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I
was born in Grenada, West Indies in 1961 and moved
to Britain at the age of 6 to London. At the age
of 10 I bought a toy camera that took blurred
pictures, some of which my mother still has in the
family album.
I became seriously interested in photography at
the age of 21. My first pictures were of London
tourist spots and the next year I started
practicing my present style. I am self-taught and
have never been an assistant.
I have worked mainly in the editorial field for
the last 19 years. I have photographed for
numerous national magazines and have had many
profiles of my work in countries such as France,
Spain, Italy, USA, Australia, Germany and, of
course, Great Britain. I was joint winner the
Vogue/Sotheby¹s Cecil Beaton Award in 1987 for
his series of shoe pictures entitled ŒThe Fetish¹
and in 1997 and Œ98 was nominated as Erotic
Photographer of the Year in Britain and won in
2002.
My book, Bernadinism: How to Dominate Men and
Subjugate Women, published by Edition Stemmle is
the first book of my work showing my personal and
commissioned work. |
