Chris Floyd - GSK / Haleon
Delighted to share imagery from a worldwide campaign, encompassing over 30 individual portraits and accompanying motion captured by Chris Floyd.
We collaborated with pharmaceutical giant GSK to launch Haleon and their global range of consumer healthcare products. The company have a very diverse audience that we wanted to reflect in the casting of our models. We photographed real people with real stories, sometimes involving health challenges - but always with a spirit of positivity. It was important for Chris that the images convey confidence, look natural and feel authentic. We’ve shared just a handful here.
Huge thanks to Interbrand, Make Marks and all the amazing people who commissioned and helped bring these beautiful portraits to life 🙌
Phil Fisk - Virgin Atlantic / Pearlies
Phil Fisk recently shot this lovely commission from Ink Global, featuring the Pearly Kings and Queens of London, for Virgin Atlantic magazine Vera.
We love these iconic portraits of Amy, Connor, Jack and Shannon, the Pearly Kings and Queens of Haggerston, Wembley, Royal Kensington and Shoreditch - who are some of the new generation of “pearly royalty” bringing a more inclusive attitude to a centuries old tradition (whilst maintaining a lifelong dedication to fundraising for charity). 🙌
Chris Floyd - Brian Johnson | AC/DC / Telegraph
Chris Floyd was recently commissioned to shoot these wonderful portraits of rock icon and AC/DC lungsman Brian Johnson in his local London boozer for the Telegraph Magazine. Johnson is celebrating the publication of “The Lives of Brian”, described as a “riotous, lovable memoire, packed with outrageous stories” ⚡️
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 - Not Just Pictures / Guardian
Delighted to share this beautiful feature on “Not Just Pictures” by Chris Floyd, in this week’s Guardian, featuring selected portraits and stories - from Sheridan Smith to civil rights icon Claudette Colvin ❤️
“In his latest book, Not Just Pictures to be published by Reel Art Press, the celebrated British photographer shares more than 250 images of extraordinary people: Hollywood stars, artists, actors, athletes and musicians. Here, he tells the stories behind some of those shots. “
We’ve included selected extracts below, and you can see the full article here.
Chris Floyd - Not Just Pictures
Flock are thrilled to announce the publication of CHRIS FLOYD "NOT JUST PICTURES"
A stunning, first monograph dedicated to Chris’s 30-year career, published by Reel Art Press and released this week!!
Featuring over 200 photographs, it includes his sessions with Paul McCartney, David Attenborough, Debbie Harry, David Hockney, David Bowie, Marcus Rashford, Cate Blanchett, Oasis, Iggy Pop and many more. The photographs are accompanied by a collection of stories that paint a broader and often funnier picture of his oeuvre.
In Chris’s words… “For a long time people have told me how much they love reading what I write, as much as looking at the photographs I produce, and that they would love to own a book of this work and these tales. After nearly 30 years in the game, perhaps now is the time to parlay the most interesting, funny, odd, disturbing, confrontational, collaborative and life affirming photographic moments.”
"The man can talk. And he can write too. His book [is]... a handsome showcase for some of his most thrilling work. I can think of many excellent photography books, but none that pulls off this trick so convincingly; showing you the picture, and then, like a rogue magician, lifting the curtain and taking the reader behind the scenes for a glimpse of the delicate negotiations that went into its making."
Esquire
Every picture tells a story… and below is a small selection of the portraits featured in the book (each with a delicious tale to accompany it).
From L-R: Milla Jovovich, Anthony Bourdain, David Hockney, Blondie, Yoko Ono, Bill Murray, Aisling Bea, Helen McCrory, Thom Yorke, David Bowie, Robbie Williams, Oasis, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, David Attenborough, David Bailey, Robert de Niro and Nobu.
Lovely article on the book here.
Click on the links below to order your copy of Chris Floyd Not Just Pictures…
A signed copy from Chris’s local bookstore Jaffé & Neale.
Direct from the publisher Reel Art Press.
And if you'd like to catch Chris chatting about his book in person you can follow all his upcoming events here.
