More about Steve
Steve Bisgrove is originally from
the UK, has lived in Rome for 19 years and knows the city
and its secrets intimately. Besides
being an excellent photographer and qualified tour guide,
he is very personable and a delight to be with.
Here is some of Steve’s background:
Steve studied photography at Newcastle
College of Arts qualifying with a Diploma in Photography
and Design in the early Eighties.
Between 1982 and
1984 he worked as a photographic assistant for two top
London advertising photographers as well as working
freelance for a number of other photographers in London.
Setting up in his own right in the mid
eighties he has worked for various advertising agencies,
design groups and magazines in London, Milan and Rome. These include among the magazines, Elle
Decoration and Country Life in London; Casa Vogue, Amica and
Spazio Casa in Milan, as well as having articles and photos
published in the magazines “Italy” and “Italia” in
the United Kingdom.
He has shot
advertising campaigns for Saatchi & Saatchi in Rome, a
scooter in Rome’s Trevi Fountain for BBDO of Milan, and
other campaigns for Young and Rubicam, TBWA and McCann
Erickson in Rome.
He has taught photography at the European
Institute of Design in Rome and also at the Scuola Romana di
Fotografia.
His photographs have been recognised in various
competitions. In the Px3 Prix de
la Photographie Paris he was awarded a third prize in 2007
in his chosen category for the series of Rome shops, and in
2008 received and Honourable Mention for a series of
photographs of a person undergoing major surgery at the CTO
hospital in Rome.
One of his pictures was selected for the 2007
Royal Photographic Society’s International Print
Exhibition and another was selected in the 2005 Association
of Photographers’ (AoP) Open competition.
His photographs are available
through a number of online agencies including Alamy,
Arcangel Images, Writer Pictures and Rex Features.
See more of
Steve's photography at www.stevebisgrove.com
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