Edward Olive international destination wedding, portrait & commercial photographer in Madrid Spain

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Photography Awards

2012 Renaissance Photography Prize - Finalist

2012 Photographers Wanted - Finalist

2012 The Darkroom Gallery - The Human form – Honorable mention

2011 The New Camera Red Photo Contest Featured Image

2011 5th Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee in the Professional category: Nude

2011 TeraBella Media photography contest “What Happens at Night”  Merit Winner

2011 The 2010 Project Photography Competition Runner up in the Still Life Things category.  
The judges include portrait and fashion photographer Mary McCartney (daughter of Paul McCartney and photographer Linda McCartney); Paul Ross television and radio presenter, journalist, and media personality.

2011 The 2010 Project Photography Competition finalist in the Portraiture category.  

2011 First Prize in Wedding Photography and Second Prize in Portrait Photography in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards WPGA  August Contest/Pollux Awards

2011 International Photography Awards 2nd place in Fine Art - Nudes for the winning entry "Private Collection"

2011 International Photography Awards  Honorable Mention  in People :  Wedding  category for the winning entry “Young lady at wedding"

2011 International Photography Awards  Honorable Mention  in the Pets  category for the winning entry “Le chat film noir"

2011 The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards May Contest Pollux Awards Portfolio Section - Professional Photographers Figure and Nude: 1st Prize

2011 The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2nd Edition of the Black & White Competition Second Prize & Special Mention of the Jury in the category Nude & Figure.

2011 Chasing The Light Juried Photography Pet photography Who’s your best friend? Competition Runner Up

2011 Nominated Prix de Paris Px3 Official Selection in the categories Portraiture/Wedding, Portraiture/Personality, Portraiture/Children, Press/People/Personality, Fine Art/Nudes, Nature, Advertising/Book Cover, Advertising/Annual Reports

2011 Prix de Paris Px3 People's Choice First Prize in the category Advertising/Annual Reports

2011 Prix de Paris Px3  Silver award in the category Advertising/Book Cover

2011 Prix de Paris Px3  Silver award in the category Nature

2011 Prix de Paris Px3 2 Honourable mentions in the category Fine art nude

"PX3 is Europe's biggest and most prestigious photography competition" CamerArts Magazine

 2011 2nd Prize and 3rd Prize in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards April Pollux Awards Contest in the category Figure and Nude

2011 Honorable Mention in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards Best Shot Competition

2011 3rd place winner in the ephotoawards.com photography competition “Color Awards 2011”

2011 Special Mention of the Juror in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards (WPGA) The Beauty Around Us Contest

2011 Gold Award In the The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards (WPGA)  Portrait & People 2011

2011 Runner Up in the Chasing the light - Landscapes – Beyond The Mundane Photo Competition with his picture "Summer evening 1"

2011 Featured image of thenewcamera.com photo contest “Your best shot”

2010 Winner of the telegraph.co.uk The Daily Telegraph Photo competition: Forgotten

2010 Third place finalist in the photography competition  V Concurso fotográfico FOTO DNG 2010 magazine with the picture “Young lady goes through door”.

2010 - First prize in the WPGA 2010 World Photography Gala Awards / The Pollux Awards - professional wedding category

2010 - Finalist in the WPGA 2010 World Photography Gala Awards / The Pollux Awards in the Professional Photographers categories: Children, Figure & nude, Macro & Micro, Still Life, Wedding.

2010 - HONORABLE MENTION WINNER OF PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris  in the category Fine Art/Nudes  for the entry entitled, " ^ "

Edward Olive – was nominated for the Premios Gràffica 2010

“The work of Edward is an important evolution in social reportage photography. To see weddings from a cinematic point of view, to try to transmit the different atmospheres and their attributes, as well as the characters of those attending is a declaration of intentions.
To see where no-one sees, to observe what the rest of us don’t see or to see it in a different way.”

2010 1st prize as Fantasy  Photographer of the Year by the Global Photo Awards

1st Place - Fantasy Outstanding Achievement award and the title of Fantasy Photographer of the Year is given to the photographer whose single image is judged to be the most striking photo entered.

 2010 Finalist and Gold Honorable Mention in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards - The Dominant Colour Contest with the picture  "Young Lady goes thru door".

2010 Finalist and Bronze honorable mention in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards - Urban & country landscape contest with his “Hotel swimming pool”

2010 International Photography Awards.

3rd place Advertising: Book Cover pro category with the cover for Italian novel by Lucia Tilde Ingrosso “Io so tutto di lei".

