Peter dazeley biography

Peter Dazeley BEM FRPS, known as Dazeley, is a born and bred London photographer known for his fine art, advertising, and his successful series of London books.

Biography

Dazeley was born in West Kensington, London in 1948. Dazeley, son of William and Freda Dazeley MBE, is dyslexic and left school at 15 without formal qualifications. He is married and has a daughter and a son.

In 2013 Dazeley was awarded a Fellowship by The Royal Photographic Society, which is the highest distinction of the RPS and recognises original work and outstanding ability.

Dazeley was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List, January 2017, for his services to photography and charity.

He is a life member of the Association of Photographers.

Photographic career

Dazeley studied photography at Holland Park Comprehensive (now known as the Socialist Eton). He is a meticulous planner and imaginative problem solver and has pioneered many photographic techniques that have become the norm. “Making the ordinary look extraordinary is Dazeley’s gift” says Sarah Ryder

Peter Dazeley

British photographer

Peter Dazeley BEM FRPS[1][2] known as Dazeley, is a British photographer living and working in London, known for fine art, advertising, anamorphic and nude photography, as well as flower photography.

Biography

Dazeley was born in West Kensington, London, England, in 1948. Dazeley, son of William and Freda Dazeley MBE, is dyslexic and left school at 15 without formal qualifications. He is married and has a daughter and a son; they live in Coombe Hill, Surrey, England.

Dazeley was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen's New Year's Honours List, January 2017, for his services to photography and charity

Photographic career

Dazeley studied photography at Holland Park Comprehensive (sometimes called the SocialistEton)[3] and started assisting the photographer Peter Sowerby at Essex West Studios off Fleet Street, London in 1963. His work has won awards from organisations across the world, including the Association of Photographers,[4] the Royal Photographic Society in

UNSEEN LONDON takes you backstage at some of the capital’s great theatres, into the changing rooms of some of our greatest temples of sport, into the heart of the Establishment, the boiler room of the city’s infrastructure and behind the scenes at some of the most opulent buildings in the Square Mile. Fascinating interiors of fifty iconic London buildings including Big Ben, Battersea Power Station, the Old Bailey and the Bank of England

Peter Dazeley has gained access to the hidden interiors of some of London’s most iconic buildings, from Tower Bridge to Battersea Power Station, Big Ben to the Old Bailey. His photographs of these buildings – some derelict, but many still working – are astonishing. Each is described with a thoughtful text by Mark Daly which tells the story of how each of these places was created and how they are used.

PETER DAZELEY FRPS, known as Dazeley, is a celebrated London photographer renowned for fine art and advertising photography. He was born in West Kensington and studied photography at Holland Park School (now known

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