World Series of Poker, Binions, 2000.

La Brea, August 2011. From Qualia, Photographs 2010-2012.

Somerset House, June 2019. From Synchrony, Prints 2019.

6th St, August 2013. From Apophenia. Prints 2014-16.

Essaouira, 11 September 2001.

Stairway, March 2020. From Resting State. Photographs 2020.

South St, March 2018. From Anomie. Prints 2018.

Blackfriars, April 2017. From Saccades. Prints 2016-17.

West St, September 2011. From Qualia. Photographs 2010-12.

Barcelona 2002 (MACBA).

Oxford St, January 2013. From Metamer. Photographs 2012-13.

St Leonards on Sea, February 2009. From The Edge of England. Photographs 2006-9.

About Alexander Brattell

Alexander Brattell is a photographer, artist and educator based on the South East coast of England. His hand made silver gelatin prints exploring states of mind and perception are a psychological reportage that forms a continuous thread through his career. Working in series rather than by subject matter, his portfolios of prints are the source material for exhibitions and sales of artist proofs and small editions.

He works to commission on location and in the studio, currently almost exclusively in the arts. Photographing for artists, craftspeople, performers, curators and producers, he produces visual resources for marketing, publicity, publications, applications and reports. 

He has previous extensive experience in the design and hospitality industries photographing people, interiors, food and products and has been commissioned by many well known publications from The Sunday Telegraph and GQ, to Skin Two and Tandoori Magazine.

Since 1996 Brattell has been a visiting lecturer in photography and involved in numerous community projects, working with universities, colleges, galleries and organisations using photography to enable voice.

