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Latest Editorial, Portrait & Commercial Photography Projects

A selection of my most recent commissions and ongoing projects.

The work shown here spans editorial assignments, portrait commissions, documentary projects and commercial photography for organisations and publishers. It reflects current areas of focus and the range of contexts in which I am working.

New projects are added regularly.

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Kingsway School

David Oates December 12, 2018

Some pictures from my first commission for Kingsway School. I’m glad to have been back for a further shoot later this year.

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In Documentary, Portraits, Schools Tags School, School photography, Manchester, Manchester Photography, Manchester photographer
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Nadia Nadim for Scandinavian Airlines

David Oates May 31, 2018

It was great to work with renowned sports journalist Claire Bloomfield and Swedish design agency Off The Wall on this commission for Scandinavian Airlines.

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In Portraits, Editorial Tags Football, Footballer, Nadia Nadim, Manchester City Football Club, Man City, Manchester Photography, Manchester photographer, Portrait Photography
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Jimmy Banks for Royal Bank of Scotland

David Oates May 31, 2018

Portrait photographs of Jimmy Banks for the Royal Bank of Scotland magazine. Jimmy transformed his life through healthy eating and exercise. We shot these pictures at Worthington Lakes in Wigan, Jimmy's usual running route.

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In Portraits, Editorial Tags Manchester Photography, Manchester photographer, Wigan, Portrait Photography
Sortimo van racking assembly line in Warrington UK

Sortimo for WirtschaftWoche

David Oates May 1, 2018

A recent assignment for German business magazine WirtschaftWoche (Business Week) looking at the effects of Brexit on German firms operating facilities in the UK. I visited van racking company Sortimo in Warrington shooting documentary photography to accompany Sacha’s editorial.

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In Documentary, Editorial Tags Editorial Photography, Documentary Photography, Manchester Photographer, Warrington, WirtschaftWoche, Sortimo
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Whitworth Young Contemporaries

David Oates March 27, 2018

Portrait photographs of some of the Whitworth Young Contemporaries

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In Portraits Tags Whitworth Art Gallery, Whitworth Young Contemporaries, Manchester Photography, Manchester photographer, Portrait Photography
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Victoria Jordan

David Oates March 27, 2018

Victoria Jordan photographed in Greater Manchester for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester Metropolitan University

In Portraits, Editorial, Documentary Tags MMU, manchester metropolitan university, NHS, Pennine Trust, Manchester Photography, Manchester photographer, Portrait Photography
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Karsten Schubert

David Oates March 6, 2018

Karsten Andreas Schubert, art dealer and gallerist, born 12 August 1961; died 30 July 2019

Gallerist who played an important part in promoting the Young British Artists

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In Portraits Tags Karsten Schubert, Manchester Photography, Manchester photographer, Portrait Photography, Whitworth Art Gallery
Portrait photography of Alistair Hudson in gallery environment

Alistair Hudson

David Oates March 6, 2018

Alistair Hudson, Director of Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth photographed during the opening of Alison Wilding's exhibition at the Whitworth, February 2018.

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In Portraits Tags Alistair Hudson, Manchester Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Photography, Manchester photographer, Portrait Photography
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Cecily Brown

David Oates March 6, 2018

Shot at the opening of Shipwreck Drawings at Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester 

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In Portraits, Artists Tags Cecily Brown, artist, Manchester photographer, Manchester Photography, Portrait Photography
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Research Matters Magazine

David Oates June 1, 2017

As much as I seem to spend  my entire life checking websites to see if they've been updated since I last checked thirty seconds ago, and I've spent the last months square-eyed setting up this new website; it never gets boring to see your work printed on actual, physical, inky paper. Especially if that paper goes on to be published. So, I was delighted to pick up the latest edition of MMU's Research Matters magazine.

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In Editorial, Portraits Tags manchester, commercial photographer, documentary, editorial, photography, photographer, manchester metropolitan university, publication, magazine, commercial, Editorial Photography

The Right Honourable Jeremy Corbyn

David Oates May 10, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn was in Manchester yesterday for the launch of the Labour election campaign. I caught up with the campaign bus in my home town of Wythenshawe.

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In Editorial, Documentary Tags jeremy corbyn, labour, party, general, election, leader, documentary, photographer, photography, manchester, david oates
Event photography capturing Museum Meets evening workshop at Manchester Museum

Night at the Museum

David Oates May 3, 2017

A commission from Manchester Museum to document a recent evening event as part of the Adult Programme. The highlight for me was a cyanotype workshop by Angela Tait and Ian Clegg of ATIC. These days the UV tubes they use to expose the images are considered a Health & Safety concern, yet it wasn't long ago they were used in sunbeds!

