Chris Floyd shoots these striking portraits of media personality, model and author, Katie Price for You.
Bryony Gordon, writing in the accompanying article desribes her as, “A very particular kind of national treasure, often mocked, frequently caricatured and rarely, if ever, understood”.
Thank you to - Picture Director: Ester Malloy, CD: Nathasha Tomalin-Hall, Fashion Director: Sophie Dearden, Hair & Makeup: Stephanie Emma Jeary - and all our amazing team.
Chris Floyd was commissioned to shoot this extraordinary series of portraits of political “disruptor” / “radical right-wing English populist leader” / self-styled “Billy Graham of Politics” and leader of the Reform Party Ltd at Reform HQ, above an amusement arcade in Clacton, for Gerry Brakus at New Statesman.
CHRIS FLOYD shot these fabulous portraits of singer/songwriter and guitarist RICHARD HAWLEY for the new issue of THE IDLER.
“28 years ago I did a series of single sleeves for a band called Longpigs. They were art directed by Pat & Jo Skinny, and the band left the three of us alone to do what we liked. It was the perfect creative partnership. In March of this year I went up to Sheffield for the day to photograph that band’s guitarist, Richard Hawley, who I had not seen since a night in Paris in 1996. We did some pictures at The Samuel Worth Chapel in the Sheffield General Cemetery. Then we spent the rest of the afternoon in the pub listening to Richard’s amazing stories of his life in music. It was the perfect way to spend a day.”
ESQUIRE commission CHRIS FLOYD to shoot this beautifully atmospheric story for their summer 2024 edition, documenting life at the PORT ELLEN distillery on the Scottish island of Islay - home of smoky/peaty whiskies 🔥.
Desperately seeking the real KEIR STARMER, down at his local pub!
CHRIS FLOYD shoots SIR KEIR STARMER for YOU Magazine. Such great images - huge thanks to Ester Malloy for the commission 🙌
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In Chris’s words…
“This is the second time I’ve photographed Sir Keir Starmer. Last month I was commissioned by You Magazine to spend a couple of hours with him in the lead up to the final Arsenal game of the season, against Everton, played at their home stadium, The Emirates, in London. The night before the game, I was given the details of the pub where he likes to meet his football pals, and told to arrive there at 2.15pm. The game was due to kick off at 4pm. This meant I’d have about 90 minutes to shoot my pictures: Sir Keir in the pub, doing what football fans do in pubs before football matches: drink beer and talk incessantly about the fact that Arsenal really need a decent centre forward.
I arrive and we’re introduced, he remembers me from the book cover shoot, and I’m invited to sit at the big pub table among the group, and snap away. I introduce myself to everyone at the table and explain why I’m here and that if any of them don’t want to be seen in the pictures then they should just say and I will respect that wish. One of his friends, a fellow barrister, says that he’s more than happy to be seen with him, adding, “I adore him.”
Pints are drunk. The conversation is relentless, exclusively about football.
At 3.15pm we set off for the 20 min walk to the stadium, Sir Keir with his son, and about ten other people who he meets up with before the game. At first the walk was quiet, small groups of other fans here and there, unrecognised, anonymous. But then we emerged from the labyrinth of back streets onto Hornsey Road and, as always with a football crowd, you start to get the feeling that you’re one of millions of bees coalescing around the hive.
I’m walking backwards, trying to shoot pictures of Sir Keir with his two friends, Chris and Macca, relying entirely on their goodwill to tell me if I’m going to step in front of a bus, or under a lorry. I make the comment, “This is where I get to say the immortal Ginger Rogers line, ‘I did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in heels,’” and it gets the laugh from the three of them that I need to make a picture fit for a magazine opening spread.”
Sir Keir Starmer, 19 May 2024
PHIL FISK shoots these striking portraits of actor TOM BURKE for GUARDIAN, in anticipation of the release of FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA in cinemas this week.
KELLIE FRENCH explores shadowy shop-lifting vibes for OBSERVER 🙌
Life’s little essentials… melon-ballers (who knew!?), colourful clips and the humble shoehorn - a series of gorgeous gadgets captured by KELLIE FRENCH for GUARDIAN
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"What even is mulch..?!"
