Lee Brodhurst-Hooper

Lee Brodhurst-Hooper is a visual artist based in the coastal town of Folkestone, Kent. With a B.A and M.A in Photography, Lee has both an academic and creative background.

Lee has worked extensively in photography, having worked as picture editor for publications such as The Stool Pigeon newspaper, Artrocker Magazine, with photography commissions from Dazed and Confused, the BBC and The Guardian.

With a varied creative background, it’s Lee’s experience of working in creative strategy for organisations like Getty Images that have cemented Lee’s holistic take on photography.

Lee’s photographic work is centred around behaviour, through his voracious fascination with people, and their lives. He’s particularly interested in tribes, and their unique visual nuances and behaviours.

His current project ‘Sea Change’ spans across a year, documenting the changing face of Folkestone through its new generation. In the past, Lee has investigated modern masculinity, London communities, and the blurring lines between documentary and family photo albums.

Using a mixture of traditional film techniques and digital practice, Lee aims to capture emotion and reality of each of his subjects and their surroundings, creating visuals that tap into a feel, and start a conversation.

Author

Protein Trend Audience Book 2016

Getty Images’ In-Focus 2015 book

Getty Images’ In-Focus 2014 book

Associate Lecturer

The Cass, London Metropolitan University 2018 - Present

Guest Lecturer

University of East London 2009 - 2010, 2015

London College of Fashion 2015

Talks & Media

Brighton Photo Biennial - ‘A New Europe’ ‘Open Forum’ event, 27th October, 2018

Channel 4 Grayson Perry ‘Taste’ program 2012 - London style commentator

Rough Trade Record Label, Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Co., BBC, Time Out - London, The Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian, Vice Magazine - UK, Disorder Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Huck Magazine, NME, Wonderland, Artrocker, Metal Hammer, Stool Pigeon Newspaper. The Fly, Pix magazine, Fused Magazine, Metal Hammer, Blowback magazine, Fact Magazine, Rock Sound, Joyzine, Maps magazine, Disorder magazine, Media Assassin.

Selected Publications: Metro, CultureTrip, The Guardian, Hero Magazine, British Journal of Photography, BBC UK, BBC Russia, Trip Magazine, Il Sitodi Sicilia, Il Sicilia, Spiegal, Then There Was Us, Creative Boom.

British Journal of Photography, Portrait of Britain Vol 2 book, Published by Hoxton Press, http://gallery.portraitofbritain.uk/portrait-of-britian-book-vol-2/

Le Republica TV 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4WLgyvwJngShutterhub, Exhibitions: 8 Great Exhibitions to see - August 2019 https://shutterhub.org.uk/exhibitions-8-great-exhibitions-to-see-august-2019/

Palermo Today, https://www.palermotoday.it/eventi/mostra-shifting-stances-museo-riso.html

Mare Dolce, http://www.maredolce.com/2019/07/01/shifting-stances-a-palermo-la-mostra-sui-cambiamenti-sociali/?fbclid=IwAR2IuKszOIpENgeph1IFb61cbN15ZecPA8X70sHuvvAyqwo2DoSFIW56YgQ

Sicilia News 24, https://sicilianews24.it/shifting-stances-a-palazzo-riso-566300.html?fbclid=IwAR2dHU0w9KJMXKjFbivgpcKsQn6z1IhbKbW6JIiBrYBG-G79BraybHxgdhk

Mediterraneaonline.eu, "Shifting Stances", at Palazzo Riso the exhibition of 6 contemporary European photographers on identity and social change, 2019 https://www.mediterraneaonline.eu/shifting-stances-a-palazzo-riso-la-mostra-di-6-fotografi-europei-contemporanei-sullidentita-e-i-cambiamenti-sociali?fbclid=IwAR0Qau1IDr2jsFJTnhPsZMZI8dfZMtEav419VG3AwQmmBXsiIlq_5mLp-nY

iLSitodiSicilia, Palermo, at Palazzo Riso: identity and changes in the exhibition of 6 European photographers, 2019 https://www.ilsitodisicilia.it/palermo-a-palazzo-riso-identita-e-cambiamenti-nella-mostra-di-6-fotografi-europei/?fbclid=IwAR2dHU0w9KJMXKjFbivgpcKsQn6z1IhbKbW6JIiBrYBG-G79BraybHxgdhk

iLSicilia, "Shifting Stances": at the Rice Museum photographic exhibition on identity and social changes, 2019 https://www.ilsicilia.it/shifting-stances-al-museo-riso-mostra-fotografica-su-identita-e-cambiamenti-sociali-foto/?fbclid=IwAR0TziWSP-Yg7Rg-ZLsv-FAIOPUQYx7Z4aIsbJ2Y4zurqpXAYuzFsZHruag

See the faces that make up a nation in 'Portrait of Britain' 2018, (https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/see-the-faces-that-make-up-a-nation-in-portrait-of-britain-2018/)BBC, Portraits celebrate Britain's diversity in 2018, (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-45344336)

Spiegel Online, (http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/portrait-of-britain-fotografie-gesichter-grossbritaniens-fotostrecke-163516-2.html)

Hero Magazine, 2018, (http://hero-magazine.com/article/131345/see-some-of-the-best-entries-from-this-years-portrait-of-britain-competition/)

Creative Boom, Portrait of Britain: Award-winning images that capture the face of a changing nation (https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/portrait-of-britain-award-winning-photographs-that-capture-the-face-of-a-changing-nation/)

The Metro, Portrait of Britain winners capture the diversity and beauty of the public, (https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/30/portrait-of-britain-winners-capture-the-diversity-and-beauty-of-the-public-7896660/)

The Guardian, Portrait of Britain highlight, August 2018, (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/aug/30/portrait-of-britain-today-british-journal-of-photography)

The British Journal of Photography, Portrait of Britain Book 2018, Published Hoxton Mini Press (https://www.hoxtonminipress.com/products/portrait-of-britain)

The British Journal of Photography - February 2018 (http://www.bjp-online.com/2018/02/lee-brodhurst-hooper/)Trip Magazine - February 2018 (http://tripmag.co.uk/sea-change/)

Then There Was Us Magazine - April 2018 (http://thentherewasus.co.uk/lee-brodhurst-hoopers-sea-change/)

Italian Vogue - Best Of PhotoVogue (http://www.vogue.it/en/photovogue/portfolio/?id=167802)