Phil Fisk - Observer / Thurston Moore / Sonic Youth

Phil Fisk recently captured these beautiful portraits of US indie-rock band Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore at his home in south London for Observer.

Moore is “now officially a grand old man of American indie rock – though as (his recently published autobiography), Sonic Life attests, his youthful enthusiasm for all things rock’n’roll remains relatively undimmed”.

We are loving the mood and tones of this series. Super lovely work 🙌

 

Frankie Turner - Lidl / Xmas

Festive tipples captured by Frankie Turner for LIDL Xmas!

Huge thanks to food stylist Keiron George for delightful “Drunken Rudolf” and merry Mimosa vibes 🦌🍸🎄

 

Kellie French - Sali Hughes / Guardian

More bright and beautiful images captured by Kellie French for her ongoing collaboration with Salli Hughes X Guardian - featuring refillable luxury lipsticks, hand-selected advent calendars stuffed with luscious beauty product samples, new products for protecting winter damaged hair plus festive new fragrances (c/o master perfumier Jérôme Epinette, featuring the new San Ysidro Drive eau de parfum for Victoria Beckham Beauty) 🙌✨❄️

 

Chris Floyd - Telegraph / Jim and Jane Swire

CHRIS FLOYD shot these beautiful portraits of Dr Jim and Jane Swire for TELEGRAPH.

Their daughter, Flora, was killed on Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over the border town of Lockerbie, 38 minutes after take off from London to New York on 21st December 1988.

Jim and Jane’s experience is documented in LOCKERBIE, a 4-part drama now airing on SKY, exploring what they see as a “35 year-long miscarriage of justice”.

Such poignant portraits - congratulations Chris and all involved.

 

Chris Floyd - Esquire / Keir Starmer

The wonderful CHRIS FLOYD was commissioned to shoot this series of portraits of KEIR STARMER for the cover of Winter 2023 ESQUIRE, and to accompany a feature by Alex Bilmes on Keir’s “fight to transform his party from repeat election loser to Britain’s next Government”.

Huge thanks to all our amazing team and to Esquire for the commission.

 

Frankie Turner - Waitrose / Edit

Crunch time for Frankie Turner!

We love these super crisp shots of delicious Japanese fayre, chicken karaage and rich, soul-food dashi, part of the new Menyū range for Waitrose Edit. Yummmm 🙌

Huge thanks to Maud Eden for styling and Lauren Miller for props.

Kellie French - Guardian

Kellie French shoots this beautiful series of portraits for Guardian, focussing on kids, teens and beauty ideals…

Huge thanks to our amazing models and team 🙌✨

 

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 👊🏾💥

 

Kellie French - Nigel Slater / Observer

OBSERVER commission KELLIE FRENCH to capture a portrait in celebration of “30 YEARS OF NIGEL SLATER” 🙌

“My first column started with the line, “It has been a good week for flavour,” and 3 decades later Nigel and his beautiful recipes are still a sumptuous source of inspiration and flavour in our kitchens.

Lovely cover shot, Kellie! And huge thanks to Isabel Bakes for the awesome cake - and to all the team involved in this lovely landmark commission 🎂✨

 

Chris Floyd - Ai WeiWei / P

CHRIS FLOYD recently photographed Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian and activist AI WEI WEI 艾未未 , whose art is variously described as PROFOUNDLY MOVING, POWERFUL, POLITICAL and PROVOCATIVE.

Big thanks to P for the wonderful commission and to all the team who helped create these beautiful and poignant portraits 🙌.

Also featured here is Chris’s image of Ai WeiWei’s TREE (one of several artworks bearing the same name) - “a monumental sculpture assembled from the dry, dead branches, roots and trunks of numerous species of tree, such as camphor, cedar and ginkgo, that Ai Weiwei gathered from across the mountainous southern region of his native China”.

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 - Jane Seymour

CHRIS FLOYD recently spent a day photographing - and hearing amazing stories from - actor JANE SEYMOUR. She has been in an incredible 100+ movies - achieving early fame playing psychic Bond girl SOLITAIRE opposite Roger Moore’s 007 in “LIVE AND LET DIE”.

Huge thanks to all the team for a wonderful shoot - to Nat Read for styling, Alexis Day for makeup, ‘hurr” by David Wadlow - and of course to SAGA for the lovely commission 🙌

 

Phil Fisk - Old Vic X Observer X Patsy Ferran

Super nice behind-the-scenes footage captured by THE OLD VIC during PHIL FISK's recent cover shoot with PATSY FERRAN for OBSERVER.

PYGMALION, in which Patsy takes the starring role of Eliza Doolittle, opens on The Old Vic stage this month.

Huge thanks to Vic Twyman for gorgeous set styling, Peter Bevan / Observer Fashion crew for styling and Rebecca Hampson for Hair & Makeup.

The shoot was a delightfully entertaining day for all the crew and you can see some of the gorgeous images captured by Phil in our recent post (here) ✨

 

Phil Fisk - Observer / Nikesh Patel

Actor Nikesh Patel recently captured by Phil Fisk for Observer.

Famed for his role in BBC's global hit show Starstruck, and recently (briefly!) pursued on Celebrity Hunted, he is now pondering new avenues..

“If someone wants to write Rishi Sunak: The Musical, I’ll do it.” 🙌

 

Phil Fisk - Observer / Patsy Ferran

"One of the very best actors out there" - the wonderful Olivier Award winner Patsy Ferran photographed recently for the Observer by Phil Fisk.

Such gorgeous images, delightfully themed to go with the new production of Pygmalion, which Patsy is currently starring in at the Old Vic Theatre ✨.

Styling by the Observer fashion team / Peter Bevan, stunning neckpiece by the awesome Vic Twyman, makeup by Rebecca Hampson, assistance by Victoria Burrman. 🙌

 

Frankie Turner - Waitrose

Sarson’s on chips 🍟 • Hitting the bakes 🍪 • Pina colada perfection 🍍🍒 💕

All captured by Frankie Turner for Waitrose / Edit.

Huge thanks to all the team and to Maud Eden for the luscious styling 🍒 🙌

 

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 👊 🙌 👏 ⚽️ !