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Soulla Petrou

Soulla Petrou (born March 1964) is a British photographer specialising in portraits, music, fashion and beauty.

Life & Work

Born in Leeds, United Kingdom, to Greek Cypriot parents, Petrou moved to London in 1983 to obtain a degree in Fashion Design at Middlesex University. She went on to take night classes in photography at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design.

Petrou's photography career began with work at fashion labels Monsoon and Puma, alongside work for dance music magazines such as Mixmag, DJ Mag, Touch, Muzik[1] and The Face. Petrou had the opportunity to take some of the earliest pictures of Geri Halliwell [2], prior to her Spice Girls fame. The shoot took place in 1994 in Battersea, London, when a friend recommended taking photographs of the upcoming star.

Drum & bass artists Goldie[3], General Levy [4] and DJ Rap [5] were among musicians shot for covers and features, alongside others such as Orbital [6], Underworld, [7] Fatboy Slim [8], Giles Peterson, Air, Buju Banton, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, [9] The Chemical Brothers, Judge Jules, Travis, Kathy Sledge from Sister Sledge, Paul Van Dyk[10] and Sasha[11].

In 1997 The Saturday Times newspaper commissioned Petrou to shoot Blur [12] for the inaugural cover of its culture supplement Metro [13] during the band's trip to Sweden to perform at the Stockholm Water Festival. Petrou photographed further covers for Metro featuring Britpop band Kula Shaker, as well as actors Kevin McKidd and Ewen Bremner from Trainspotting. Other artists photographed for Metro include Supergrass[14] and Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen.

Continuing into the 2000s, Petrou began photographing girl and boy bands such as Blue, Mis-Teeq,Sum 41[15], Nick Carter[16] and Lee Ryan for teen magazines like Smash Hits, Bliss, Just Seventeen and Sugar. She photographed classical-music girl band Bond [17] for record company Decca Records, and took on commissions for the NME, including duo Oxide & Neutrino (former So Solid Crew members), Mr. Shabz (also former So Solid Crew) and More Fire Crew.

In addition to Decca, Petrou has worked with record companies EMI, Polydor, Universal and Defected Records. For Defected, she photographed DJs such as “The Godfather of House” Frankie Knuckles[18] [19] [20], David Morales[21], Satoshi Tomiie[22], and Hector Romero to commemorate the 20th anniversary of DJ agency Def Mix. She photographed Todd Terry and Martin Solveig, also for Defected Records.

Petrou has won several awards, including the Fuji Distinction Award, and a merit in the Fuji Fashion Collective, both in 2002. Petrou won third prize in the International Photographers Awards (IPA) in 2008 for her music portraits.[23] She won silver and bronze prizes at Prix de la Photographie (PX3) in the advertising category for her Ted Baker campaign in 2014.[24] In 2022 she obtained a BIPP Photographer of the Year National Print Competition Award for an image from Siren [25][26], a fashion story in Huf magazine,[27] and in 2023 was a finalist at the Association of Photographers Awards in Fashion & Beauty category. [28]

Petrou is one of ten photographers to feature in a book called The World’s Top Photographers – Celebrity and Performance published in 2009 by Rotovision. ISBN 2940378401 / 9782940378401 [29]

Petrou has shot portraits of Tony Blair, Dermot O’Leary, Bill Bailey, Ant & Dec, Noel Fielding, Billie Piper, Fearne Cotton[30] and Al Murray.

Fashion and beauty editorial[31] has been backed up by advertising commissions [32] for brands Ted Baker[33], Ernest Jones, H. Samuel


Books

Rewind – Journey of a Music Photographer published in 2023 by Anastasia Publishing ISBN 9781739116606 [34]. Foreword by Alexis Petridis, Rock & Pop Critic at The Guardian


Exhibitions/ Auctions

2022 Art Aid Ukraine at The Auction Collective. [35]

2023 Milestones – Favourite Club Tracks Exhibition at MOMEM (Museum of Modern Electronic Music) Frankfurt [36]

External Links

http://www.soullapetrou.com

http://www.soullapetrou-art.com

http://www.bethwightman.com

References

  1. ^ "Slum Village for Muzik magazine". medulla.tumblr.com. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. ^ Spiceverse Sosugary. "Geri Halliwell Photoshoot". spiceverse.sosugary.com.
  3. ^ French, Ian. "London-based photographer Soulla Petrou brings together the best visual moments from her first 15 years working in the music industry". decodedmagazine.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. ^ The LifoTeam. "Rewind: the 90s and beyond". lifo.gr. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Celebrating International Women's Day". twitter.com/DJmag. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. ^ Green, Thomas H. "Interviews -DJ magazine - The Odd Couple Issue 36". loopzorbital.com.
  7. ^ Coney, Brian. "New Book on 90s and 00s dance music is raising money for charity". djmag.com. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Soulla Petrou-Rewind- Journey of a Music Photographer". wonderland magazine.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  9. ^ Hoa, Minh. "Thế giới âm nhạc những năm 1990 và 2000 khác gì hiện tại". znews.vn. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Paul Van Dyk talks about his Muzik CD" (PDF). muzikmagazine.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Muzik mag cover" (PDF). muzikmagazine.co.uk.
  12. ^ "From Blur to big beat". theguardian.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Blur/ Metro- September 1997". damonalbarnunofficial.wordpress.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  14. ^ Туфекчиевска, Марина. "Од Blur до биг-бит и понатаму!". okno.mk. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  15. ^ Sinclair, Tom. "Spider-Man". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 February 2002.
  16. ^ "Photoshoot by Soulla Petrou". twistedlaletz.livejournal.com. Retrieved 30 July 2006.
  17. ^ "Bond- Born". audio-music.info.
  18. ^ "Rare photos of Orbital, Frankie Knuckles , Underworld and others in new book". 909originals. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  19. ^ Lunny, Oisin. "Frankie Knuckles day, Remembering the Godfather of House Music with Eric Kupper". forbes.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  20. ^ Larryattheoutfront. "Celebrating Black History Month 2021 with Pride". theoutfront.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  21. ^ Muk, Isaac. "HOÀI NIỆM VỀ THỜI KỲ ĐẦU CỦA NHẠC DANCE QUA NHỮNG TẤM HÌNH TỪ NHIẾP ẢNH GIA SOULLA PETROU". mixmag.asia. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  22. ^ Muk, Isaac. "Nostalgic, Timeless Photos of the Early days of Dance Music". mixmag.net. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Copyright". photoaward.com.
  24. ^ "Ted Baker Footwear Campaign". px3.fr.
  25. ^ Head Office. "BIPP Award Winners". bipp.com. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  26. ^ Pitman, Astrid. "Create award-winning photo prints for ultimate success". canon.ee.
  27. ^ hug, magazine. "Siren". hufmagazine.com.
  28. ^ "Fashion & Beauty Category Finalists". aopawards.com.
  29. ^ Steel, Andy. "Celebrity & Performance". library.tcdc.or.th.
  30. ^ "Soulla Petrou Interview: Inspiring Journey of a Senior Portrait Photographer". PhotoWhoa. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  31. ^ "Glitterati". lucysmagazine.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  32. ^ "My Pictures in words". professionalhairdresser.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  33. ^ "Ted Baker". jadesignltd.com.
  34. ^ "AOP Members Publications List December 2022" (PDF). the-aop.org.
  35. ^ "Damon Albarn of Blur". theauctioncollective.com. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  36. ^ "Milestones". momem.org.
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