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The photographer [[Simon Roberts (photographer)|Simon Roberts]] has said of Dench that he has an "inimitable style and dry humour ... His work is well worth a look, particularly his drinkUK project".<ref name="simon-roberts-we-english" />
The photographer [[Simon Roberts (photographer)|Simon Roberts]] has said of Dench that he has an "inimitable style and dry humour ... His work is well worth a look, particularly his drinkUK project".<ref name="simon-roberts-we-english" />


In February 2012 Dench is using the Emphas.is visual journalism crowd funding website to try to fund his first book ''England Uncensored''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.emphas.is/web/guest/bookproject?projectID=485 | accessdate = 31 January 2012 | name = Emphas.is | title = UK Uncensored by Peter Dench}}</ref>
In February 2012 Dench successfully used the Emphas.is visual journalism crowd funding website to raise funds to publish his first book ''England Uncensored''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.emphas.is/web/guest/bookproject?projectID=485 | accessdate = 31 January 2012 | name = Emphas.is | title = UK Uncensored by Peter Dench}}</ref>


==Solo exhibitions==
==Solo exhibitions==

Revision as of 14:54, 14 February 2012

Peter Dench (born 23 April 1972[1]) is a photojournalist working primarily in advertising, editorial and portraiture photography. He has worked on assignment in over fifty countries but concentrates on England.[1][2] He is also an aspiring videographer.[3]

Biography

Dench was born and grew up in Weymouth, Dorset.[4] He graduated from Derby University with a degree in Photographic Studies in 1995 and has been working as a photojournalist since 1998.[4] He currently lives in Crouch End, London.

Dench is best known for his decade of work documenting England. He breaks the subject down into manageable chunks with a specific theme (thereby also making them easier to fund);[4][5] which have included drinkUK, ethnicUK, rainUK, loveUK, royalUK, summerUK, fashionUK, and Carry on England.

Dench was a member of the photo agency Independent Photographer's Group (IPG) from 2000 until the company's closure in 2005.[6][7] In January 2012 he joined Reportage by Getty Images as one of their Represented Photographers.[8]

Around 2007 Dench spent 15 months photographing Football’s Hidden Story in 20 countries on commission for FIFA, documenting "the way in which the sport thrives in the most improbable circumstances and in which enthusiasm for the game is being harnessed for the good of the community".[9]

A Day Off in the Lives of Europe is another of Dench's projects, in which he photographed people around Europe commemorating events of national significance.

Dench says of his work:

I’m always looking for humour in my pictures. Charlie Chaplin is a big influence and I often try to address serious subjects in a humorous way when appropriate. My aim is to make people laugh, make people think. Looking through the books of Elliott Erwitt and Martin Parr is the reason I got into photography. If you can travel the world making people laugh and making them think, then to me that’s a fine way to live.[4]

The Visa pour l'Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France, has screened Dench's work five times (including Carry on England in 2009[10]) and given it one full exhibition.[5]

Dench is a contributing editor of Hungry Eye magazine and creative director of the forthcoming White Cloth Gallery in Leeds.[11] He was a contributor to Professional Photographer magazine podcasts 1 to 13 in 2010/2011.[12] His monthly 'Dench Diary' appeared in Professional Photographer in 2010/2011[13] and in Hungry Eye from 2011 to the present.

Dench's advertising commissions have appeared on billboards and bus stop posters, in corporate brochures and in newspapers, including campaigns for Weetabix,[14] Barclaycard,[15] Barclays Wealth,[16] Suzuki, the British Heart Foundation, Danish Bacon and Maxim Magazine.

Dench has made formal portraits of Tom Jones, Vinnie Jones, Heston Blumenthal, Freddie Flintoff, Alain Ducasse, Jamie Oliver, Vijay Mallya, Zöe Lucker, Tamsin Greig, Ahmet Ertegun, Alicia Silverstone and Dermot Desmond.

The photographer Simon Roberts has said of Dench that he has an "inimitable style and dry humour ... His work is well worth a look, particularly his drinkUK project".[10]

In February 2012 Dench successfully used the Emphas.is visual journalism crowd funding website to raise funds to publish his first book England Uncensored.[17]

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

  • 2008 - Football's Hidden Story, Liberia, The Foto8 Summershow[19][20]
  • 2010 - 2 images from loveUK, The Foto8 Summershow[21]
  • 2011 - 1 of 6 photographers contributed to Letters from Europe, Ernest Lluch Cultural Center, San Sebastián, Spain. Project co-financed by the European Commission's Daphne III programme.[22]

Festivals

  • 2010 - Drinking of England was exhibited at GETXOPHOTO photography festival, Getxo, Bilbao, Spain[23]
  • 2011 - England Uncensored - A Decade of Photographing the English
    • Visa pour L'Image festival of photojournalism, Perpignan, France[1][5]
    • Periscopio festival of photojournalism, Vitoria, Spain[24]
    • Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK (video installation)[25]

