Celebrities from behind
There’s a picture on the cover of the Metro today which did what all great photos do – it made me stop & look again. The Saturdays at T4 on the Beach 2009 It’s a shot, taken by Karwai Tang for...
View ArticleCelebrities – The Powerful Promotional Tool
There’s an interesting Thought Leader Series supplement in last week’s PR Week on ‘Consumer PR’. Amid all the talk of PR’s response to the changing PR environment & multiple media platforms there...
View ArticleElvis from the Beginning
From Rags to Riches… In conjunction with the 32nd anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death on 16thAugust, I have decided to write about the photographer Alfred Wertheimer, who in 1956 was hired by RCA,...
View ArticleRankin: The Creative Portrait Photographer
Rankin is a top name in the subversive stream of British fashion photography. Rankin Live is a unique exhibition on display at the Old Truman Brewery in London and gives the public the opportunity to...
View ArticleA Private Glimpse at Bob Dylan
I stumbled across a lovely little exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery last week of Barry Feinstein shots from Bob Dylan’s 1966 European Tour. Feinstein had taken the classic cover portrait for...
View ArticleHappy 3rd Birthday PA Photocall
British cheese producer Peter Mitchell sits on top of a half tonne Mature Farmhouse Cheddar, which forms part of the World`s Largest Cheese Board record attempt in accordance with the Guiness Book of...
View ArticleElvis at 21… New York to Memphis
I wrote an entry for this blog a few months ago to commemorate the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death ‘Elvis from the Beginning’. The photographer; Albert Wertheimer, whose pictures I wrote about, is...
View ArticleBT Sport Launches
With Sir Alex Ferguson announcing his retirement at the end of the season and David Moyes being appointed his successor; sport has shown it has the power to dominate the media. This is probably one of...
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