Peter Dazeley

Dazeley (born in London, England) is an award-winning fine art and advertising photographer living and working in London. Known for his anamorphic and nude work.

Biography

Dazeley is dyslexic and left school at 15 without formal qualifications. He is married and has one daughter.

Photographic career

Studied photography at Holland Park Comprehensive and started assisting in 1963. His work has won numerous awards from organisations across the world, most notably the Association of Photographers, the Royal Photographic Society in the UK, EPICA in France, Applied Arts in Canada and Communication Arts and Kelly in the USA. Dazeley is currently working on several on-going projects including X-ray, flowers, pregnant women, anamorphic nude and solarised (Sabatier effect) photography, out of his own studio complex in Chelsea, London, England

Style

He has pioneered many photographic techniques that have become the norm in commercial imaging, including the use of limited depth of field, the out of focus anamorphic figures and he was the first photographer to use x-ray for artistic purposes.

Dazeley’s monochrome work is all produced as limited edition platinum prints taking photography back to its origins. He works in close collaboration with a team of specialist printers at 31 Studios, Gloucester, England.[1]

Acclaim

Renowned modern art collector Kay Saatchi ‘We try and take what is real to its surreal being. With the velvety tones of platinum printing the fine art photographer Dazeley does just this, displaying an affinity with the innovations of that arch surrealist Man Ray.’

Andrew Coningsby of the Coningsby Gallery ‘Most photographic cognoscenti agree that he is one of the most innovative photographers of the moment.’

Gavin Blyth of Image Magazine ‘Many of the images have a grotesque beauty which is strangely compelling. In his anamorphic work, the lens stretches and morphs the human form creating an effect similar to Giacometti’s famous elongated sculptures. The detail and tonal range achieved in the images is quite remarkable and telegraphs their fine art credentials.'

Sarah Ryder Richardson, Dazeley's agent 'Making the ordinary look extraordinary is Dazeley's gift.'

External links

• http://www.dazeleyfineart.com
• http://www.31-studio.com/exhibitions.htm
• http://www.image-folio.com/
• http://www.rps.org/portfolio/338--Dazeley
• http://www.peterdazeley.com

sources and resources http://www.picture-box.com/dazeley1.html http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Images/34_PeterDazeley_tcm21-105720.pdf http://www.dacs.org.uk/index.php?m=1&s=1&c=77 http://www.picture-box.com/dazeley2.html http://www.at-edge.com/news/Smr08/Smr08R44_PeterDaz_1.html http://www.andysmall.co.uk/images/PP_PHOTO_ART.pdf http://www.kowalskygallery.co.uk/politics.html http://www.rps.org/international-print-exhibition/The-147th-International-Print-Exhibition-2004