Anne-Marie Watson – artist
Turps Banana – painting school, exhibition installation
Diagrama Foundation – Charity PR
Dan Demarre – curator Mercatoria Fishing Club, exhibition installations
Ben Stezaker – artist
Jane Millar – artist & curator, exhibition installation
Susie Vittay – ceramics
Oliver Salmon – artist
Kate Schuricht – ceramics
Ben Browton – artist
Jaye Ho – artist
Caroline Richards – textiles
Paul Marchant – painter, geometer
Heather Rajaratnam – jeweller
Jack Milroy – artist
Coban Rugs – textiles
Planet Industrials Ltd – 00 gauge railway models
Jane Sarre – ceramic sculpture
Peter Waldren (estate of) – painter
Stephanie Fawbert – painter
Julia Swaby – painter
Garth Lewis – painter
Hastings Contemporary – event
Electro Studios Project Space – exhibition installations
Project Artworks – workshop, exhibition installation
Claremont School – PR
Jo Israel – artist
Rowan Corkill – artist
Kim L Pace – ceramic sculpture, drawing, painting
Mariana Lemos – curator, exhibition installation
Explore The Arch – theatre company, publicity portraits
John Stezaker – artist
Vigo Gallery – exhibition installation
Museum of Freemasonry – collection objects, interiors
Russell Baker – painter
Sinéid Codd – artist
Atelier Katayon Beverley Hills – fine art prints for offices
A Town Explores A Book – festival events, installations, curation
Alfie Caine – painter
Jo Perfect – painter
Bronwen Malcolm – painter
Bridgepoint Arts Centre – performance
Solaris – fine art printer, marketing
Sophie Barber – painter
Oliver Crowther – painter
Wax Trax! Records – artwork
Sasha Holzer – curator, exhibition installation
Siobhan Stanley – painter
Rare Breeds Centre – visitor attraction PR
Jeb Haward – painter
Sanctuary Festival – event
Lucy Brennan-Shiel/The Joyce Group – Bloomsday event
Colin Booth – artist
National Children’s Bureau – PR
Deborah Bowness – wallpaper artist
Eastbourne Borough Council – PR
Nicholas Pace – painter
Fred Cuming RA – painter
Lisa Katzenstein – majolica ceramics
Sarah Evans – painter
Elaine Mullings – painter, sculptor
Claudia de Grandi – painter
Karin-Marie Wach – artist
April Yasamee – artist
Mara Irsara – jeweller
Juliette Bigley – silversmith, sculptor
Louise Kenward – author, artworks for book
Shuby – street artist, printmaker
MSL Projects Ltd – community arts
Hastings Borough Council – PR, advertising
Strange Attractor – publisher
Dizzy Pragnell – book art, paper sculpture
Becky Crow – jeweller
Paula MacArthur – painter, printmaker
Emily Thatcher – jeweller
Hildegard Pax – glass artist
Georgia Scott – lighting designer
Tom Banks – painter
Playne Design – marketing
Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition
Zeroh Design Ltd
Xaverine Bates – artist
Arcadia University – publicity
Jo McAllister – jeweller
Coastal Currents – annual arts festival events, installations
Cathryn Kemp – artist & author
Danny Pockets – artist
Hastings Museum & Art Gallery – collection objects, exhibition installations
East Sussex Records Office – tapestry
Antony Clayton – author, artworks for books
Eyestorm – fine art prints
University of Sussex – conference event
East Sussex County Council – conference event
Adriana Brinsmead Stockham – glass artist
Olivia Stanton – artist
David Henderson – artist
Bombarock – furniture, upholstery
The Fine Art Society – ceramics
Picture Arts Corporation – stock photographs
Hastings College of Arts & Technology – prospectus, PR
Jupiter Images – stock photographs
Gillian Bass – artist
Yukka Records
The Maas Gallery – artworks
The Welbeck Clinic – cosmetic dentistry
Bridie Productions – schools drama workshops
Vital Arts – fine art prints for hospital development
Joy Buttress – textile artist
Nelson Catering Equipment
Universal Music (UK) Ltd
Prison Advice & Care Trust – events, PR
Partridge Design Ltd – portraits
Cathy Miles – artist, wire sculptures
Starfire Publishing – artworks, A.O. Spare
Lea Rivers Trust
Outcaste Records
Prediction Magazine – portraits
Merlin Financial Communications – PR
Saga Publishing Ltd
World Circuit Records
Conran Octopus
Fresh! – organic food
Kay Symons – leather accessories
The Inside Out Trust – restorative justice charity events, PR
The Big Issue
Organic Magazine – food, restaurant interiors
Britart Online Ltd – fine art prints
London College of Fashion/VADS – Cordwainers Historical Shoe Archive
London Contemporary Art – fine art prints for hotels & cruise ships
Mattel UK Ltd – toys
WB Poultry Ltd – factory interiors, portraits
Back2Back Productions – actor portraits
Rogue Productions – musician portraits
Mental Health Media – events
The Oriental China Company Ltd – tableware
Rough Guides Ltd
Computer Weekly
Cala Records Ltd – portraits, performance
Alan Crompton-Batt PR – restaurants
The Financial Times
Routledge

