Cortina. One careful owner.
On a recent recce in the New Forest, I came across a field with these discarded vehicles. “Left to rot and die”.
“Never Give Up”
One of the things I love about taking portraits, is that it often allows an opportunity to meet some incredible personalities. I’ve been shooting a series of portraits over the last year for The British Legion and have met some amazing characters, with stories that are both moving and incredible in equal measure.
I photographed Ron Jones at his home in South Wales . He spent two years as a POW at Auschwitz and then was forced on a ‘death’ march for 17 weeks across Poland, Germany and Austria. Such a humbling experience to hear Ron recount his wartime stories.
Further British Legion portraits can be seen on my website.
Actress Hannah Rosen
A new set of portraits of Actress Hannah Rosen
An Ear for a Tune. Portraits by Michael Clement
Sonny Dougal is a highly rated music producer, as well as being an accomplished musician. He has worked around the world with artists including ‘The Buena Vista Social Club, John Martyn, Shakira and Kanye West. These are some of the portraits taken when he recently visited my London studio.
‘Capturing Character’
The kind folk at ‘The Printspace’ have featured me today on their blog. This coincides with the launch of my new website:
http://www.theprintspace.co.uk/blog/michael-clement/
More Automotive News
The School Run
A recent commission for Toyota, took me to several locations around the country. 3 bloggers with families, were lent the new Prius + for a week, to see how the car helped them with the ‘School Run’. By the third shoot I’d definitely developed car envy.
Landrover since 1948
It’s amazing to think ‘The Landrover’ has been around for over 60 years. Whilst photographing Stephen Wilks, it was fantastic to hear how his father, Maurice, developed the very first model immediately after the war. The feature and portrait can be seen in the current edition of ‘Onelife’ magazine.
For the same publication I had the honour of meeting David Attenborough. Photographing him with Tim Slessor reminisce over one of the first overland expeditions using early Landrovers.
