By taking a simple glimpse at Phil Sharp’s
Tell us a bit about yourself and your creative
aesthetic, and how are these informed by
work, one would see that it is the depth of
background...
your current environment?
them that initially reel one in. It appears to
I work as a portrait photographer predomi-
Although it’s not particularly complex,
be the photographer’s speciality, in fact, to
nately in the advertising, music and editorial
I find it incredibly hard to describe my own
present his subjects in so genuine a light that
fields. I have also worked as director/
aesthetic. I’ve heard others describe it as
the viewer would automatically feel connect-
director of photography on music videos
bold, sharp, colourful and simple. I really
ed to them. We spoke to the London-based
and TV adverts. I studied photography at
don’t know where it fits or why it works
professional about his portfolio of personal
HND level, but I really learned photography when it does. I’ve always lived in towns
and commercial work, and discovered his
by assisting and practising [it].
emotion, spirit and character captured in
surrounded by ‘modern’ architecture - if I’m
affinity for architectural landscapes as well as his ambitions and future plans.
and cities and grew up in Milton Keynes,
How would you describe your work and
shooting outside the studio, architecture >
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