Holborn PR Ltd – packshots, portraits
Square Meal Magazine – food, portraits
La Porcellana – restaurant tableware
Snoop Magazine – fashion
Wicklow Entertainment – portraits, performance
PricewaterhouseCoopers – portraits
Nonstock inc NYC – stock photography
Big Time Magazine – portraits
BISL Ltd – portraits
fRoots Magazine – cover features
Carlton Books
The Big Chill – events, performance, portraits
Contrived & Exagerrated – dance performance
Skin Two Magazine
Peter Noble PR Ltd – toys, computer game PR
X-Men Graphix – toys
M.E.L.T 2000 – event
Cobra Indian Beer Ltd – packshots
The News Of The World Magazine
The Sunday Telegraph Review
Hackney Arts & Cultural Services – events
Deborah Parker Architects
Koncrete Jungle – Ultra Records NYC – portraits
Daily Mail Ski Magazine – portraits
A&C Black Ltd – book covers
Tandoori Magazine – cover features – food, portraits, interiors
The Daily Telegraph
Institute of Chinese Medicine
2000AD – studio portraits
Cordwainers College – saddlery, leather accessories
Wax Magazine – performance
Jacqui Mcshee’s Pentangle – portraiture, album covers
Elizabeth Fritsch – ceramics
London Borough of Hackney – events
Midlands Arts Centre – events
Tommys Baby Fund – events
Global Headz Ltd – food packshots
Spitalfields Arts Projects Ltd – portraits, artworks
The Daily Mail
Michael Hurll Television – portraits
Fancy Footwork – shoes
Annabel Jackson Associates Ltd – interiors, locations, portraits
Oxford Brookes University – prospectus, PR
Fulgur Publishers – artworks by Austin Osman Spare
John Morris Design – book covers
The Methodist Church – portraiture
Rendall & Rittner Ltd – residential property, portraiture
Random House Publishing Group Ltd – book covers
GQ Magazine – studio still life
Esquire Magazine – restaurants
The Times Magazine
Pera International – products
The London Hilton – interiors
Cycling Plus Magazine – portraiture
EMP PLC – portraiture
Usher Treeworks – tree surgery
Jo Scott PR
London Dayori (Japan) – events
High Chase Ltd – advertising
The Cooling Gallery – exhibition installations
ES Magazine
Dance Studio UK Ltd – interiors
The Times Saturday review
International Custom Looms – hotel interiors
Telegraph Colour Library – stock photography
Telegraph Weekend Magazine
Hirsch Bedner & Associates – hotel interiors
Orion Sports Services – corporate gym interiors
Freight Transport Association – locations, portraits
Arena Magazine – food
Powell Moya & Partners – architecture
TV Guide Magazine
Graham Smith Associates – architecture, interiors
Lady Forte – food, interiors
Clark & Hart – PR, advertising
Shepheard Epstein & Hunter – architecture
Globe Communications LLC – PR
Marketing Response Ltd – PR
Loach Builders – architecture, interiors
Ideal Homes – show homes
The Evening Standard
South African National Magazines
Ideal Homes (London) Ltd – architecture, interiors
Condé Nast Publications – interiors, Vogue UK & Australia
Fitch & Co PLC – interiors
British Satellite Broadcasting – products
British Airport Services Ltd – brochure
Vernon Oakley Design – products
International Petroleum Exchange – events
Lipman Pain & Scott – PR
Anderson Stewart Associates – brochure, advertising CVC Capital Partners
Charles Barker Traverse Healy – PR
Kinson Architects – commercial development
O.F. Wilson – antiques
Rifat Ozbek – catwalk fashion
Interfoto – stock library
The Sunday Telegraph 7 Days Magazine
The Pink Paper
The Sunday Telegraph
GA Property Services – residential property
Tecmaco International – engineering products
Hampton & Sons – residential property, portraits, events
Dudson Brothers Ltd – tableware
Ideal Hardware – products
Takasago International Corporation – interiors
Hyatt Carlton Tower Hotel – interiors, PR
Demographics Ltd – portraits
Charles Hammond Ltd – interiors, furniture
Leisure World International Ltd – interiors
Mary Fox Linton – interiors
Susan Llewellyn Associates – interiors
The Landscape Ornament Company – furniture
Carleton Smith & Co – residential property
Habitat – launch events
Institute of Marine Engineers – event & exhibition
Leisureworld International – artworks
Tecmaco International – engineering products
Carvill Design – lighting
Carleton Smith & Co – portraits
David Stone Lighting Design – interiors
Liteway Ltd – interior lighting
Sarova Hotels – interiors, PR
Sargent & Potiriadis – leisure architects, Butlins
Costains – PR
Scanmark – portraiture, computer equipment
Foster Wheeler Power Products – engineering products
Lloyds Register – events
Charles Barker – product PR
Marine Management Holdings – yacht interiors
Muna Tseng Dance Project – performance

Further reading

“I document the sensation of seeing, fixing moments of heightened awareness in a search for resonance beyond subject matter. My photography is a personal animism preoccupied with shapes of thought and the revelatory nature of peripheral vision. It is the recognition of an alphabet of sensation that lies beneath the threshold of language.

A spirit of place often emerges from the work, but at its core is the impulse to articulate the nature of experience and maintain contact with the miraculous within the mundane.

I continue to work in a traditional way, printing my own images in a darkroom. This transmission of light, the analogue journey via the latent image to the final print, remains for me the most effective simulacrum.”

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