Honorable Mention in Fine Art - Nudes category for the winning entry "Private collection"

Honorable Mention in Fine Art - Still Life category for the winning entry "Light on tables"

Honorable Mention in People - Other category for the winning entry "People -

Honorable Mention in Nature - Flowers category for the winning entry "Poppies"

Honorable Mention in People - Lifestyle category for the winning entry "Winter surfer"

Honorable Mention in Travel / Tourism category for the winning entry "Man orders another beer"

Honorable Mention in Advertising - Annual Report category for the winning entry "GFMS Annual Platinum Survey 2010"

2010 Selection of the Hasselblad Masters in the category Beauty & fashion with a series of fine art analog erotica

2010 - Fourth Place Award in the ARTROM Gallery, Rome, Italy’s TOPTEN Split Second Impulse International Photography Competition.

2010 - Telegraph.co.uk Daily Telegraph Photo competition:  Sunshine was won by Edward Olive with his picture of poppies in Tuscany entitled “Composition in reds and browns” taken from his book of flower photography entitled “Seasons” edited by Citypulse in Santiago de Chile

2009 - Edward Olive has been selected as one of ten finalists in the Wedding  Social category of the Hasselblad Masters Competition.  

The Hasselblad Masters Award is the most prestigious awards in the industry, each year celebrating the best in both established and rising photographic talent. Masters Awards are given in recognition of a photographer’s contribution to the art of photography and are judged on overall photographic ability, encompassing creativity, composition, conceptual strength, and technical skill. Past Masters include both renowned artists of international standing as well as promising newcomers in a wide range of fields and discipline"

The 2009 Masters Jury consists of Efrem Raimondi, Anton Corbijn, Joachim Ladefoged, Steve McCurry, Danqing Wen, Tim Flach, Guillaume Cuvillier, Hasse Persson, Xie Mo, Douglas Kirkland, Ian Farrell, Thomas Gerwers, Howard Bernstein, Peter Bialobrzeski, and F.C. Gundlach."

2009 – First prize of the Jury of PHE PHotoEspaña  in their competition "Otoño al aire libre"

2009 - Finalist International Photography Awards – category –professional wedding
Edward Olive was Awarded: Honorable Mention in People - Wedding category for the winning entry "Real wedding photos."

2008 - First prize in the analog photography competition “Mi mejor positivado” de La Fotografía / Kodak Spain

Judge and jury member of photography competitions

2011 Judge of one of the most prestigious photography competitions in Spain.

Photography exhibitions

2012 The Darkroom Gallery, Vermont USA- The Human form

2011 Collective art photography exhibition Third edition of Fotox1000, the biggest collective photo exhibition in FotoGrafia 42, the International Festival of Photography of Rome 2011

2011 Collective contemporary photography exhibition “Shut up and shoot” at the Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon  USA

2011 Kid Stuff collective exhibition of child portraits and photojournalismin the 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles California USA

2010 - III EXPO ESREC "El agua despertando a la primavera" in the nature museum  Valle del Alberche, el Barraco Ávila Spain – Collective exhibition – nature and landscape photography

2010-  FOTOX1000 II Futurspectives Rome Italy  Collective exhibition – fine art photography

2010 - Citypulse por Chile Citypulse for  Chile  -  Galería Moro - Santiago de Chile – Collective exhibition – fine art photography

2009 - Hasselblad Masters 2009 – Copenhagen, London, New York, Hong Kong,– Collective exhibition – wedding photography

2009 - Citypulse Stop making sense (lomography) -  Galería Moro - Santiago de Chile – Collective exhibition – lomographic photography

2009 - Citypulse Biosphere Biosfera -  Galería Moro - Santiago de Chile – Collective exhibition – urban photography

2009 - Photoespaña PHE  “El agua de Madrid” – Madrid - Collective exhibition – fine art photography

2008 - “Rioja en los Sexto Sentidos” – Bodegas Franco Españolas – La Rioja - Collective exhibition –social photography

Publications by Edward Olive

2010 “Seasons” (Published by Citypulse Chile) – a collection of fine art analog flora and fauna photography.

Seasons By Edward Olive Price:€26.30

www.lulu.com/product/paperback/seasons

Preview

cargocollective.com/citypulse#784079/Seasons-new-book-by-Edward-Olive

Seasons evokes a photographic journey through the times of the year. From the first outbreaks and shades that bloom spring passing by the light and heat of the summer trough the cold darkness that strips the trees in fall and winter. The appetite for experimentation has led Edward Olive to achieve new dimensions in the artistic description of urban spaces, transforming a simple glimpse of nature in a work of art.

