ABOUT THE LAD…

NEIL BEDFORD MAKES PORTRAITS THAT FEEL EARNED. BEFORE THE CAMERA COMES UP, THERE IS RESEARCH, PLANNING AND A CLEAR IDEA OF WHAT HE’S AFTER: AN AUTHENTIC MOMENT THAT STAYS WITH THE VIEWER.

BORN IN BRADFORD, HE STUDIED AT THE LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION, GRADUATING WITH A FIRST CLASS HONOURS BA IN FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY AND A DISTINCTION IN HIS MA. HIS WORK NOW MOVES BETWEEN FASHION, MUSIC, SPORT AND ADVERTISING.

HIS FIRST BIG BREAK CAME ON A SET. IN 2011, HE MET KASABIAN DURING THE SHOOT FOR THEIR “SWITCHBLADE SMILES” VIDEO AND WENT ON TO BECOME THE BAND’S OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER. HE FOLLOWED THEM ON STAGE AND BACKSTAGE, AND THAT WORK CULMINATED IN UNDERDOGS (2016), A LIMITED-EDITION BOOK OF THEIR CELEBRATORY SHOWS AT LEICESTER CITY’S KING POWER STADIUM AFTER THE CLUB WON THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE.

HIS PORTRAITS INCLUDE WILLEM DAFOE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS, LIAM GALLAGHER, KOBE BRYANT, ED SHEERAN, LIONEL MESSI AND DAVID BECKHAM. HIS PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE RUN IN KINFOLK, BRITISH GQ, BRITISH VOGUE, THE TELEGRAPH, BRICK AND THE OBSERVER, AND HE HAS WORKED WITH C.P. COMPANY, BURBERRY, NEW BALANCE, ADIDAS, NIKE, RAPHA, SONY AND APPLE.

NEIL IS REPRESENTED BY MAKING PICTURES AND DIVIDES HIS TIME BETWEEN LONDON AND NORTH YORKSHIRE, WHERE HE LIVES WITH HIS WIFE AND SON.