William Green

Photographer, Assistant and Digital Operator based in London but working all over. This blog is for all the pictures that would have been lost between the cracks and allows me to ramble. e: [email protected] w: williamgreen.co.uk b:...

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Lincoln Continental in the hot sun

I recently had the chance to shoot this well loved Lincoln Continental. There is nothing I enjoy more than shooting vintage cars that are regularly used. It really is a classic car that was a actually a precursor to the luxury car movement.

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New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape - 40 Years On

I feel honoured to be included in a new feature shoot article which references the famous original exhibition in Rochester, New York forty years ago which included work by the likes of Stephen Shore, Robert Adams and Bernd and Hilla Becher. In the piece it updates the exhibition to show work by more recent photographers.

Head on over to the page and see how eighteen contemporary photographers have re-interpreteded the movement for the present day. 

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AOP Awards 2016 Sunbeam Selection III

I have had some work of mine selected for a new exhibition at Sunbeam studios in London. They have curated work from last years AOP Photography Awards into a their own bespoke exhibition and feature an edit from my series ‘The Sleeping Taxi Drivers of Tokyo.’

It is one of the prettiest studios and spaces to view work in, with loads of natural light filling the space.

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New portfolio up online and freshly printed too!

I have a new book up online and a freshly printed one too for those traditionalists that like to finger paper. This shot is taken from the new portfolio and from a larger project tentatively titled October Evenings.

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Turbocharger Sales

Just after Christmas I found myself driving through Nevada, not that I needed a new turbo charger or a smog check on my car but if I did I would have known where to go in an instant.

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Bose  Get Closer

It was absolutely amazing to work with Maëva Berthelot on this shoot commissioned by the lovely folks at Grey London last year, to support the launch of the new Bose QC35 Headphones. 

Maëva was an absolutle star and dealt with working in busy West End London streets and locked off East End environs with equal measure.

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Drive Tribe

The rather excellent new automotive magazine and digital home to Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May have just done an excellent feature on my ‘Night Cars of America’ and ‘Sleeping Taxi Drivers of Tokyo’ projects.

If you’re interested in anything that involves a motor and wheels or even if you’re not I would strongly suggest you take at look at the site, there is really fun concept behind it.

I am really pleased that someone thinks my Night Cars series reminds them of Grand Theft Auto V, I’m off back to Los Santos now.

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Creative Review Photography Annual

Very pleased to announce that my ‘Sleeping Taxi Drivers of Tokyo’ series has been selected for the Creative Review Photography Annual.

It looks great in the magazine too and there is a lovely smell of paper as you open it, but in a new thing this year you can see it up online too.

creativereview.co.uk/sleeping-taxi-drivers-tokyo-william-green/

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The Sunset Racers of Gran Via

The Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes is one of the longest streets in Spain. It is epic in scale and crosses the entire city of Barcelona. The city has many places that people wonder through or race home via at the end of the day but this is one of my favourites. 

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Every loser wins

The National Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize is something that I have entered on and off for a number of years.

I haven’t managed to get anything selected at all, so it was great to be selected for the best of the rejected portraits prize for both this image and another from my Sleeping Taxi Drivers of Tokyo project.

The images in the Portrait Saloon represents the breadth of contemporary photographic portraiture that was entered to and rejected by the NPG. This year the National Portrait Gallery Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize received 4303 images, with 58 being selected for the exhibition. 

2016 sees the sixth edition of Portrait Salon and this year they’re experimenting with methods of display, seeking to show the work of photographers to as many new audiences as possible. Portrait Salon ‘16 is a multi-location exhibition in London’s Clerkenwell. 

A map will be included in the publication which accompanies the exhibition, which launched at the J&A Café on 17th November. They’ll also be offering visitors to the exhibition the opportunity to vote on their favourite portrait online as well. So do take a look at maybe even select one of my shots.

It is held at various locations around Clarkenwell till the end of the month. 

– Front of House Gallery, Metro Imaging, 32 Great Sutton St, London, EC1V 0NB.

– J&A Café, 1-4 Sutton Lane, London EC1M 5PU.

– Assorted retail windows around Clerkenwell.

https://www.portraitsalon.co.uk

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Ghost Series II

I was recently asked by Rolls Royce to shoot their Ghost Series II for their official magazine. An absolutely magical car, both elegant and formidable in one.

As we wanted to show off the various nuances of this special car we decided that instead of shooting sweeping shots of the whole vehicle, we would hone in on those elements that are truly unique to Rolls Royce.

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The Night Cars of America

I have a new portfolio up online with loads of new images in as well as a couple of new projects up in the collections section as well. 

This image is taken from my project ‘The Night Cars of America.’ It was originally started three years ago and has taken me from the Great Lakes to the Sunshine State, as a project I can see it as one that I’ll never finish.

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The Western Hotel

What delights await those who venture out or venture in...

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Everyone loves a Chev

I have just got back from America where I was shooting for three months, amongst many other things I found a wealth of beautiful cars with great stories attached to them. These two were discovered on the street at an impromptu Sunday afternoon car meet.

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Taxi Driver series highlighted in the country they’re from

Great to see my Taxi Driver series highlighted in Wired Japan, it is like they have gone full circle and are returning home. 

wired.jp/2016/04/13/tokyo-taxi-drivers/

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Glass Magazine article on Prints for Refugees

Honoured to have my work included in a really insightful interview with the founder of the online gallery that I have sold and donated work through. It makes for a great read.

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Wired Photo article on Tokyo Taxi Driver Series

I had a great chat a couple of weeks ago with the editor of Wired Photo magazine Jenna Garrett. They have just published a great feature on my Taxi Driver project with an extended collection of images.

Their archive of photo stories are really engrossing, they remind me of the old issues of Time Life magazine where the stories were image led.