2009 – “Private collection”

A private collection of the work of Edward Olive. Exclusively fine art female nudes and erotica, moments of intimacy in public and private, flashes of female sensuality taken in hotel rooms at night, private residences, public parks, beaches, lifts or wherever. Shot mainly on medium format film - color, black and white, negative & slide using the Hasselblad 500cm and Carl Zeiss t* lenses. Also used: 35mm compact and reflex cameras and the panoramic Hasselblad xpan. Shot exclusively using available light, without the use flashes or studio lighting. Available for online purchase from:

www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1096026

Publications featuring Edward Olive's pictures

2012 HESO Magazine - photography & cinema review

2012 Life is a Bed of Roses - The 2010 project with Macmillan Cancer Support - foreword by Tony Benn

2009-2011 CFYE Photography and street art magazine

2011 DOF - photography magazine

2011 Anormalmag - photography & visual arts magazine from Chile

2011 IPA Lucie Foundation Annual book
A collection of fine art photography by various international artists published by International Photography Awards

2011 Hyde Park Photography Magazine - the magazine made by photographers for the photography addicted whose mission is to provide an international showcase for photographers from around the world.

2011   Citypulse Fine art photography book City of women

Featuring work by photographers Andrew Knowles / Anna Morosini / Bogna Altman / Christer Johansen / Edmund Leveckis / Edward Olive / Erika Pham / Isabelle Marcelli / Jon Jacobsen / Michaela Knizova / Monika Drzazgowska / Ontoshiki / Patricio Suarez / Sasha Nikitin / Sebastián Utreras / Tommy Oshima / Viola Cang



2011 UNLIMITED GRAIN / PORTRAITS/  from THIAPS, The International Analogue Photographic Society, fine art portrait photography book

2011 Year-Book UNLIMITED GRAIN 2011 by THIAPS also known  as "Film is not dead it just smells funny"

2011 Snapixel magazine

2011 Le Negatif Mag

2010 “Urban & country landscape” – a collection of fine art photography by various international artists published by The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards

2010 IPA Lucie FpindationAnnual book 
A collection of fine art photography by various international artists published by International Photography Awards

2010 – Strongbox magazine - photography, art, graffiti culture, music, film quarterly US review 

2010 - Carne Visual Arts Magazine

2010 Aire Libre – Spanish travel magazine

2010 El Mundo Yo Dona magazine

2010 Outside magazine

2010 - The book “Everyman’s Marx” by Roger Gatham & Jake Davis

2010-2010 – Citypulse fine art photography magazines

2009 – Oui magazine – French bridal magazine

2009 - La Fotografía Digital y Actual – Spanish photography magazine – 5 page feature – fine art erotica

2008 – La Fotografía Social – Spanish photography magazine – 5 page feature – wedding photography

2009 - cover of the novel in Italian by Lucia Tilde Ingrosso “Io so tutto di lei”
www.lafeltrinelli.it

2011 - cover of the crime thriller Mediator by Australian novelist Peter Temple - "Mediator".
In 2007 Peter Temple won The Golden Dagger, the world's biggest crime writing prize. Previous winners have included Patricia Cornwell, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell & John le Carre.
www.papirus.boleslawiec.pl/ksiazka/Temple-Peter/Mediator

2006-11 Various record and CD covers for Dro Atlantic Records and other record companies

2006-7 – various Spanish music, rap, hiphop & urban culture magazines including Serie B, Hip Hop Nation & Hipflow.

2006-7 – Spanish sports magazine Urban Fit

2007 - Gear Patrol gentlemen's magazine

Television programs featuring Edward Olive's pictures

20010-2008 Explorers Spanish TV travel program (Canal Nou & Punt 2)

Corporate clients

Edward Olive’s corporate clients include:

Getty Images / Flash Press Media / Fotobank Russia

RTVV / Canal Nou

Warner Music/ Dro-Atlantic

Plan Creatif Corporate

Zehnder Communications

ACP Magazines Limited

Whalen, Hennig & Merritt

Wydawnictwo Amber Sp. z o.o.

A Sadowski

Maarten Muntinga-Rainbow Pocketboeken

Thomson Reuters / GFMS

Champagne Paul Clouet

Kowalski Editore

Kings College Schools

Black & Gold France

Chili Solutions

99Grad Grafikdesign GbR

Random House Mondadori, S.A.

Snob.ru

Tuber Productions Pte Ltd

Dimensin Marketing Directo, S

BBDO Dsseldorf
GmbH

Marko Agentur Brandt Gbr

Moosylvania

Ansible

J. Walter Thompson GmbH

bplusd marketing & sales GmbH

Prisa / Grupo Santillana/ Santillana Ediciones Generales

Microfusa

Changbi publishers Inc South Korean book publishers

Contrapunto Communication agency in Madrid & Barcelona

Selfridges & Co department store

Bio - Edward Olive wedding & art photography

Edward Olive was a commercial litigation lawyer in London & Paris until throwing in the towel to pursue his more artistic interests. Edward got into photography by chance only in 2005 when he purchased his first camera, an entry level digital reflex Canon 350d to shoot his own actor’s book on a tripod with remote control. Finding he enjoyed the experience he started shooting actor and musician friends and the people living and working in his neighborhood Chueca (Central Madrid’s equivalent of Soho or Le Marais). Dissatisfied with the focused perfection of modern digital images and seeking an alternative look for his pictures he started adapting analog lenses (he extracted from broken old cameras with a large metal hammer we understand) onto his digital reflex using masking tape and built DIY lighting from microphone stands, disco lights and Kelvin correction gelatin discarded by technicians on his acting jobs.

