Neil Bedford (born 13 December 1981,
Bradford
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,
England) is a British photographer, known for his work in advertising and being the official
Kasabian photographer.
Education and career
Bedford studied photography in London, first gaining a
First Class Honours in fashion photography at BA level before being award a Distinction for his MA, both at the
London College of Fashion
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.
He started touring with Kasabian in 2011 after he met them through
Aitor Throup
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Throup is best known for his menswear label 'New Object Research' which has shown at London Fashion Week Men's. Throup's G-Star Raw Research line is ...
on the set of their music video for Switchblade Smiles. He has photographed numerous bands, musicians, actors and sports stars including
Pharrell,
Liam Gallagher,
Kobe Bryant
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,
Ed Sheeran,
Nico Rosberg,
Wiz Khalifa,
Ian Brown
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,
ASAP Ferg
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,
Jamie Dornan,
Rupert Grint,
Lionel Messi,
Leon Bridges and
Ray Winston
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.
In 2016, Bedford released his first publication in collaboration with
Kasabian,
titled ''UNDERDOGS'', which documented their two shows at The
King Power Stadium in light of
Leicester City winning the
Premier League. The book was a limited edition run of 500 which sold out in two days. He was then commissioned to shoot the band's album artwork for their ''For Crying Out Loud'' record which released in 2017, knocking
Ed Sheeran from the number one spot in the UK and giving
Kasabian their fifth number one selling album.
Bedford is currently represented by the photographic agency Making Pictures, London.
Notes
Its Nice That interview 2016Bang & Olufsen Journal 2015
References
External links
Official websitePrint shopUNDERDOGS book
1981 births
Living people
Photographers from Yorkshire
Commercial photographers
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