Phil Fisk - SKY / This England / Kenneth Branagh
We are delighted to share Phil Fisk’s compelling photographic commission for Michael Winterbottom’s six-part drama This England.
The series was recently released on SKY Atlantic, and follows the then prime minister Boris Johnson (played by the amazing Kenneth Branagh) and his government through the first wave of the pandemic.
Huge thanks to SKY, Revolution Films, Chris Roome for the retouching skills and everyone involved in creating these poignant images.
Chris Floyd - Harrods / 5 Chefs!
Such a lovely commission - 5 amazing chefs, photographed by Chris Floyd on the roof of Harrods in London, July 2022.
L to R: Jason Atherton, Dave Pynt, Philip Khoury, Angelo Musa, Tom Kerridge.
In Chris’s words… “One of the great, maybe the greatest, privileges of my job is that I get to spend legitimate time in the company of supremely talented people. This was one of those days. The five men here all gave me their time, with humour and curiosity, on one of the hottest goddamn days of the year, without seeming to release one drop of sweat into their immaculately pressed chef’s whites. And what was greatest of all about it was getting to listen to the five of them taking to each other about what they do, the language of their world, swapping tips and tricks.”
Joseph Ford - Denis Meyers / MAUSA Vauban and an Invisible Jumper 🧶
Proof that good things come to those who wait…!
In early 2020, Nina Dodds started knitting this sweater, based on a design street artist Denis Meyers created to match his installation at MAUSA Vauban (Museum of Urban and Street Art).
Joseph was supposed to travel to Alsace to photograph Denis wearing the jumper at the end of March 2020, but Covid had other ideas. The shoot was rescheduled for March 2021 but the pandemic put a halt to that plan too.
Finally, in March 2022 Denis and Joseph got to shoot this stunning portrait for Joseph’s INVISIBLE JUMPERS project.
Can you read the words on the sweater? Scroll down for a closer look! 🔍
Chris Floyd - Lenny Henry / Saga
“Good to meet you, I’m Lenny Henry off the telly.”
Chris Floyd shoots these delightful portraits of the wonderful Sir Lenny Henry, the British actor / comedian / singer / television presenter and writer - (a man who really needs no introduction!) - for the cover of Saga.
Chris Floyd - Sotheby's / Robert Pattinson
"A" is for Art...!
Actor (/singer/songwriter) Robert Pattinson photographed recently by Chris Floyd for Sotheby’s.
Robert is guest curator of Sotheby's forthcoming contemporary art auction in New York, plus an exhibition featuring selected works “which personally resonate with him” - including pieces by Willem de Kooning (seen here), Richard Serra, Genieve Figgis and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
Joseph Ford - PX3 Awards Fine Art Photographer of the Year 2022
We are thrilled to announce that Joseph Ford is “FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2022” at the PX3 AWARDS in Paris - for his INVISIBLE JUMPERS project, created in collaboration with the amazing @ninadoddknits 🧶. Joseph also won a Gold and a Silver award in two other categories!
Such an inspired, imaginative and stunning series of images. The awards are massively well-deserved and we are super delighted for you Joseph 🏆🥇🎖 🙌
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 - Esquire / Not Just Pictures
Absolutely thrilled to bits to see this 14 page story about CHRIS FLOYD’s forthcoming monograph ‘NOT JUST PICTURES’ in the Autumn issue of ESQUIRE - focusing on some of the great musicians he has photographed during his career.
"Photographer Chris Floyd’s spectacular forthcoming book offers a treasure trove of pictures of the great, the good, the notable and the notorious: movie stars, models, artists, politicians and more.”
Scroll down for a short extract from the article ⏬
“In October, and not before time, (Chris) publishes his first major monograph. It’s called Not Just Pictures, and those who know and have worked with Chris will understand why. The man can talk. And he can write, too. He is a storyteller to his bones - and his book, a handsome showcase for some of his most thrilling work, includes anecdotes of his adventures, especially those in the often-fraught world of celebrity publicity. I can think of many excellent photography books, but none that pulls off this trick so convincingly, showing you the picture, and then, like a rogue magician, lifting the curtain and taking the reader behind the scenes for a glimpse of the delicate negotiations that went into its making."
