Street cast Ubuntu shoot

Ubuntu is a fast, secure and easy to use computer operating system used by millions of people around the world. I was commissioned by Ubuntu One, Canonical's personal cloud service, to shoot an image library for them. The brief was to create fun and vibrant images that showed real people enjoying their services across different devices. The client specified that models (randomly found people) and situations should be completely street cast and shot immediately where they were found. The only addition to the scenarios were laptop, phone or tablet. No hair/make-up or stylist were used in the guerilla style shoot. Photographed over a day and a half during great sunny weather, here are some of the images.

 

Royal Marsden shoot

Moving Brands commissioned me to shoot a library of images for the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Shot over three days, the brief was to photograph current patients in hospital and also people at home who have received successful treatment.

Images from the shoot have recently been used in press campaigns in the UK.

Aop Awards 2011 finalist

I have just found out that my Sri Lanka special boat squadron project has won a place at the  AOP awards exhibition and in the awards book 2011. I’m well pleased! This years awards exhibition/presentation and party will take place on wednesday 28th September. Best in catagory awards will be announced then.

Previously posted shortly after the shoot in January 2011, here are the qualifying images again.

New York heat wave

 I’m just back from a trip to New York where temperatures reached 42 degrees C, an all time record for the City. New Yorkers had been suffering the customary summer heat and humidity for a number weeks before last Fridays record temperatures. Below are some portraits of people looking pensive in the heat.

The Perfume Shop

A couple of shots from a recent shoot for the Perfume Shop

Art Director: Rob Sandsom
Make Up: Ellie Tobin
Stylist: Charlotte Williams
Models: Attika at Casting Collective and Lisa at Broadcast agency

Aaron McQ shot last week

My new portfolios

These are images of my new folios by the lovely people at Cathy Roberts. I printed the images full bleed on both sides to give the folios the feel of  proper books as you turn the pages.

Lifestyle shoot

These are a few images from a fun lifestyle shoot last weekend. Styling by Susie Coulthard and make-up by Britta Dicke. Fantastic models Iva, Brendon and Josh were street cast from random places in london.

Rajasthan

In march I travelled to Rajasthan to shoot some of its magical cities.I timed the trip to coincide with the festival of Holi, a  religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus. Masses of people partake in the fun by throwing colored powder and water at each other. I was also lucky enough to be in Jaipur for the elephant festival.

 

a couple of lifestyle images just uploaded to my website

My new agent

I am now represented by the awesome people at LPA. This is the promo they sent out today. You can see my work on the LPA site by going to www.lisapritchard.com

Sad news from Marrakech

Last Thursday I was shocked to hear that  a terrorist bomb had killed 13 people in the Café Argana in Marrakech. I was on assignment shooting a travel story in the city two weeks ago and had coffee in café Argana every day during my stay. My thoughts have been with both travelers and locals affected by this terrible event.

Made by Survivors

 Last Friday I worked with my mate  Susie Coulthard and a bunch of other good souls on a shoot for the charity Made by Survivors. Susie is a hugely talented stylist involved in raising funds to help victims of sex trafficking in India. We set up a portable studio in Hackney’s London Fields and cajoled and teased one hundred people to model a t shirt designed by Susie to raise funds for the charity. These are early days in the project so I will post more news as things develop. Special thanks to Shaima el Nour  and David George for their amazing help in setting up and co-ordinating the shoot on the day. Also big thanks to Calumet and the Pro Centre for their help with lighting. Here are a small selection from the one hundred images I shot on Friday.

Marrakech tomorrow

I’m pretty excited about  departing for a commissioned trip to Marrakech tomorrow and have just finished checking and packing camera equipment. The travel story will focus on life around Jemaa el Fna, the main square and market place of the city. Here are some images I took last October on another trip to this beguiling city. I shall post images from the new shoot soon.

Annalena

A photograph taken today of Annalena in a soho cafe

Two portraits

It was a lovely sunny weekend just passed in london and the light was perfect for these two portraits.

Samsung Galaxy Ace

In early march I did a two day shoot for the launch of the latest Samsung phone, the Galaxy Ace. We shot on a great rooftop location overlooking London and also in an old style London bus.

 

 

More portraits

These are some more images from an on-going portrait project. 

Advertising shoot in Africa, Brazil and Bali.

I was commissioned by Ogilvy Primary Contact to shoot a series of 48 sheet ads for crops company Syngenta.The locations were in Bali, Africa and Brazil.Using local production companies, we sourced the right locations and cast local people for the shoot.
 

Rio Carnival floats

This weekend sees the biggest party in the world kick off in Rio de Janeiro. Rio Carnival is a wild 4 day celebration culminating in  the samba parade. The carnival floats are an essential element of the parades and when the party finishes they are taken and stored in warehouses so that the parts can cannibalized for the creation of new floats in later years. Last year whilst shooting an Ad in Brazil I came across the warehouses when I was exploring some of more dodgy parts of Rio. Images from this project can be seen below.