Stu Williamson (photographer)

Stuart Gordon Williamson
Born Stuart Gordon Williamson
(1956-08-05)August 5, 1956
Oadby, Leicestershire, England
Occupation Photographer, Inventor
Years active 1980 - present
Website https://www.stuwilliamson.com

Stu Williamson (born 5 August 1956, Oadby, Leicestershire, England) is a photographer based in Leicestershire, UK. He grew up in England but has a mix of Scottish and Irish ancestry. From 1978 to 1980, he was drummer for the Scottish pop rock group The Marmalade and performed on their 1978 album Doing It All For You. He then directed his artistic talents towards photography and has continued in this field ever since.

Photography

Williamson specialises in monochrome photography and Fine Art portraiture influenced by European Mediaeval Artists. He has gained commissions for architectural photography in Dubai from Giorgio Armani at the Burj Khalifa and the Jumeriah Group’s Burj Al Arab. Williamson has a long list of world class names alongside whom he continues to work.[1] He is also the inventor of the Triflector, a photographic lighting reflector designed to offer the photographer greater versatility.

Awards

Williamson has won many photographic awards in Europe which have included Black and White Photographer of the Year, Fine Art Photographer of the Year and Architecture Exterior Photographer of the Year 2010 [2] for his shot of the Burj Khalifa.

Most recently in 2016, he won the UK Master Photographer of the Year 2016/17 award.[3]

Stu Williamson Photography

Williamson originally set up his Stu Williamson Photography business in Cornwall before moving to Market Harborough, Leicestershire, in 1997. In 2006 Williamson moved his business to Dubai, based on Jumeirah Beach Road. The Dubai business expanded and currently offers schools photography services as well as commercial and portrait photography.

In 2013, after investment from an entrepreneur friend, Williamson sold his majority stake in the Dubai business and subsequently returned to the UK [4] where he continues to build his UK-based photography business from his studio in Kibworth, Leicestershire.

Personal life

In 2013 he moved back to the UK, and currently has a studio in Kibworth, Leicestershire.Williamson is also a medium and is actively involved in ghost hunting.

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Alice (30 January 2011). "Photographer wins with Burj Khalifa". Gulf News.
  2. ↑ "Architecture Exterior Photographer of the Year 2010". The Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP).
  3. ↑ "Photographer Of The Year Silver/Gold 2016/17". Master Photographers Association.
  4. ↑ "The Big Come Back". Master Photography. Icon Publications Ltd: 56–59. 22 March 2017 – via issuu.
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