Life through a lens

THROUGH A LENS

Desmond Murray

Hairdresser, photographer and men’s grooming expert – Desmond Murray is certainly multi-talented. Here he shares his seven most-loved images

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Raven

1For this monochrome collection I tried to get the model’s skin to be as black as possible and,eventually, make-up artist Jo Sugar achieved it by applying two coats of black body paint.

Pop-up

2Inspired by a visit to the Charlotte Tilbury counter in Selfridges,I was mesmerised by the very cool,fast commercial head shots and I wanted to interpret this with hair as the key focus.

5My 2020 British Hairdressing Awards images were shot in my garage! I got models and make-up artist Ellen K Bridger to my home where we created the collection in three days. Model behaviour

3Part of a collaboration with the model agency Named,I spent a day in the agency creating styles on their models.It became my collection for London Hairdresser of theYear 2019. Boy zone

4I loved working with the girls at Named agency so much that I asked to work with the men! This Beatles-inspired collection earned me the Men’s Hairdresser of theYear title.

Garage creation Texture titan

6Another boy from my British Hairdressing Awards winning shoot in 2018.I just love the texture,the make-up,the sheen – and the hair is pretty cool too! Bobbing along

7Again,this was shot in my garage during lockdown – I really enjoyed redefining the classic bob.So much so,that I feel the bob has come to be my signature style.