Books (with others)

  • UK At Home - a celebration of where we live and love. Featured Pics for pickers. London: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84483-652-9
  • Sony World Photography Awards 2010. Featured Someone's Had Their Weetabix. Paris: Verlhac Editions, 2010. ISBN 978-2-916954-56-1
  • Joop Swart Masterclass 10 Years, Amsterdam: World Press Photo, 2004. ISBN 90-803698-2-9[26]

Short films

  • Cosplay (2011) with Ben Turner[27]
  • The War & Peace Show (2011) with Ben Turner[28]

Awards

  • 1st place in 'Sport' category for Football in Liberia, 3rd Annual Photography Masters Cup, International Color Awards, 2009[29]
  • 1 of 12 photographers selected to take part in World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass 2002[30]
  • 2nd place, 'Advertising' category, Sony World Photography Awards[4]
  • 3rd prize for Drinking of England, World Press Photo Award, 'People in the News' category, 2002[11][31]
  • Roadside Diners, July 1998 selected for The National Portrait Gallery's John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, 1999
  • George, Naturist, Palm Springs, October 2000 selected for The National Portrait Gallery's John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, 2001
  • Marquesa deVarela, social fixer for Hello! magazine, April 2003 selected for The National Portrait Gallery's Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, 2003
  • Football's Hidden Story, selected for PDN World In Focus Photography Contest[citation needed]
  • Football's Hidden Story, selected for The Association of Photographers AOP Open award, 2008[citation needed]
  • Football's Hidden Story, selected for Photo District News (PDN) Photo Annual Award, 2008[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Peter Dench Q&A". The Daily Telegraph. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. ^ Hamblett, Jennifer (17 October 2011). "A Decade of Winks and Winces". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Hungry Eye News: It's A Merry Denchmas". Hungry Eye. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012. Peter Dench, Contributing Editor to Hungry Eye magazine and award winning photographer has spent 2011 mastering the art of creating short films, which reflect his photography.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Street Photography: Peter Dench". Photography Monthly. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b c Laurent, Olivier (29 August 2011). "Visa pour l'Image: Peter Dench's England". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Interviste". December 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012. In 2000 the UK photo agency, Independent Photographers Group (IPG), offered to part fund Dench's plans to document the drinking habits of the English
  7. ^ "ABOUT US". Refocus. Retrieved 9 January 2012. Amy Coppins embarked on a one year internship with the Independent Photographers Group (IPG) London, and it was there that she worked with photographers Tom Stoddart, Peter Dench and Richard Baker.
  8. ^ Carleton, Will (26 January 2012). "Peter Dench Is Now At Reportage". Photo Archive News. Retrieved 27 January 2012. UK based photographer Peter Dench is now represented at Reportage By Getty Images.
  9. ^ Louth, Sean (1 June 2010). "Football international". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  10. ^ a b Simon Roberts (19 August 2009). "Carry on England by Peter Dench". Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  11. ^ a b "Peter Dench". Pro Solutions 2011: Seminars. Speakers. Canon UK. 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  12. ^ Here at Professional Photographer.
  13. ^ "The Dench Diary". Professional Photographer. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  14. ^ "Peter Dench - Someone's had their Weetabix". World Photography Organisation. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Saatchi Online Artist: Peter Dench". Saatchi Online. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  16. ^ "Project: Barclays Wealth - Photographer: Peter Dench". Locate Productions. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  17. ^ "UK Uncensored by Peter Dench". Retrieved 31 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |name= ignored (help)
  18. ^ "Foto8 Summer Show Exhibition Catalogue" (pdf). Foto8. Retrieved 10 January 2012. (68) Peter Dench Football's Hidden Story: A Liberian football team sing inspirational songs from the terraces of the Antoinette Tubman Stadium
  19. ^ "Summershow 2008: In Summary". Foto8. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  20. ^ Dodd, James (24 June 2010). "News". Retrieved 9 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Text "Foto8 Summer Show 2010" ignored (help)
  21. ^ "Letters From Europe". Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  22. ^ "GETXOPHOTO 2010: EL ELOGIO DEL OCIO". 20 September 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  23. ^ Valderrama, Paco. "Introduction: Something for Everyone". Periscopio Vitoria-Gasteiz. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  24. ^ "England Uncensored: a decade of photographing the English". Format Festival. 4 March – 3 April 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  25. ^ "Joop Swart Masterclass 10 years". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  26. ^ Here at Vimeo.
  27. ^ Here at Vimeo.
  28. ^ "Sport winners". Photography Masters Cup. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  29. ^ "Interview with Peter Dench - Photographer of the Month". World Photography Organisation. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-09. Achievements which stick out for me is being selected for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in 2002
  30. ^ "2002, Peter Dench, 3rd Prize, People in the News stories". World Press Photo. 2011-08-16. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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