STEPHEN ANDREWS
At the age of 9, I already knew I wanted to be a photographer. I was lucky enough to have a father who had worked as a Fleet Street photographer in the 1960s. Over the years he taught me the importance of light, composition and story telling. I shot everything all the time when I was growing up, especially friends, many of whom were musicians, and all of whom were characters.
I studied Photography at Nottingham Trent, and then spent 12 years working as a Photographer, Director of Photography and Camera Assistant in the film industry.
As well as being a freelance photographer, I am currently Head of Photography at a Surrey Sixth Form College. Seeing basic photographic skills develop into creatively beautiful images and the photographers of tomorrow finding their feet is incredibly humbling and exciting.
Capturing a moment that tells a story is the challenge that I find so fascinating and one that keeps me loving what I am lucky enough to be doing.
CAMERA ASS'T COMMERCIALS: POP PROMOS:
Jaguar Cars Mumford + Sons
Landrover N-Dubz
Coca Cola The Kooks
Nokia Pendulum
The Guardian Robbie Williams
Tesco Kaiser Chiefs
Muse
Bruno Mars
TV DRAMA:
2005 - Dr Who
2007 – Diary Of a Nobody
2007 – Mistresses
2007 – Larkrise to Candleford
2008 – Dr Who
2008 – Whitechapel
2008 – Hustle
2008 – Mistresses
2009 – Desperate Romantics
CAMERA ASSISTANT ON FEATURE FILMS:
2006 - Casino Royale - 007
2005 - Wallace and Gromit - Curse of the Wererabbit
2003 - Around The World In 80 Days
2002 - Fakers
2000 - Last Orders
1999 - East is East
1999 - Entrapment
1998 - Chicken Run
PHOTOGRAPHIC CLIENTS:
PERSONAL INTERESTS:
Virgin Records
Aardman Animations
Habitat
Coco De Mer
Phoenix Models
Ministry of Sound
NME
Models 1
RYA Qualified Yacht Skipper: Chartered yachts in The Windward Islands, Greek Islands Thailand and the British Isles.
Windsurfer/dinghy Instructor: In Greece, Turkey and France.