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mainly shoot editorial
portraits for a wide
range of magazines
including Country
Life, BBC Music and
BA Business Life. These
assignments take me all
over the UK and often to
mainland Europe as well.
My style of photography is
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PDWFK«LW·VDJUHDWIHHOLQJProfessional photographers reveal their top six
tools of the trade they couldn’t shoot without
Richard Cannon
http://www.cannonpictures.comMY FATHER, who was a keen
photographer, got me into the
hobby and after several unrelated
jobs I enrolled in a HND course at
Pimlico Arts and Media College.
After graduating, I landed a job at
a group of London newspapers,
becoming a freelancer for The
Times, where I won both the
British Press Awards and The
Picture Editors’ Guild awards. My
style of portraits led me toward
magazines and I have been
freelancing ever since. My work
has also been featured in The
National Portrait Gallery.WHAT DO I DO?
I
Richard Cannon
Cannon by name, Canon by nature – portrait pro Richard Cannon reveals what’s in
his kit bag when he goes on assignment for some of the UK’s biggest magazines