldwide. Recognition of Chanel's efforts has come in the form of a BBC 100 Women nomination 2022, a Diana Award for Activism 2022, and a Young Australian of the Year 2023 nomination.

A beautiful portrait of an inspiring young changemaker 🙌 👏

 

Kellie French - Guardian / Blooming Marvels

Kellie French shoots blooming marvellous florals for Observer.

These gorgeous images explore delightful ways to spring into the new season... "rethinking your scent" and “giving up ‘drinking alone in your pants’ (Finnish “kalsarikännit”) and going Mediterranean with a colourful evening aperitif"…!

A stunning celebration of spring creativity 🌺🌸💜🧡💛🌱✨ 🙌

 

Frankie Turner - Waitrose / Easter

Frankie captures bright and beautiful Easter vibes in this recent commission for Waitrose 🥚 🥕 🧡