Thank you so much to @alexbilmes @ukesquire.
You can pre-order your copy of Chris Floyd Not Just Pictures now…
A signed copy from Chris’s local bookstore Jaffé & Neale.
Direct from the publisher Reel Art Press.
Chris Floyd - Monica Galetti
Bright and beautiful portraits of chef MONICA GALETTI, captured by CHRIS FLOYD.
Samoa-born, New Zealand-raised Monica recently stepped down from her role as judge on Masterchef - The Professionals, after 8 years alongside Michel Roux Jr & Gregg Wallace, to focus on her London restaurant Mere and her family.
Phil Fisk - Ramaswami
Part 2 of Phil’s stunning ALLOTMENT series featuring eccentrics found among the vegetable patches… 🌽🥦🥕 📻 🥬🥒🌶
“Ramaswami Krishnan acquired his allotment to save his marriage. Their house was overflowing with electronic equipment that he had saved from the street and car boot sales since the 1980’s. He retired as a physics teacher twenty years ago and started repairing and taking apart early computers. But the small Victorian terrace soon filled up and he was forced to find a shed of some kind, as long as it was “away from the house”…! By chance a family friend offered a share in his allotment and now old technology and horticulture exist side by side. Kris, as he likes to be called, is yet to fully embrace the digging and planting but he is happy in his new home and there is “finally, peace at home.”
Thanks for the wonderful casting Sue Odell, props by the amazing Vic Twyman and awesome job by all the team 👏
Chris Floyd: The Last Days of Boris Johnson / The New Statesman
Strong portrait of Boris Johnson by Chris Floyd in the new issue of The New Statesman accompanying an article written by Andrew Marr.
“Politics is not a game played in a few streets of central London, or parlayed across Westminster coffee tables. When it goes badly wrong, everyone is rocked. Power isn’t the private property of any individual, no matter how ruthless they are, no matter how well they tell jokes, no matter how many billionaires and newspaper proprietors they have cosied up to.
The Johnson seizure of Conservative England does, in the end, feel like a story out of Ancient Rome, something fundamentally un-British. Now it is very close to its end. Millions will be thoroughly delighted. But what is coming next? Something is. And it could be, simply, mayhem. Perhaps a cabal of senior Tories is even now able to concoct an alternative post-Johnson government able to stagger on through the tough year ahead. But don’t bet on it. We deserve a general election. But don’t expect that either.”
Phil Fisk - Elena
We’re delighted to share a stunningly beautiful new personal project by Phil Fisk…
“Elena comes to her allotment every day in all weathers. She took over the plot when her son left home and found she had all this time to herself once more. She remembered growing up in Lithuania in the early 1950s and working on the family smallholding. They had pigs and ducks and her father made his own “Namine”, a homemade form of Poitín or moonshine, which was his escape from the hardships and life without a wife and mother. Elena would escape to the woods full of moss and berries that she would collect and dry. She would store these along with feathers, egg shells, seeds and twigs in a jewellery box her mother left. As she grew older, she would create intricate brooches and headdresses and wander the dark forest as someone else, somewhere else. In the quiet, she would dream of leaving and moving west.”
Huge thanks to all the team, not least of all Vic Twyman for the superb prop styling and wardrobe, the incredible Sue Odell for the awesome casting, and of course to model Alex Bruni who brings more than a little magic to these images ✨
Phil Fisk - Joseph Quinn / Stranger Things / Observer
Last week, Phil Fisk had the pleasure of shooting JOSEPH QUINN for OBSERVER.
The British actor is playing “the voluminously haired metalhead (EDDIE MUNSON) who runs the HELLFIRE SOCIETY” in season 4 of NETFLIX’s hit show STRANGER THINGS, “which set Netflix records by reaching no 1 in 83 countries and is more watched than Bridgerton!”
Such a beautiful set of portraits! It’s amazing what you can do, “with an old light box found stashed in a cupboard at the studio!”… 📸 ✨
