Lensmodern exhibition at Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy

An exhibition of Lensmodern images is currently on show in the reception area of advertising agency Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy, 15 Rathbone Street, London W1. The collection of images, which has previously been shown at the offices of Meteorite and Bartle Bogle Hegarty, were curated by Sir John Hegarty from our extensive database of exceptional images. The exhibition will run until the end of May, so don't miss it!

Visitors flock to see butterflies

Over the past few months Lensmodern's visitor statistics have shown huge peaks of activity as almost 400,000 people have logged on to see this image of butterflies by Kelvin Hudson from his 'Animals' gallery collection. This increased traffic is due almost entirely to Kelvin's image being 'spotted' by a member of the Stumbleupon.com community who then recommended it to fellow stumblers, and the word has spread. Kelvin is currently keeping tight-lipped as to whether the image is a genuine natural phenomenon or a set-up shot! Limited edition prints of this image are available to purchase from the Gallery section, or you can buy unsigned framed or un-framed prints from our Open Editions area.

Jon Nicholson joins McLaren F1 team

Lensmodern member Jon Nicholson has joined the McLaren F1 team as their official photographer. Supported by McLaren team sponsors Olympus Cameras, Jon will work closely with the team for a period of three years. This will culminate in the launch of a book and global exhibition documenting Lewis Hamilton's quest to win the world championship. Jon is quick to point out that this 3 year liaison will not prevent him from taking on other commissions!

John Hegarty behind Lensmodern marketing campaign

The concept behind Lensmodern's recent marketing campaign was devised by leading Creative Director John Hegarty, who joined Lensmodern as Executive Chairman in June 2007. John's idea was to invite top art directors to design an advertisement around a word or phrase associated with some of the more common uses of photography in advertising, but to illustrate it with an outstanding Lensmodern image. The result was a series of stunning advertisements created by some of the world's best art directors, often with a humorous juxtaposition of words and imagery. These ads were used not only in our extensive email marketing campaign but also ran as double page advertisements in the US based Creativity magazine, Lürzers Archive and the fine art publication Tate etc. Running alongside these guest art-directed advertisements is a series promoting a wide range of gallery collections, designed by Bob Miller. To view a selection of our advertisements, click on the 'Mailshots' links at the bottom of the right hand column.

New Representative for Germany and the Netherlands

We are pleased to announce that Guus Wensveen has recently taken over Lensmodern representation in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. Based in Amsterdam, Guus has many years experience within the advertising industry, providing production services for agencies and photographers from around the world, and is keen to begin promoting Lensmodern to a wider audience. He can be contacted via guus@lensmodern.com or phone +31 (0) 654 691453.

Barry Lategan awarded Honorary Fellowship

During October, Barry Lategan was awarded The Royal Photographic Society's Honorary Fellowship at a presentation held at the Royal Institute of British Architects. An Honorary Fellowship is awarded to distinguished persons having, from their position or attainments, an intimate connection with the science or fine art of photoraphy or the application thereof. No more than eight Honorary Fellowships may be awarded in any one year. Past recipients include Tom Stoddart, Martin Parr, Terry O'Neill, Albert Watson, Rankin and Joel Meyerowitz.

Lensmodern members in print

The work of Lensmodern members Andreas Heumann, Dean Freeman and Harvey Benge feature in three new photographic publications.

'Augenblick' by Andreas Heumannn contains the images from his one-man exhibition of photographs and paintings, which was held during October. This fascinating book is partly autobiographical and the photographs are very much part of his own experiences, his creative thoughts and the continuing and penetrating interpretations of his own life. It is available to purchase, priced £16, via Andreas' website - www.andreas-heumann.com.

'A Short History of Photography' (Dewi Lewis £14.99) is the latest in a series of over a dozen books by New Zealand & Paris based photographer Harvey Benge. Produced in association with photo historian and critic Gerry Badger, this book is a unique 'anthology' of original photographs by Harvey which quite unintentionally remind the viewer of images by famous names such as Friedlander, Baltz and Parr.

'FunkyTown' (Damiani Editore £25) is the fourth major book by Dean Freeman, whose previous titles feature exclusive images of celebrities David Beckham, Geri Halliwell and the Spice Girls. This latest publication comprises the very best of Dean's work and encompasses a variety of themes alongside his celebrity portraits, including three decades of youth culture, from 1980s Notting Hill to Rio parties in 2006.

Look out later this year for more publications by Lensmodern photographers, including the results of Adam Hinton's 3 year project on Shanghai which will be published by Dewi Lewis in May. 

Royal Academy artists photographed by Dennis Toff

Dennis Toff has recently completed a major project photographing 58 of the 62 Painter Members of the Royal Academy of Arts - the most comprehensive series since George Dance sketched many of the members in 1793! The project took 81-year-old Dennis 10 months to complete, during which time he travelled to Italy, Sicily, the US and around the UK to capture the artists in their own studios. The National Portrait Gallery have acquired 24 of the portraits for their collection, and the complete set, together with images of the artists' work and brief biographies, will be published in a book by Unicorn Press in May. Limited edition prints of the images will be available for sale through the Lensmodern Gallery soon. Pictured here is Norman Ackroyd CBE RA.