DENIS ROBERTS

Denis' professional career launched from his roots in Belfast where he started photography as an art student leading to freelance work including Photojournalism for the Belfast Telegraph, and then as a portrait/fashion photographer.

In London in 1976 he worked as a colour processor and re-toucher and went on to further studies at the Polytechnic of Central London. He worked there as a Photography Tutor and lead photo technician while still working on freelance projects. During this time he took up windsurfing and moved South.

Poole has been his home since 1989, working as an Archive photographer/tutor & lead technician at Kube, formerly The Study Gallery and is a part-time lecturer in photography for the Poole College. He won the South West Arts Professional Challenge Photographer of 2002/3.

He continues to work on various projects including Pinhole photography, and has built a photographic studio and darkroom where he helps other photographers and photo artists with anything from film to digital technique to developing new and creative ideas.

 

ROB BOWEN

Art Editor - Digital Camera Magazine

Having trained in Fine Art and Graphic Design, Rob established himself as a magazine Art Editor in Bath. He has 12 years experience in publishing and for the last 6 years has been Art Editor of photography magazine ‘Digital Camera’.

The magazine is sold Worldwide and attracts a high standard of interesting and diverse photography from which Rob has to make a selection for publication.

 

RICHARD HEEPS

Internationally acclaimed Fine Art Photographer.

"I see my work both as art and documentary. I have pursued a wide range of projects exploiting the virtues of colour photography. There is often a narrative behind my images, where I try to reflect my love and empathy for my subject matter. A lot of my influence comes from my relationship with Cambridgeshire and East Anglia from its flat Fen landscapes to the influence of America on this area.

Within my work, I am always trying to push the limits of lens-based photography without the need for digital manipulation. All my work is hand-printed from negative as C-type prints in ‘full frame’ which gives the distinctive ragged edge-look.

I have been exhibiting my work for 20 years, and more recently published my work as part of an extension of my artistic boundaries. My books include: ‘Thurrock - A Different Light’, ‘FAST - Feasting on the streets of London’, ‘Man’s Ruin’ and ‘Rolled Out’."

 

KATE CROSS

Founder/Curator of the Photographers Lounge gallery - www.photographerslounge.co.uk
established in January 2008, the Gallery has rapidly become a must-visit for art-lovers and photographers alike, and it continues to promote both emerging and established artists.
Founder of the Open Shutter Photography Competition.

 

JACK DANIELS

Jack Daniels professional background is as a portrait photographer specialising in animal caricatures, he has been published worldwide. Editorial commissions have included: The Sunday Times, G.Q. and The New Scientist to name just a few and many advertising campaigns commissioned by some of the worlds top advertising agencies including: Saatchis, BBH, J Walter Thomson and Ogilvy Mather.

His stylised images have been used to promote: Ford, Nissan, Renault, Benson & Hedges, Coca Cola, Barclays and Nat West Banks, Prudential, RSPCA, NCDL, Yellow Pages, Virgin Internet, Winalot, Kitekat, Whiskas, British Gas & Telecom etc.

He has been a member and supporter of the Association of Photographers since graduating from the Arts Institute at Bournemouth in 1988.

More recently he has qualified as a teacher and has taught photography at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Salisbury College and The Enterprise Pavilion.