Peter Dazeley known as Dazeley, is a British photographer living and working in London, known for fine art, advertising,

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and nude photography, as well as flower photography. Peter Portrait 70th Birthday 2018 Portrait copy

Biography

Dazeley was born in West Kensington, London, England, in 1948. Dazeley, son of William and Freda Dazeley MBE, is

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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. Dazeley was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen's New Year's Honours List, January 2017, for his services to photography and charity

Photographic career

Dazeley studied photography at

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(sometimes called the

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) and started assisting the photographer Peter Sowerby at Essex West Studios off

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, London in 1963. His work has won awards from organisations across the world, including the

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, the

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in the UK,

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in France, Applied Arts Magazine in Canada, Graphis Inc. in the USA . Dazeley works with

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and is currently working on several projects including

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, flowers, pregnant women,

nude and solarisation (

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) photography. Dazeley became a member of the

in 1977 and became a life member in 1984. In June 2013 Dazeley was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Photographic Society, which is the highest distinction of the RPS and recognises original work and outstanding ability.

Style

He has developed a number of imaging techniques in advertising photography, including the use of limited depth of field and the out of focus

figures as used in the Assume Nothing Campaign for the

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. He has also used

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photography for artistic purposes. TheTerrenceHigginsTrust

‘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)’

Books

*''Monochrome - Platinum Prints'' by Peter Dazeley. Published by Trope Publishing Co., *''London Explored'' by Peter Dazeley, text by Mark Daly. Published by Frances Lincoln, *''London Theatres'' by Peter Dazeley, text by Michael Coveney and foreword by Sir

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. Published by Frances Lincoln, * ''London Uncovered'' by Peter Dazeley, text by Mark Daly. Published by Frances Lincoln, * ''Unseen London'' by Peter Dazeley, text by Mark Daly. Published by Frances Lincoln, *''21st Century Platinum.'' Design by David Clare, Exposed Design Consultants. Published by Rawkus, . *Cover of ''One Chance my Life and

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'' by

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London, 2009 *Cover of ''Silverfin'' by

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, London, *''The Complete Woman Golfer.'' (With text by

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) London: Hutchinson, *''Cliff Thorburn's Snooker Skills.'' (With text by

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, edited by Peter Arnold.) London: Hamlyn, . *''Platinum Prints'' 1988–2007 by 31 Studio *''Nudes Index 1'' *''Nudes Index X1'' *''Graphis Photo'' *''Naked Women'', Quarto Books *''Into the Light'' (Photographic Printing out of the Darkroom) by Coriander, 31 Studio, Permaprint and Stoneman Graphics *Cover of ''High Flyer'' by

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, Headline Press, *''Wicked World'' by

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, Cover Portrait of the author,

, London,

Notes

Sources and resources

*https://archive.today/20130131115250/http://www.picture-box.com/dazeley1.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20110608214538/http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Images/34_PeterDazeley_tcm21-105720.pdf *https://archive.today/20130131191554/http://www.picture-box.com/dazeley2.html *http://dodho.com/solarized-by-peter-dazeley/

External links

*http://www.dazeleyfineart.com *http://www.the-aop.org/find/photographers/profile/271/peter-dazeley *http://www.peterdazeley.com *http://www.rps.org/technical/gallery?a= *http://www.timandrewsoverthehill.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tim-by-peter-dazeley.html *http://www.31-studio.com/the_platinum_printroom_exhibitions.html *http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30041983 *https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/580999/new-years-honours-2017-full-list.pdf (page 100) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dazeley, Peter Photographers from London Living people People educated at Holland Park School Recipients of the British Empire Medal Year of birth missing (living people) People with dyslexia