b'JASON BELL: PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERHe is an English photographer who divides his time between London and New York. He sees himself as a portrait photographer rather than a fashion photographer, saying: for me the most important thing is the person. He decided on a career as a photographercampaign,isacollectionofcelebrity whilststudyingPolitics,Philosophyandportraits that has helped to raise over1.3 EconomicsatOxfordUniversity,frommillion for Cancer Research UK. The book which he graduated in 1990. features,amongstothers,Charlotte Jason Bell works for Vanity Fair, BritishChurch, Minnie Driver, Charlie Hunnam, and American Vogue, Time and NewsweekJamelia,LiamNeeson,CynthiaNixon, amongstothers.HehasphotographedLuke Perry, Jamie Theakston, Johnny Vegas, many celebrities such as David Beckham,Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood and Kirsty Young. Scarlett Johansson, Johnny Depp, NicoleIn2008Jasonundertookaphoto Kidman,MickeyRourke, JohnMalkovich,assignment for American Vogue in Tea & Daniel Craig, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon,Sympathy, an English tea room in the heart Ian McKellen, Kate Winslet and BenedictofManhattan.Inconversationwiththe Cumberbatch.Hehasalsoworkedonowner, Nicky Perry, he was astonished to manyfilmposterssuch asAboutaBoy,discover that over 120,000 British men and BridgetJonessDiary,BillyElliot,LovewomenlivedinNewYorkCity.Asan Actually, The Golden Compass, and moreEnglishman,himselflivinginNewYork, recently The Danish Girl and The Revenant.Jason was inspired by this and decided to ManyofhisphotographsareintheNationalPortraitGalleryinvestigate further. An Englishman in New York is the result. permanent collection, as well as other museums around the world. The book documents a wide cross-section of English people In 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of The Royalliving in the city. It features cops, taxi drivers, construction workers, Photographic Society.Other awards include the New York Photodivers, helicopter pilots, chefs, burlesque dancers, UN ambassadors Awards Best Advertising image and the best British Black & Whiteand even dog walkers, as well as more well-known Englishmen in Photographer at the British Picture Editors Awards. His Out 100New York such as writer, Zo Heller; director, Stephen Daldry; Portfolio was one of the finalists in the American Society of Magazineartists, Cecily Brown and Bill Jacklin; Director of the Metropolitan Editors 2010 National Magazine Awards, the magazine industrysMuseum of Art, Thomas P Campbell; historian, Simon Schama; highest honour. actor, Kate Winslet; and the musician, Sting. In October 2013, Bell took the official christening photographsIn 2015, Bell shot the entire Hollywood Portfolio for Vanity Fair, of Prince George. The four official portraits were taken in theonly the second photographer ever to do so. The Portfolio was Morning Room at Clarence House following the ceremony at thethemed around a British invasion of Hollywood by such leading Chapel Royal, St Jamess Palace. One of these historic portraitsactors as Emily Blunt, Judi Dench, Jude Law, Michael Caine, Keira brought together four generations of royals for the first time sinceKnightley, Eddie Redmayne, Lily James, Clive Owen, Mark Rylance, 1894. Ruth Wilson, Dominic West, Jeremy Irons and Ralph Fiennes.He has published four books:Gold Rush (2000), Hats OffThree short films to accompany the project were also directed (2002), GiveGet (2004) and the most recent being An Englishmanby Bell, and can be viewed at jasonbellphoto.com.in New York (2010). He has been the sole photographer for the Give Up Clothes For Good campaign for Cancer Research UK forIt was wonderful to work with Jason, who kindly photographed me wearing my over 10 years,a campaign that has so far raised over 18final outfit of the year (see pages 138/139), in addition to capturing me looking out over the inner city London landscape as dusk fell. Wearing: vintage electric million.GiveGet,abookaccompanyingthefirstyearoftheblue, wool dress; gold leaf brooch and Saxone heels. Page 108'