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In Documentary, Event Tags photography, photographer, manchester, documentary, david oates, university, event, photographic, adult education, event photography, commercial photographer, Manchester Museum
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Associated, Brooklyn
Associated, Brooklyn
Great to work with TOL Events, @adidas and @versus at @manchesterunited yesterday.

@adidasfootball @adidaswomen
Great to work with TOL Events, @adidas and @versus at @manchesterunited yesterday. @adidasfootball @adidaswomen
Pizza fire
Pizza fire
Robert Indiana, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, September 2022
Robert Indiana, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, September 2022
Buslingthorpe Works.
Buslingthorpe Works.
Manchester City Gallery

#manchester
#gallery
Manchester City Gallery #manchester #gallery
Barmouth beach 

#barmouth #wales
Barmouth beach #barmouth #wales
Amsterdam Noord

#amsterdam #amsterdamnoord
Amsterdam Noord #amsterdam #amsterdamnoord
#wales #beach #seaside #holidays
#wales #beach #seaside #holidays
It was a pleasure to photograph Ann Treneman for The Times recently, a shoot that resulted in my first cover for The Times Weekend supplement and my first image on the cover of The Times.
Until 2015, Ann was The Times' parliamentary sketchwriter and
It was a pleasure to photograph Ann Treneman for The Times recently, a shoot that resulted in my first cover for The Times Weekend supplement and my first image on the cover of The Times. Until 2015, Ann was The Times' parliamentary sketchwriter and then the paper's chief theatre critic. Ann subsequently retrained in horticulture and the article details her preparations for this year's Chelsea flower show for which she has designed a garden. @thetimes #thetimes #chelseaflowershow @timesweekend @the_rhs @show_chelsea @anntreneman1
Some highlights from my recent shoot at Adidas UK

#adidasuk #adidasxgucci #sport 
#sportswear #reebok #adidasoriginals
Some highlights from my recent shoot at Adidas UK #adidasuk #adidasxgucci #sport #sportswear #reebok #adidasoriginals
#britishrailways #britishrail #eastlancashirerailway #bury #train #trainspotting #heritagerailway
#britishrailways #britishrail #eastlancashirerailway #bury #train #trainspotting #heritagerailway
Frigates
Frigates
Some paper peeling off a wall in Marseille. I'm currently in Scotland, the light is inferior

#marseille #citeradieuse #southoffrance #suddelafrance #mediterranean
Some paper peeling off a wall in Marseille. I'm currently in Scotland, the light is inferior #marseille #citeradieuse #southoffrance #suddelafrance #mediterranean
I am shocked and disappointed to hear that Alastair Hudson has been asked by the University of Manchester to leave his post as director of Manchester and Whitworth art galleries.

Alastair turned the Whitworth into a gallery where diverse voices coul
I am shocked and disappointed to hear that Alastair Hudson has been asked by the University of Manchester to leave his post as director of Manchester and Whitworth art galleries. Alastair turned the Whitworth into a gallery where diverse voices could be heard, excluded groups were welcomed and important questions asked. I hope the university sees fit to reverse its decision and I look forward to continuing to photograph the exhibitions curated under his guidance. #manchester #whitworthartgallery #whitworthgallery #manchesterart #cityartgallery #forensicarchitecture #alastairhudson @forensicarchitecture #university @whitworthart @magwagdirector
In the spray booth

#carbody #manchester #bodyshop #spraybooth
In the spray booth #carbody #manchester #bodyshop #spraybooth
In Situ (formerly The Commercial/Turville) in Hulme (or as it's now known, Castlefield)

#manchester #castlefield #hulme
In Situ (formerly The Commercial/Turville) in Hulme (or as it's now known, Castlefield) #manchester #castlefield #hulme
Mam Tor. Mother Hill. The Shivering Mountain.

The base of Mam Tor is composed of black shales of the Bowland Shale Formation of Serpukhovian age overlain by turbiditic sandstone of the Mam Tor Sandstone F
Mam Tor. Mother Hill. The Shivering Mountain. The base of Mam Tor is composed of black shales of the Bowland Shale Formation of Serpukhovian age overlain by turbiditic sandstone of the Mam Tor Sandstone Formation of Bashkirian age. #mamtor #derbyshire #nationalpark #nationaltrust #peakdistrict #edale #hope #castleton #geology
Lockdown BMW

#bmw
Lockdown BMW #bmw

David Oates is a photographer based in Manchester, England.

Clients include Wall Street Journal, ESPN, The Financial Times, Art Fund, Transport for the North, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, BP, BBC, The Times, The Observer, UK Youth, Samaritans, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Asthma UK, Finisterre, 11 Freunde (Berlin), Scandinavian Airlines, Manchester Museum, OTW (Stockholm, Business Insider (New York) and the British Ecological Society.

Exhibited internationally at Dallas Biennial, Recontres D’Arles, France; Festival Images, Vevey, Switzerland and the Dong Gang Photography Festival, Korea.


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