Peter Dazeley

Peter Dazeley, known as Dazeley, is a photographer living and working in London, renowned for fine art, advertising, anamorphic and nude photography and he also does flower photography.

DAZELEY

Solarised Platinum Man Photography Dazeley

Biography

Dazeley was born in West Kensington, London, England, in 1948. Dazeley, son of William and Freda Dazeley MBE, is dyslexic and left school at 15 without formal qualifications. He is married and has a daughter and a son; they live in Coombe Hill, Surrey, England.^{[citation needed]}

Photographic career

Dazeley studied photography at Holland Park Comprehensive (known as the Socialist Eton) ^[1] and started assisting the photographer Peter Sowerby at Essex West Studios off Fleet Street, London in 1963. His work has won awards from organisations across the world, including the Association of Photographers,^[2] the Royal Photographic Society in the UK,^[3] EPICA^[4] in France, Applied Arts Magazine^[5] in Canada, Graphis Inc.^[6] in the USA . Dazeley is one of the few modern photographers working with Platinum prints and is currently working on several projects including X-ray, flowers, pregnant women, anamorphic nude and solarisation (Sabattier effect) photography, out of his own studio complex in Chelsea, London.

Dazeley became a member of the Association of Photographers in 1977 and became a life member in 1984. He is currently a member of Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) Creator's Council.

Style

He has developed many imaging techniques in advertising photography that are now the norm in the commercial world, including the use of limited depth of field and the out of focus anamorphic figures as used in the Assume Nothing Campaign for the Terrence Higgins Trust. He has also been prominent in using x-ray photography for artistic purposes.^[7]

Terrence Higgins Trust photography:Dazeley

Acclaim

Modern art collector Kay Hartenstein Saatchi in the foreword to 21st century platinum (N.p.: Rawkus, 2003) ‘We try and take what is real to its surreal being. With the velvety tones of platinum printing (Platinum prints) the fine art photographer Dazeley does just this, displaying an affinity with the innovations of that arch surrealist Man Ray.’

Andrew Coningsby of the Coningsby Gallery ‘We, in our little gallery, agree that he is one of the most innovative photographers of the moment.’Quoted at Private View of 21st Century Platinum exhibition July 2003

Gavin Blyth of Image Magazine ‘Many of the images have a grotesque beauty which is strangely compelling. In his anamorphic work, the lens stretches and morphs the human form creating an effect similar to Giacometti's famous elongated sculptures. The detail and tonal range achieved in the images is normal for platinum prints.' Image magazine July 2003

‘Jan 2010 - Dazeley has been voted amongst the top 30 most influential photographers of the decade, (Photo District News magazine, Survey Results: The 30 Most Influential Photographers of The Decade? online survey by number of votes received)’ ^[8]

Books

• 21st Century Platinum. Design by David Clare, Exposed Design. Published by Rawkus, ISBN 0954513800.
• Cover of One Chance my Life and Rugby by Josh Lewsey Virgin Books London, 2009 ISBN 9781905264537
• Cover of Silverfin by Charlie Higson Puffin London, ISBN 0141318597
• The Complete Woman Golfer. (With text by Vivien Saunders) London: Hutchinson, ISBN 0091240905
• Cliff Thorburn's Snooker Skills. (With text by Cliff Thorburn, edited by Peter Arnold.) London: Hamlyn, ISBN 0600552101.
• Platinum Prints 1988-2007 by 31 Studio
• Nudes Index 1 ISBN 3829005024
• Nudes Index X1 ISBN 3936761132
• Graphis Photo ISBN 3857092947
• Naked Women, Quarto Books ISBN 1560253363
• Into the Light (Photographic Printing out of the Darkroom) by Coriander, 31 Studio, Permaprint and Stoneman Graphics
• Cover of High Flyer by John Francome, Headline Press, ISBN 978-0747218968
• Wicked World by Benjamin Zephaniah, Cover Portrait of the author, PuffinLondon, ISBN 0-14-130683-1

Notes

1. ^ Charters, David (July 19, 2007). "Allen Clarke". Liverpool Daily Post. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2007/07/19/allen-clarke-64375-19476711/. Retrieved 2008-10-13. 
2. ^ The Association of Photographers, The Awards, ISBN 0 611 00915 3, Produced by Mandarin Offset Limited, Published in the UK by Reed Information Services, 1995, page 142, Commissioned Series Colour.
3. ^ The Royal Photographic Society, International Print exhibition catalogue 2000, page 8, Bronze medal; the Royal Photographic Society, International Print exhibition catalogue 2001, pages 10 85, Bronze medal; the Royal Photographic Society, International Print exhibition catalogue 2004, pages 13 71, Bronze medal.
4. ^ EPICA, Book 11, ISBN 2 88046 399 8, Published in Switzerland by Rotovision SA, Printed in Hong Kong, 1998, page 18, Pro Prize Advertising Photography.
5. ^ Applied Arts Magazine, 04, page 96, 'Turkey in basket', miscellaneous/ self promotion, page 105, 'Bench', unpublished.
6. ^ Graphis, Photography Annual 2010, http://www.graphis.com/latest/winners/toprecent/, Gold award 'Rhiannon' and Gold award 'As you get older you need to make more effort with your appearance'
7. ^ Silvershotz, The International Journal of Fine Art Photography, volume 5 edition 6, International Edition, issn 1832-5750 Published by Silvershotz International Limited, Edited in Australia, by Clive Waring-Flood, printed in UK, pages 40- 48
8. ^ Photo District News, Survey Results: The 30 Most Influential Photographers of The Decade? http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ifcfd4b7c2c59dd1c55abd11de14166bd?pn=2 (Note: PDN admits this was an unscientific survey based on Internet votes and that "one feverish and persistent fan (or collector, or agent, or devoted mother or spouse) could lift a photographer's average").

Sources and resources

• http://www.picture-box.com/dazeley1.html
• http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Images/34_PeterDazeley_tcm21-105720.pdf
• http://www.dacs.org.uk/index.php?m=1&s=1&c=77
• http://www.picture-box.com/dazeley2.html
• http://www.at-edge.com/news/Smr08/Smr08R44_PeterDaz_1.html
• http://www.andysmall.co.uk/images/PP_PHOTO_ART.pdf
• http://www.kowalskygallery.co.uk/politics.html

External links

• http://www.dazeleyfineart.com
• http://www.31-studio.com/exhibitions.htm
• http://www.image-folio.com/
• http://www.peterdazeley.com
• http://www.rps.org/portfolio/338--Dazeley

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