Neil 1974_NSP8273.jpg

About Neil Spence

Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, I studied a Foundation in Art at Leeds College of Art and went on to do a degree in Visual Communication in Bath.

After graduating I moved to London to work as a photographer. I’ve been fortunate enough to have worked with and photographed some of the most exciting and talented people in Britain today.

Photography is an extraordinary medium which allows us to express our imagination and creativity.

 For me it is beautiful and a part of my every day.

Exhibitions and Awards

Selected to be featured in the Lens Culture Portrait Awards competition gallery. Feb 2024

Nominee in the 16th Annual International Color Awards 2023

Prix de la Photographie Paris 2023, PX3. Honourable Mention for Portrait of Barry Humphries

Awarded Honourable Mention in the Budapest International Foto Awards 2022 for Portrait of ‘Steve’

Awarded Honourable Mention in the Lucie International Photography Awards 2022 for Portrait of Norman Scott

Prix de la Photographie Paris 2022, PX3. Honourable Mention for Portrait of Norman Scott

Shortlisted of the RPS International Photography Exhibition 164

Honourable Mention in the 15th Annual International Color Awards 2022

Awarded Honourable Mention in the Lucie International Photography Awards 2021 for Portrait of Leslie Caron

Prix de la Photographie Paris 2021, PX3. Honourable Mention for Portrait of Leslie Caron

Awarded Gold at the Moscow International Foto Awards 2021 for portrait of Leslie Caron

Awarded Bronze at the Moscow International Foto Awards 2021 for ‘The Female Eunuch, Fifty Years On’.

Nominee at the 14th International Color Awards 2021 for ‘The Female Eunuch, Fifty Years On’.

Awarded Honourable Mention in the Lucie International Photography Awards 2020 for Portrait of Michael Palin

Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020, Honourable Mention for Portrait of Michael Palin

Portrait of Michael Palin awarded Bronze at the Moscow International Foto Awards 2020

Nominee at the 13th Annual International Color Awards 2020 for ‘Boucher’ from the personal project Reflets d’âmes

Nominee in aerial photography for ‘Power of the Sea’ at the 13th Annual International Color Awards 2020

Awarded Honourable Mention in the Lucie International Photography Awards 2019

Portrait of Judith Kerr short listed for the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Britain 2019

Exhibition: Reflets d’âmes, St Ciers du Taillon, France August 2019

Awarded Bronze at the Moscow International Foto Awards 2019

Awarded Honours in the 2019 International Color Awards

Exhibition: Portrait of Dame Shirley Williams selected for the Portrait Salon 2018.

Exhibition: Portrait of Roy Hattersley selected for the Portrait Salon 2017.

Awarded Honourable Mention in the Lucie International Photography Awards 2016

Exhibition: Portrait of Don McCullin selected for the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Britain 2016

Exhibition: Portrait of Kenn Dodd in the Portrait Salon 2015, The Embassy Tea Gallery, London and The Reminders Photography Stronghold Gallery, Tokyo (February 2016).

Exhibition: Visages Égarés, Visages Croisé, Amicable Cafe, St Fort Sur Gironde 2013

Exhibition: Où Vivre Sinon, Cloîtrés des Carmes Jonzac, France 1999

Exhibition: Blow Up, TIPP, Blackheath, London, 1998

Exhibition: The Uninvited, Blackheath, London, 1997

Exhibition: Homelessness, F Stop Gallery, Bath 1990

email: neil@neilspencephotography.com

mobile: 07970 018112

Modern Slavery Statement

 
 
 
 

CLIENTS