Jobs in Photography in London

I have just finished my degree and am looking for a job either as an assistant photographer, as a fashion photographer or in a studio.

Could anyone point me in the direction of any jobs available at the moment or give me any advice on looking for work?

Many Thanks

Rebecca,

Sorry, I don't have any contacts in London but I don't think you'll have trouble finding a job. The work on your website is exquisite, I only wish I could browse the photos at my own speed (i.e. in galleries).

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Curtis Clegg
Belvidere, IL

Curtis Clegg said:

Rebecca,

Sorry, I don't have any contacts in London but I don't think you'll
have trouble finding a job. The work on your website is exquisite,
I only wish I could browse the photos at my own speed (i.e. in
galleries).

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I agree very much with the opinions expressed above.... your pictures are a powerful mix of beauty and grunge! I too would like to have taken my own time about it. ;-)

And I share the opinion that you are going to do damn well, if you allow your style to develop and update as things move on. To state the obvious -- in fashion, nothing stays the same for very long....
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PS. If it is of any interest, I was 60 last birthday, and sought my first job as studio assistant in London, back in 1962.
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Regards,
Baz

Thankyou for your reply, I am actually currently deisgning my website, what is there at the moment is just a simple slideshow until I make all the galleries etc.

The trouble is I am finding it difficult to find a job as I really dont know where to look.

Curtis Clegg said:

Rebecca,

Sorry, I don't have any contacts in London but I don't think you'll
have trouble finding a job. The work on your website is exquisite,
I only wish I could browse the photos at my own speed (i.e. in
galleries).

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Curtis Clegg
Belvidere, IL

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I'd love to be a studio assistant i just have no idea where to look for a job

Where are you based Rebecca?

Why London? Check http://www.jackeames.com

I live in Sutton in Surrey, but I am willing to move to London if I can get a job there.

Hi,

great photos. here's a couple of options for you.

Go to the various Calumet shops - the one on Wardour street always used to have cards on the counter for people willing to do assistant work. I don't know how succesfull they were - but I noted their existance. Whilst you're there chat with the guys behind the counter & make sure you bring a portfolio.

second option - join a forum like modelmayhem.com It's an exchange for models / photographers, etc. Not sure how popular they are in the UK. I'm sure with a bit of googling you'll find more.

I'm also a member of a studio club in Kennington. I just use their studio from time to time, but they have various social events, and I'll bet with a bit of networking you can pick up work. email me if you'd like to know more.

Nick.

SHame. I'm looking for someone here - not full-time so they'd need to assist other photographers.

All the very best for the future - your work is FANTASTIC. Edge and raw.

That is a shame, if you had been looking for someone full time, I would probably move to where you were. Thankyou anyway for considering me.

I'll give Calumet a visit, thanks for the advice

Rebecca Parkes said:

I'd love to be a studio assistant i just have no idea where to look
for a job

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Well, I got lucky, and have worked behind the camera ever since the 60s.

Hey! Why don't you aim high?

Send a disc to Vogue. Your imagery would not look out of place in there... Follow up with a couple of calls, and then a visit to their offices with a book. Be persistent, but 'nice' with it, and you could just get lucky too. I can't see why not, from the standard of your slide show.

Whatever you do....my best wishes go to you. I am sure you will succeed before too long -- and it seems some other guys around are thinking same.

Rebecca Parkes. Make a note of that name!
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Regards,
Baz

TRhey did not teach you this in school?

Anyway

1a/ make nice medium-big prints of a wide range of your best photographs.

1b/ make business cards with, at a minimum, a mobile phone number where people can get in touch with you, plus the web address of your site

2/ put the pictures in a nice portfolio case, and if you can't find or afford a nice portfolio case, use your imagination (You've got lots, I know) to find some other way of carrying these pictures with style and panache.

3/ get some directories for London. Commercial and advertising photographers, design studios, daily newspapers, and, based on the pictures I looked at, style-related magazines. Look up their web sites, and make notes.

4/ get a London map, and mark the locations of all these places.

5/ get comfortable shoes (but stylish)

6/ Go, in person, with no appointment-making telephone call before hand, to the photographers on your list, and ask for permission to show them your shots, and if they won't look right then, ask for an appointment.

RELATED... you might also offer your services as a location scout and photo shoot organizer back in your home area. For this, shoot a variety of photos of places near home that would appeal to a fahshon photographer and a commercial photographer; use Photoshop of similar to fit six-eight shots on a sheet of 8x10 paper, along with your contact info.

If you can be helpful to a London photographer when you are home, perhaps it will inspire that photogapher to ask you to be helpful in London, too.

BAK

Thats really nice thankyou so much, I guess I'll just head out with a really positive attitude.

I may be Rebecca Litchfileld soon (as its my boyfriends surname) which would be pretty cool.

Thankyou very much for the advice..

I am actually up to stage three already and this is where i get stuck.. It would be great if people could suggest some agents, studios and photographers or directories/ magazines I could look at.

I agree with BAK; your university did a fantastic job of teaching your photography but a miserable job of teaching you marketing and self-promotion.

Your work is similar to what one might normally see on photo.net. Start with their Photo of the Week section:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo-of-the-week/

I encourage you put some photos on there, and start networking with other photographers on the site whose work you admire.

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Curtis Clegg
Belvidere, IL

Head to Shoreditch and go to the Asociation of Photographers (AOP) in Leonard Street (just off Great Eastern Street). They normally have jobs advertised. Or if not,, talk to someone there - they are very helpful.

Might also be worth asking around some of the Labs in Leonard street (RapidEye is next door) while you're at it, or even carding some of the cafes / bars - you can't move for photographers around there (try the Bean, Apostrophe, Cateloupe, etc etc etc).

Also, what about sticking an ad up in Metro on Clerkenwell Road (huge digital Lab) - - with work like your's, it shouldn't take long.

http://www.the-aop.org/home.htm

81 Leonard Street
London EC2A 4QS
Telephone 020 7739 6669

Best of luck

David

Rebecca Parkes said:

Thats really nice thankyou so much, I guess I'll just head out with
a really positive attitude.

I may be Rebecca Litchfileld soon (as its my boyfriends surname)
which would be pretty cool.

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Damn right it would! That's a VERY good name with which to stand behind a camera!

Take a note of what BAK says... he isn't wrong. I just think you could try sticking your neck out first, just to see how it goes ---- this before settling down to the sheer slog of getting somebody to take notice of you.

All the very best.
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Regards,
Baz

I havent actually been taught photography, that is why I want a position as an assistant so I can learn more about photography.

My degree was in Graphic Design, I have managed to produce a good photography portfolio, buisness cards, C.V, website etc.

But they did not do well in pointing me in the direction of looking for work. They said I was the best photographer to come out of the university, simply because it wasnt a photography university so they could only point me in the direction of design jobs :S

Curtis Clegg said:

I agree with BAK; your university did a fantastic job of teaching
your photography but a miserable job of teaching you marketing and
self-promotion.

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For names, addresses, agents, editors, and stuff......

You cannot beat the 'Writer's and Artist's Year Book'.. which lists everybody who's anybody in the media. Don't be fooled by an apparent emphasis on writing.. aspiring photographers need this book too.

http://www.writersservices.com/agent/
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Regards,
Baz