Author: Michael Wharley
Fly us to the Moon: a perilous space journey with the Apollo 13 crew.
Blasting off on a mission with ace creative retoucher Vahakn Vorperian to capture striking images for streaming show Apollo 13: Dark Side of the Moon.
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advertising | film | medium format | photography | portraiture | theatre | tv
‘These Four Walls’ AOP Exhibit
My Corona Lockdown project was featured by the AOP in its weekly exhibit alongside an interview about my background, route into photography and favourite work. Although I shot it as a response to the Lockdown, and while feeling pretty creatively frustrated not to mention gripped by fear and uncertainty in the midst of the pandemic, the response to my These […]
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advertising | medium format | photography
Portrait of Britain Winner: Alice Krige aka The Borg Queen
Celebrating a win in the BJP's prestigious Portrait of Britain award, the UK's largest photo exhibition, for a portrait of the brilliant actor Alice Krige.
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awards | photography | portraiture
The Doctor in the House
Forcing my teenage sci-fi fanboy self to breathe deeply, shooting none other than The Doctor for exciting immersive show Doctor Who: Time Fracture
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advertising | film | photography | theatre
On the BBC – The Photo That Made Me…
Eight Association of Photographers members talk career-making images some beautiful contrasting work, including my shot on The Weir’ campaign for English Touring Theatre. A lovely thing cropped up this week, when I was included in a feature published on the BBC News n Pictures’ section. As the intro says: The Association of Photographers asked its members to go […]
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photography | portraiture
Grave News: In a Green Shade with Lev Parikian
My 'In a Green Shade: The English & Nature' green portrait project opens by meeting nature writer Lev Parikian in West Norwood Cemetery.
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environmental | location | portraiture
How to build a Film Poster: Summerland campaign reopens UK Cinemas
A blended approach, a beautiful setting & a dose of luck: my images for writer-director Jessica Swale redemptive wartime romance help Lionsgate open up UK cinemas. I love environmental portraiture, getting out in nature and working with a big team, so socially-distanced lockdown has been a little tough, but throughout I was sustained by happy memories of the […]
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film | location | photography | portraiture
Behind the Scenes: building pont d’Amelie
A lovely advertising photography commission came in just after Christmas from favourite clients I A Marketing, and a group of producers including Hartshorn-Hook and Selladoor. The brief: shoot poster imagery for a major new stage adaptation of the hit film Amelie. Regular collaborator, the designer Rebecca Pitt, had produced a beautiful pre-casting ad image (above), which traded off some key motifs […]
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advertising | behind the scenes | news
Talking Advertising Photography for Theatre
Joining the Kings Head Theatre #KHT Online Lunchtime Session to discuss how teamwork makes a great promo campaign.
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advertising | portraiture | theatre
My, my, my my, Corona: a lockdown photo journal
With life reduced to four walls and a daily walk, turning my camera on life & home amid the Covid-19 lockdown. As the UK went into Corona lockdown in March 2020, and all shoots were cancelled, the borders of life shrank to just a few rooms and a daily walk. Starved of work, I decided […]
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medium format | portraiture
BIPP Photographer of the Year 2018!
The Weir I was awarded Gold in the Portrait category and the overall title Photographer of the Year at the BIPP National Awards 2018, for this panel shot for ETT production of Conor McPherson’s The Weir. The brief was to take pictures in the style of Caravaggio or one of the Dutch Masters, and with some careful […]
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advertising | awards | news
BTS: Free Flow Fro: A Natural Hair Project shoot day
Going behind the scenes on a shoot day for 'Free Flow 'Fro: A Natural Hair Project,' a photo series celebrating natural hair in all its nuance and diversity and hoping to promote change in the acting industry through the power of positive representation.
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behind the scenes | diversity | natural hair | portraiture
BTS: shooting & Juliet
Going behind the scenes on the advertising photoshoot to create the poster for the exciting new Max Martin musical '& Juliet' starring Miriam-Teak Lee.
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advertising | behind the scenes
Call for subjects: ‘In a Green Shade’: The English & Nature.
Seeking nature lovers in every urban nook and rural cranny for an environmental portrait series celebrating our need for green. During Lockdown, it’s never been more obvious how vital green spaces and countryside are to our health and happiness. I would have been lost myself without our scrap of a front garden with its birdfeeder and the daily […]
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environmental | location | photography | portraiture
Spotlight on…well, me!
A rare moment out from behind the camera, talking life, work & the switch to Phase One digital medium format with Teamwork.
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