In autumn 2006 he bought his first film camera, a 1980’s Russian point-and-shoot (a cult Lomo LCA) using some very expired color film they were throwing out of the local photography store. Delighted with the dreamlike qualities and vintage colors, he hasn’t looked back. He continues to shoot almost exclusively analog cameras, still preferring the oldest expired film he can find, shunning the contemporary digital post-produced Photoshop look of current commercial and fashion photography, in favor of the grittier, earthier, unpredictability of expired film whether color negative, slides, black & white or Polaroid type instant film. Edward freely admits that it wasn’t until he bought his first Hasselblad in 2007 (the classic V series 500c/m with Carl Zeiss lenses) that he really found his instrument of choice. He still uses other cameras for reasons of variety, speed, ultra fast lenses or the discretion and convenience of a 35mm compact camera but takes a pair of V series Hasselblad 6×6 cameras, Mamiya M645 1000s and wheelie bag loaded with 120 & 220 film backs and inserts, as he says, when he really means business.

Edward’s pictures range from street photography to nudes, often combining his location wedding travel to shoot personal projects inspired by the new places and people, admitting he still takes more photos for himself just for fun than he does to try and sell later to clients, taking some consolation from the new ideas that come from expression, reinvention and experimentation, free from any commercial pressures, that can later be applied at work to put food on the table. Edward aims to project in his work the contrasts and contradictions that exist within him and within people in general. He wears Italian silk suits to work but takes some shots that step out of line. He uses perhaps the world’s best cameras and lenses yet feeds at times them with the worst Chinese made “black & white” film that has in reality neither black nor white dreamy red blurred images. A combination of the perfect public image and internal private thoughts that combine to make up the people we are, conforming and breaking society’s norms. His aim is to one day attain the vocal control of Pavarotti yet to turn it on its head “Sex Pistols style” refusing to sing correct notes. Ironically Edward has said from his earliest years he never wanted to get married himself, even admitting that just seeing the grooms standing at the front of the cathedrals with everyone looking gave him a cold sweat until photographic matters got him back to thinking shutter speeds on the little kids running around at the back of the congregation and the inadvertent rising up of female guests’ dresses. Recently there has been a slight softening of his hard line, stating that if he ever did get hitched it would be as Elvis in Las Vegas with the bride as Marilyn on YouTube with only one photo taken, preferably of the bride and preferably without all her clothes, which would be the role of the only guest.

Artistically Edward Olive lists photography influences that include:

In 2 words: Richard Avedon

Also:

Music, portrait and commercial photographers Anton Corbijn, Annie Liebowitz, Linda McCartney

Music photographers William Claxton, Andy Summers (The Police)

Fashion,commercial and portrait photographers: Rankin, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, Herb Ritz, Paulo Roversi, Steven Meisel, Peter Lindbergh, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Jean Loup Sieff, Guy Bourdin, Sante d’Orazio, David LaChapelle, Mary McCartney, Arthur Elgort, Norman Seeff, Scavullo, Bryan Adams (the also musician),

1960’s British fashion and advertising photographers David Bailey, Brian Duffy, Terence Donovan, Lord Snowdon, Lord Lichfield,

French fashion, advertising and nude photographers Jean Loup Sieff, Guy Bourdin

French portrait studio Studio Harcourt and the film noir Hollywood portraiture

Surrealist photographers Man Ray, Andreas Feininger

Earlier fashion and portrait photographers such as Norman Parkinson, John Deakin, Horst, Clifford Coffin, John Deakin, Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn, Erwin Blumenfeld, Edward Steichen

Contemporary portrait photographers: Nigel Parry, Platon, Cambridge Jones, Andy Gotts, Dan Winters, Simon Annand, Albert Watson,
Fashion, portrait and nude photographers Helmut Newton (and June “Alice Springs” Newton), Araki, Robert Mapplethorpe,
Classic portait & reportage photographers Mary Ellen Mark, Eve Arnold,

British portrait and reportage photographers Jane Bown, Terry O’Neill, Harry Benson,

Renowned photojournalists Robert  Doisneau, Robert Capa and Cornell Capa, Robert Frank, Elliott Erwitt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Don McCullen, W. Eugene Smith, Gordon Parks, Magnum Agency, Life Magazine, Eugene Atget, Sefton Samuels, James A. Fox, Bruce Davidson, Martin Parr, Philip Jones Griffiths, Paolo Pellegrin, Slim Aarons, Martine Franck,


Still life photographer Chema Madoz

Underground photographer Alberto Garcia Alix

Darkroom master printers and photographers Ansel Adams and Castro Prieto

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