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Billy Carter graduated from St. Martins School of Art London with a B.A. in Fine Art, and for the next four years he was a painter. He then spent one year in Paris where he had his own art studio. It was there that he met Jean Loup Sieff, the internationally famous advertising and fashion photographer who talked Bill into giving up painting and becoming a photographer. He was Jean Loup SieffÕs assistant for 9 months. After working with Sieff, one of the worldÕs most famous photographers, Bill went to Rome where he worked on the magazine Oggi. From there he went to Switzerland where he worked for a year. He then worked for Rolf Winquest in Sweden for three months. He covered five Royal tours for the press. He now has his own studio in Kilburn, which is 25 ft x 15 ft of studio space fully equipped with BowenÕs flash and swimming pool light, 20,000 Jules of power. He also has use of large studio in Holborn, which has day light use. Rapid change back ground roll and its dimensions are 60 ft long x 18 wide. He has all his own cameras; Hasselblads and Cannons. Since setting up his own studio Bill has worked on many international accounts. He has directed and shot 31 commercials. He has won many awards for his work throughout the world, and 8 prints of his work hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. In 1979 bill spent some time in America where he shot the international portfolio called Lovers. He has since worked extensively not only in America, but also in the Far East, Africa and all over Europe, including Russia, Sweden and Norway where he worked on the Gold Account. He has also worked in Holland extensively and France but loves working in the Far East. Building Societies Abby National, Abbey Life, Leeds, Halifax, Nationwide, Standard Life, Northern Rock Insurance Travel Accounts Thomson Holidays, British Tourist Association, Malta Tourist Board, Corinthia Palace Hotels, Barbados Holidays, P&O Lines, Asda Lines, Tor Line, Trust House Fore, NAT Holidays, Jaltours, Vingressor, Britannia Airways, Air Lingus, Malaysian Tourist Board, Club 18-30 Book Companies Ebury Press, Hutchinsons, Futura, Alpha Book Co., Penguin, Pan, Marshall Cavendish, WoolworthÕs, Thompson Publications, Oppidan Films, Sphere, Motorway Calendar (3years running), Doland Kingsley Clients worked in the last 15 years Tesco's, Capital Girl, Elizabeth Arden, C.B.S. Records, E.M.I., Family Circle, WomanÕs Realm, Mother & Baby, Good Housekeeping, Carlsberg Beer, Michelin Tyres, B.A.T., British Petroleum, I.C.I., Help the Aged, Age Concern, Citroen Cars, Pentinox Baby Product, BMP Business, Givenchy, Christian Dior, Cacheral, Michael De Leon Piabert, Montefibre, Contrex (a French mineral water), Healthcraft, Italian Vogue, YoungÕs Dress Hire, Raleigh Bikes, Boots Products, Elida Gibbs (Miss Pears), Norwegian Government, Safety in the home campaign, Nestle Nesquick, Comfort Conditioner, Ski Yoghurt, CadburyÕs Fudge Ð for which he won an award, Marmite, Mothercare, Babes Baby Products, Molney Childrenswear, Babytouch, Baby Relax, Schiesser Ladieswear, Smith & Nephew Pharmaceutical Co., Hyfrolens, Dalgety Buswell, Four Advisory Bureau, Grattons Catalogue, Leach Homes, Shell, East Midlands Electricity The accounts he has worked on in the last 2 years Canistan, WoodyÕs Alcopop (Beverage Brand Breweries), Budweiser, Bud Babe, Sapporo Beer (worked in the UK, USA and Japan), Kirin Beer (worked on in the UK and USA), SainsburyÕs, WoolworthÕs, Selfridges, CurryÕs, DixonÕs, TescoÕs, TescoÕs Home & Wear, Fosters MenÕs Wear, Interbrew Breweries, Whitbread Breweries, OcŽ Computer Company in Holland He has exhibited twice and held two major exhibitions of his work; one in Paris in 1985 and one in New York 1979. He has photographed over 200 famous personalities in the world of acting and in the music business, and just recently Sir John Mills. In October 20th, Will C. has been 30 years working on his own. He will be holding a major retrospective exhibition of those years, 1973 Ð 2003. |