KELLIE FRENCH explores this and many other bright and beautiful growing topics for the new gardener for OBSERVER 🌱🌺🌸
PHIL FISK shoots CORNELIA PARKER “one of Britain's best loved and most acclaimed contemporary artists” for OBSERVER.
Cornelia is captured with her favourite work in The National Gallery - The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck. The painting has inspired her since she was a student… “In the flesh it’s quite small but immaculately painted.”
This beautiful, mellow-hued portrait was taken in the window of calm and quiet before the gallery was open to the public. We love the subtle gestures and pose and the pale trim running from the canvas through Cornelia’s dress. Such a beautiful shot 🤩.
KELLIE FRENCH takes a peep at the peptides!
Part of a range of exciting new beauty products captured for her ongoing collaboration with GUARDIAN X SALI HUGHES, with styling by Yvonne Achato 🌺🌸✨
CLEAN IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT!
Clearing, cleaning, corralling, donating, ditching, dispatching, marshalling, streamlining and chucking out!
KELLIE FRENCH brings colour and joy to the many facets of the #springclean for OBSERVER.
Big thanks to super set stylist Yvonne Achato plus Joanna Cochrane and Kit Burnet for a cracking commission, as always 🙌🌱✨
#thefirstsockisthehardest
Actor DOMINIC WEST, photographed by CHRIS FLOYD for SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE at The Theatre Royal, Bath - ahead of an 11-week run in Arthur Miller’s ‘A View From The Bridge’ at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket.
Big thanks to all our team and to Adam Hearn for the wonderful commission 🙏✨
Bright blue hues!
Frankie Turner captures a fine series of Spring spreads for LIDL.
Lush food styling by Iona Blackshaw. prop styling by Hannah Wilkinson and art direction by Anisha Panchasara 🙌✨
Frankie Turner shoots vibrant new images for WAITROSE / EDIT focussing on the humble tin can (“a mind-blowing marvel when it was invented 225 years ago”), hot sauce splashes and more..
Food styling by Maud Eden and Rosie Reynolds with prop styling from Max Robinson 🙌✨
CHRIS FLOYD was recently commissioned to shoot this delightful commission for IDLER - featuring Giles Wood and Mary Killen from unlikely hit show GOGGLEBOX, at home in their Wiltshire “grottage”!
“Over the past few years, in a strange development, Giles and Mary have both become famous for watching telly, and if we ever reintroduced our “Idler of the Year Award”, then Giles would be a front-runner. He has become a national hero for doing very little.” 🙌✨
Delighted to share this super colourful, creative collaboration by JOSEPH FORD and digital artist CHANTAL CADUFF for international eyewear magazine SPECTR.
Joseph photographed the models in studio and integrated them into 3D backgrounds created by Chantal; using landscape images of Tokyo, Hawaii, London, Switzerland and Iceland, selected from Joseph’s extensive archive.
Models wear eclectic eyewear by brands including Maybach, Cazal, Einstoffen, IC Berlin, Mykita, Raen, Nirvan, Vava, Veronika Wildgruber and Barton Perreira.
AWESOME 💜 👓 💙 🕶 💛 🙌
How to be more of a lark than an owl… 🦉!
Loving Kellie French’s cracking cover concept focusing on the benefits of being a ‘morning person’ for OBSERVER 🙌💛
CUSTOM COLOUR...
Capturing a world of pioneering beauty products including personalised foundation, brilliant (bug free / 100% vegan) lip colour plus tanning drops for a winter glow.
Lush concepts and images by KELLIE FRENCH for SALI HUGHES X GUARDIAN ❣️♥️
Oscar winner – and now director, DANIEL KALUUYA – and rapper and Top Boy star KANE ROBINSON, aka KANO, are longtime friends. Photographed together here by PHIL FISK for OBSERVER on the release of their new movie, dystopian thriller THE KITCHEN (in selected cinemas and on Netflix).
Phil’s stunning portraits capture the intensity of these two outstanding actors, as well as a hint of the mischief that comes with their close friendship 🙌✨
