Iconphotomedia is an independent photographic agency with offices in Leatherhead and Leeds. We supply creative photography services to a variety of commercial companies, charities, Newspapers and Magazines. Our Editorial Photographers are available to work throughout the U.K. and overseas.
Numerous International companies use our Commercial Photographic services for In House Magazine Photography, Internal & External Communications and Product Photography. Our photographers use there editorial experience in shooting Annual Report Photography capturing Relaxed portraits and Documentary Pictures of leading business people and the corporate environment. We use a Fully Equipped Studio in Leatherhead and offer a Full Portable studio facility using high-end professional location lights.
Iconphotos is an Education Photography Specialist, we work regular ally for over 40 schools, universities and Colleges. Our Prospectus Photography can be used to create eye-catching design and add impact to your School Publication or University Prospectus. Icon photographers all have National Newspaper photographer or Magazine Photographer experience; we are use to working to tight deadlines and the demands of busy Picture Desks. Matt Gore our creative director has moved into shooting Advertising Photography. The 2006 National advertising campaign for Motor Neurone Disease Association 'Johns Journey, photographed until I die' won two major national awards with Campaign Magazine Special Award in the not for profit sector and Third Sector Excellence Awards.
We are used to handling Large-scale production photographic shoots and regularly work for a number of Advertising agencies and Art Directors.
Our sports photography specialist Vicky Matthers has photographed major sports events around the UK and overseas. Icon regularly covers major cup finals and our sports photography has appeared in all the UK National Press. We specialise in covering major sports events for sponsors and can offer first class action photography, creative event photography and engaging hospitality images. Icon photo media has been a leading supplier of commercial photography and Industrial images for over five years. Our commercial services include Corporate Portraits, Architectural images and Creative Interior Photography. In addition to our existing Commercial Photography Service we now offer Aerial Photography using a dedicated off road vehicle fitted with a telescopic mast. Aerial FX our sister brand shoots birds eye view images from an elevated perspective. These images are photographed up to 50 foot in the air. The Aerial Perspective photograph can be used to add impact to a number of commercial photography applications. Our clients have used the Aerial Photographic service in Corporate Brochures and Company Annual Reports.
Icon are the official Photographers for Leeds Metropolitan University, our Professional Photography services in Leeds include Advertising Photography, Portrait Photography and Commercial Photographic Services. We also offer our Leeds Aerial Photography Service using our ground based mast system. Icon has six fulltime photographers. The Talent as we call them are:
Matt Gore - Editorial Portrait Photographer
Matt formed iconphotomedia with Robin Hammond in 2004. Matt has directed the agency from its humble beginnings in a backroom in Chiswick, West London to a fully-fledged creative photography agency now with one studio, two offices, five staff and five contractors. Matt brings creative flair and a relaxed friendly but professional attitude to his photography, he's equally at home shooting editorial portraiture or high production advertising, His work for the MNDA charity won two major advertising industry campaign awards in 2007. He lives in London and Leeds and is based in our Leatherhead Photographic studio.
Vicky Matthers - Sports Photographer
Vicky began her working life as a sports photographer for a specialist agency in Leeds covering premiership football, rugby and cricket. She has covered major international sports events around the world including photographing the Great Britain Rugby League team for six weeks during their tour of Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Zealand.
Vicky is a first class all rounder and capable of handling a wide range of photographic assignments, she combines an artistic eye with a enthusiastic carefree approach that puts even the most awkward at ease. Vicky lives in North Yorkshire and runs our Leeds Photography Studio.
Dave Phillips - London commercial photographer
Dave pursued his dream of becoming a professional photographer after eight years in advertising.
He cut his teeth and learnt how to light as an assistant on advertising, still life, food and fashion shoots, and as a digital photography assistant on overseas fashion shoots in Europe, South Africa and the U.S.
In his spare time, a keen Landscape photographer Dave is a creative commercial photographer equally comfortable shooting abstract architecture as he is shooting an annual report in the City. Dave photographs regularly for the National Trust and National Park Authority. He lives in Brighton and is our Professional Photographer in East Sussex.Kevin Lake - Music Photography
Kevin, who lives in London, has photographed musicians including Groove Armada, The Chemical Brothers and DJ Yoda.
He has spent most of his career to date studio assisting fashion photographers Rankin, David Simms, Mert and Marcus, Michel Comte and Bruce Weber. He has assisted on shoots for Giorgio Armani, Gap, Nike, John Richmond and Vogue, and on high production shoots for Rolling Stone magazine, Andrew Collinge, Dazed and Confused and Oasis's latest 2008 album cover.
Kevin recently won a National award "Our Culture" award for his street photography.
Tony Hardacre - Northampton based Press Photographer
Tony, a former chief photographer and picture editor on a daily newspaper, has achieved a number of prestigious awards including UK Press Gazette Photographer of the Year and regional newspaper photographer of the year.
Tony has photographed the Royal Family; live concerts including Bruce Springsteen, U2, Van Morrison and the Kaiser Chiefs; too many sports finals at Twickenham and Wembley Stadium to mention and a plethora of actors, MP's and celebrities photographed over a decade of national newspaper work. Expert at getting an engaging animated picture fast Tony's our man in the midlands.
Robin Hammond - London Photojournalist
Robin, originally from New Zealand and living in London, specialises in international documentary photography. He has covered elections in Zimbabwe, climate change in India, trafficking of young African footballers to France, and has worked in more than 20 other countries.
His photographs appear in Newsweek, The Guardian, The Observer Magazine, the Sunday Times, Figaro, The New York Times and The Mail on Sunday Magazine, among many other publications.
We also have a fulltime dedicated picture desk and technical support staff. Based in our Leatherhead studios we provide a professional photographic project management and post production service, they manage your photographic assignment from the booking and creative brief to the final delivery of the photographic images. We make sure we meet your creative requirements and your deadline. All our team are experienced location Photographers and will send your images remotely from any location back to our central office for dispatch to you via FTP to meet tight publication and design deadlines. We have three Professional Photographers in Surrey, two professional photographers in West Yorkshire and one photographer in the East Midlands.
For an innovative creative photography service please call 0845 094 8081 or email picturedesk@iconphotomedia.com
