Summer / Autumn 2018 PHOTOGRAPHY
THIS PAGE : Portrait by Michael Shelford. COVER IMAGES : front, Fame UK Tour for Sellador, rear, Gemma Arterton, Silence for The Attitudes , both by Michael Wharley.
About Michael Wharley FBIPP Hello, this is me: I shoot advertising, portrait & editorial imagery for entertainment industry clients, in my central London Waterloo studio & across the UK. I’m a Fellow of BIPP, an AOP member & the BIPP Photographer of the Year 2018. www.michaelwharleyphoto.com e: michael@michaelwharleyphoto.com tel: 07961068759 twitter & insta: @michaelwharley
‘Sourcing Alice Lowe’s 9 month pregnancy bump & an outsize carving knife was less-than-usual shoot prep...’
PROJECT : PREVENGE (2017) CLIENT : Kaleidoscope Film Distribution / AllCity Media DETAILS : Studio-shot imagery of actor/ writer/director Alice Lowe for key art on national billboard, London underground & online campaign.
ABOVE : Group shot for Victim
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PROJECT : Knights of the Rose (2018) CLIENT : I A M Marketing DETAILS : Studio-shot key art imagery for billboard, London underground & Bus & online marketing campaign for new West End rock musical.
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Polka Theatre Autumn Season 2018 Working closely with the team at Polka & designer Rebecca Pitt, we produced a campaign for 3 autumn shows, connected by the idea of young audience members playing in the world of each production. Together with a stock imagery shoot with young actors, it gave the theatre a cohesive and striking autumn brochure.
‘Preparing games & imaginative scenarios for the young models meant we worked quickly & productively.’
THE WEIR Caravaggio-inspired brief from Joe Public PR & English Touring Theatre for UK-wide ad campaign (above, left) followed by on-set shoot with actual cast for tour extension (right). These images won Gold & Photographer of the Year at BIPP National Awards 2018.
‘Shooting on set with flash lighting, captures the nuance of live performance, with the control & detail of a studio.’
Spring Awakening Portraits for a casting announcement on the much-anticipated UK revival of Broadway rock musical Spring Awakening, featuring a young cast and many debutants. Taken in rehearsals on a tight timeframe, client DEM Production was keen to foreground youthful zest , echo the production aesthetic and complement their existing poster campaign.
N o t Ta l k i n g - A r c o l a & D e f i b r i l l a t o r Art direction and photography on key cast portraiture for the premiere of Mike Bartlett’s Not Talking at the Arcola Theatre.
D o n C a r l o s - To m B u r k e Co-producer Exeter Northcott wanted a gritty portrait of Tom Burke ahead of the UK tour of Don Carlos in autumn 2018.
In the Willows - Metta Theatre Poster & promotional imagery shot for dance company Metta Theatre’s autumn tour, an hip-hop infused version of Wind in the Willows. Not many shoots feature the strong smell of petrol...
Monogamy - OTC I’d shot Olivier Award-winner Janie Dee at my studio in Waterloo for initial key art for Original Theatre Company’s production of new comedy Monogamy, then took studio lighting to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, to capture the full cast on set. The image became an important secondary poster.
O t h e r T h e a t re Wo r k A selection of recent poster and advertising imagery shot for theatre companies and PR agencies. (this page) Fame for Sellador and I Am Marketing, Matthew Kelly in Habit of Art for OTC. (facing page, clockwise) The Woman and the Canvas, for Theatre Re & Fourth Monkey, Tom Brace Magician, EdFringe 2018 show, Papatango Theatre’s new writing competition winner 2018, Gugu Mbatha Raw in Nell Gwynn, for The Globe, The Extinction Event for Glynnis Henderson Productions & Madagascar for Sellador.
P e r s o n a l Wo r k : T h e At t i tu d e s An ongoing project supporting charity Acting for Others, featuring a broad span of contemporary stage & screen performers in an examination & celebration of the art of acting, taking inspiration from Edmund Shaftesbury’s 1889 book Lessons in Acting. A work-in-progress showing was recently exhibited at The Globe .
DEFIANCE & THREATENING Fraser Ayres gracefully recreates the classic Attitude Defiance (above), while Nicholas Pinnock adds a raw modern edge to Threatening (opposite).
THIS PAGE : Gemma Arterton,
Modern Fear.
‘Almost an afterthought, I changed the light, we grabbed six frames & this one caught the feeling’
THIS PAGE : Tony Pitts, Rage.
THIS PAGE : Monica Dolan, Modern Joy
‘Shooting for 20 minutes max, we recreate or reimagine each classic Attitude’
THIS PAGE : David Gant, Hatred in Horror
Editorial & Portrait A selection of work showcasing the range of my editorial & portrait work for a range of institutions & individuals, as well as personal projects.
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Contact Michael www.michaelwharleyphoto.com e: michael@michaelwharleyphoto.com t: 07961068759 twitter & insta: @michaelwharley