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Tim Flach is a British photographer famous for his photographs of animals. He has published several books of photographs.
Tim Flach | |
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Nationality | British |
Education | Central St. Martin's |
Occupation | photography |
Website | timflach |
Life
Flach was born in London, where he works and lives with his wife and son.[1][2] He studied Communications Design at the North East London Polytechnic (1977-80), and then Photography and Painted Structures at Central St. Martins (1982-83).[3]
Work
Flach works in a studio in Shoreditch, in the East End of London. Many of his photographs are of captive animals and are taken under highly controlled conditions with the help of a large support team.[4]: 155 For his book Endangered, published in 2017, he also photographed some wild animals in their natural habitat.[5]
His work has been commissioned and featured by publications such as National Geographic,[6] Creative Review,[7] The New York Times,[8] The Guardian[9] and The New Scientist.[10] He has lectured at universities worldwide,[11] as well as at institutions such as the Zoological Society of London[12] and the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.[13] He has released five books to date: Equus (2008), Dogs: Gods (2010), More than Human (2012), Evolution (2013) and Endangered (2017).
Awards and recognition
- Honorary Doctorate from the Norwich University of the Arts[14]
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society[15]
- Honorary Fellow of the British Institute for Professional Photography[16]
- D&AD Awards, 2 Yellow Pencils, 12 Wood Pencils[17]
- Graphis, 2 Platinum Awards, 4 Gold Awards, 3 Silver Awards[18]
- International Photography Awards, Professional Photographer of the Year for Fine Art[19]
- Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Awards, 3 Golden Lions[15][20]
Publications
- Equus (2008). New York; London: Abrams. ISBN 9780810971424
- Dogs (2010). New York; London: Abrams. ISBN 9780810997646
- More Than Human (2012). New York; London: Abrams. ISBN 9781419706677 (text by Lewis Blackwell)
- Evolution (2013). Hamburg: Stern Gruner + Jahr. ISBN 9783652001588
- Endangered (2017). New York: Abrams. ISBN 9781419726514 (with Jonathan E.M. Baillie and Sam Wells)
Exhibitions
- Equus II, Independent Photographers Gallery, Battle, England, 2009[21]
- Dogs Gods, Bailly Contemporain, Paris, France, 2011[22]
- Dogs Gods, Dubinsky Fine Arts, Zurich, Switzerland, 2011[23]
- More than Human, Osborne Samuel Gallery, London, England, 2012[24]
- International Tashkent Photo Biennial, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2014[25]
- More than Human, Kyotographie International Photography Festival, Shima Gallery, Kyoto Japan, 2014[26][27]
- Equus, L'Abbaye de L'Epau, Normandy, France, 2014[28]
- Retina, Scottish International Photography Festival, Edinburgh, UK, 2015[29]
- Wonders of Nature, Gasometer Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany, 2017[30][31]
- Endangered, St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), St Petersburg, Russia, 2017[32][33]
- Endangered, Osborne Samuel Gallery, London, UK, 2017[34]
- Endangered, Zingst Photo Festival, Postplatz, Germany, 2018[35]
References
- ^ "Tim Flach". Heist. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Tim Flach - Photographer Magazine". Photographer Magazine. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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(help) - ^ Wuersch, Christoph. "Biography Tim Flach Dubinsky Fine Arts". www.dubinsky.com. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Cheryce Kramer (2005). Digital Beasts as Visual Esperanto: Getty Images and the Colonization of Sight. In: Lorraine Daston, Gregg Mitman (editors), Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231130387. Pages 137–171.
- ^ Katharina Kropshofer (23 October 2017). Tim Flach's endangered species – in pictures. The Guardian. Accessed August 2018.
- ^ Berlin, Jeremy (10 October 2017). "Horses Make Facial Expressions Just Like Humans". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Lucas, Gavin (20 October 2010). "Tim Flach's Dogs - Creative Review". Creative Review. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Richardson, Whitney (1 April 2014). "An Evolving View of Animals". Lens Blog. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Kropshofer, Katharina (23 October 2017). "Tim Flach's endangered species – in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Hamzelou, Jessica (25 October 2017). "Pied tamarin doesn't look too happy about its extreme close-up". New Scientist. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "BIPP Blog - Tim Flach FBIPP - UK Tour for BIPP!". Bipp.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Endangered: Species behind the lens". Zoological Society of London (ZSL). 26 October 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ D'Allesandro, Maria Michela (1 June 2017). "Four cultural events you should attend at this year's St Petersburg International Economic Forum". Prospekt Magazine. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Honorary doctorates for fashion industry doyenne, pioneering photographer and renowned walking artist. Norwich University of the Arts. Accessed April 2018.
- ^ a b Honorary Fellowships (HonFRPS). The Royal Photographic Society. Accessed April 2018.
- ^ "BIPP :: British Institute of Professional Photography > Awards > Judges". Bipp.com.
- ^ Tim Flach. D&AD. Accessed April 2018.
- ^ "Search - Graphis". Graphis.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Tim Flach Photographer - All About Photo". All-about-photo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Sim, David (22 July 2015). "Tim Flach: Expressive animal portraits go on show at Retina Photography Festival in Edinburgh". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Tim Flach/Equus II - Exhibition at Independent Photographers Gallery in Battle". ArtRabbit. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Wuersch, chriswuersch.com, Christoph. "Biography Tim Flach Dubinsky Fine Arts". Dubinsky.com. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Dubinsky Fine Arts". Dubinsky.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "More Than Human: Animal Portraits by Tim Flach at Osborne Samuel Gallery, Mayfair - tikichris". tikichris. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Tukhtabaeva, Regina (11 October 2015). "International Tashkent foto bienale 2014 | San'at | Archive of San'at magazine". sanat.orexca.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Press release, Kyotographie. Reproduced here (PDF) within the website of 2e Bureau. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Kyotographie: A photography festival descends upon Kyoto", Spoon and Tamago, 8 April 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "« Equus by Tim Flach » at the Abbaye de l'Epau, Yvré L'Evêque". Plumevoyage.fr. July 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Retina :: Retina 2015". Retinafestival.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ Märdian, Sarah. "Wonders of Nature - Gasometer Oberhausen". Gasometer.de. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Wunder der Natur - Bis 3. Dezember 2017 verlängert!". 28 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Maria Michaela (1 June 2017). "Four cultural events you should attend at this year's St Petersburg International Economic Forum". Prospekt Magazine. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Life in Harmony: 'It's Never Been More Important to Connect to Natural World'". sputniknews.com. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Tim Flach: Endangered | Osborne Samuel". Osbornesamuel.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ "Zingst-EN". Chromaluxe.eu. Retrieved 17 August 2018.