I am a British, married to a Japanese lady and we have three children – Joe, Ami and Charlie – and now live permanently in Japan.
I started taking pictures aged seven and had my first photos published in 1991. From 1991 until 2001 I worked in the music business in the UK, as Press Director for Nimbus Records a… Read More
I am a British, married to a Japanese lady and we have three children – Joe, Ami and Charlie – and now live permanently in Japan.
I started taking pictures aged seven and had my first photos published in 1991. From 1991 until 2001 I worked in the music business in the UK, as Press Director for Nimbus Records and then as General Manager for Black Box Music in London. During that time my music photography was published in magazines and newspapers across the world. I also photographed Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD Festivals for some years and in 2002 was chief photographer and photo editor for the official website of Glastonbury Festival. In 2002 I started my own graphic and web-design business in the UK. Since moving to Japan I do less of that and concentrate 99% of my time on photography. I work in Japan as a commercial photographer and photojournalist. I am freelance and work for a range of commercial, private and editorial clients. As well as shooting, I teach photography and my photography school in Tokyo currently has about 300 students on its mailing list. As well as frequent one-to-one lessons with students all over Tokyo, I organize weekly workshops and photowalks. Find out more about lessons here and visit my Japanorama.co.uk website for lots of shots, photography projects, galleries, useful info, photo tutorials and downloads.
My commercial work gets commissioned by clients for various uses; their corporate websites, annual reports and brochures, signage, and in their business premises for display as prints and large-scale murals. I have also recently shot a number of commercial portraits for clients and I regularly shoot publicity photographs for musicians.
I have photographed travel and documentary work in the UK and Europe but now concentrate on Japan, having shot throughout the country but particularly in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Hokkaido and Kyoto.
My daily photoblog attracts between 35,000 and 60,000 visitors a month and contains a good cross-section of my recent and current work.
I was recently interviewed for the ephotos.com online photography magazine. Click here to visit that article.
The recent feature on me and my work in Digital Photographer Magazine [UK, Brazil and France] is here.
Clients for my photography include:
[World] TIME Magazine, Wall Street Journal, The International Monetary Fund, The International Development Bank, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank
[UK] Digital Photographer magazine, BBC Music Magazine, Classic fM Magazine, Songlines Magazine, The Independent newspaper, Gramophone Magazine, Glastonbury Festival, WOMAD Festival, Nimbus Records, Black Box Music, BBC Online, Wayfarers Travel.
[Japan] Eurobiz magazine, Servcorp Inc, Nile’s Nile magazine, Cuisine Kingdom magazine, Gourmet Magazine, Metropolis Magazine, Tokyo Chiropractic College, JapanToday, Japan National Tourist Organisation
[Korea] The Korea Herald
[China] Parents magazine
[Brazil] Digital Photographer magazine
[Italy] The Trip magazine, La Repubblica newspaper
[USA] Northwestern University, The Trip magazine, TIME Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Ellipsis Arts Music, Berkeley University, World Music Magazine, Dirty Linen Magazine
[France] Le Monde de la Photo
[Australia] Auto Salon Magazine and
[Singapore] Torque Magazine.
Since 2007 I have been teaching photography in Tokyo, one-to-one and for small groups. I also organize photowalks and workshops in and around Tokyo pretty much every weekend. More details at the link below, plus lots of photography related articles, projects and materials.
Learn Photography in Tokyo, Japan
My daily photoblog is here:
http://blog.alfiegoodrich.com/ Read Less
