Philip Grey: A London-based photographer.

I began my photography career in the late 70s post-punk music scene, working for New Musical Express, The Face, Time Out and New Music News. During this period I produced publicity images for Adam and the Ants, The 2-Tone label, The Raincoats and Mikey Dread.

In the 80's I expanded my practice to include theatre and dance photography, working with Janet Smith and Dancers, Arc, Rosemary Lee and London Contemporary Dance Co.

In 1994 I was a finalist in the Kobal Portrait Photography Awards (now known as the Taylor Wessing Prize), and I have had work exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London; Watershed, Bristol; The Royal Photographic Society, Bath and the Lucy Bell Gallery, St Leonards. More recently his Writers’ Desks project was shown at Freeword, London and Ludlow Assembly Rooms.

My work has been published in The Guardian; ArtWork: Seeing Inside The Creative Process; How I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors; Fred Baier: Furniture in Studio.

Recent practice has encompassed studio-based portraiture and still-life work. Alongside this career I have taught both analogue and digital photography at London Guildhall University and I am currently Senior Lecturer at Regent's University, London.

In 2018 I was one of the founders of darkroom, a co-working space for film-based photographers.

Exhibitions

Live! Lucy Bell Gallery, St Leonards. 2021 Writers/Writers. The Knapp, Regent’s University, London. 2019 Regent’s Open. The Knapp, Regent’s University, London. 2019 Regent’s Open. The Knapp, Regent’s University, London. 2018 50 Years of Rock. Royal Albert Hall, London. 2017 Untitled: The Writer’s Desk/Music To My Eyes. The Knapp, Regent’s University, London. 2017 Regent’s Open. The Knapp, Regent’s University, London. 2017 Regent’s Open. The Knapp, Regent’s University, London. 2016 Regent’s Open. The Knapp, Regent’s University, London. 2015 Untitled: The Writer’s Desk. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow. 2013 50 Years of Rock. Beach City, Qingdao. 2012 50 Years of Rock. Zhujiang Party Pier, Guangzhou. 2012 50 Years of Rock. Xintiandi Style, Shanghai. 2012 50 Years of Rock. Changsha. 2012 Cancer Research. Abbey Road Studios, London. 2011 Rock Archive: Under the Bridge. Chelsea FC, London. 2011 Untitled: The Writer’s Desk. Freeword, London. 2010 Music To My Eyes. The Corridor, London. 2008? Music To My Eyes. The Curzon Soho, London. 1999? Music & Dance. Islington Arts Factory, London. 1989? Music & Dance. Everyman Cinema, London. 1988? The Graduates. The Watershed, Bristol. 1985