Spencer Murphy Blog

Thanks to the guys at Big Dada for sending over all these Congo Natty goodies from the shoot we did earlier in the year.

Michael Shannon for Telegraph Magazine

My portrait of Michael Shannon is out in today’s Telegraph Magazine.

Outtakes - Michael Shannon for Telegraph Magazine

Tom Hiddleston For Donmar, Channeling Coriolanus 

Last week I had the great pleasure of working with actor, Tom Hiddleston, on portraits for the Donmar’s upcoming production of Coriolanus. Tom goes down as one of the nicest people I’ve had the chance to photograph and his performance in front of my camera was  the best I have ever witnessed at such close quarters. Thanks to everyone involved in the shoot and to Tom for being such a nice guy and so trusting.

Artwork for the new production of Coriolanus at Donmar Wharehouse

The List

There’s been a lot of talk on shoots over the years of who’s on the list (not that list)… of people that I would most love to photograph. Easy answer, Steve Buscemi. He’s always been No.1 but last night I decided to commit it to paper, in the hopes I’d somehow get closer to making it a reality, I suppose. What started out as a top 10 quickly became 30 and then 50+… The numbers are now arbitrary really and I’ve been lucky enough to photograph a few people that would have been on there had I not. What’s clear is I’ve gone wrong and I have too much time on my hands… All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy (no.5. if you’re asking)…

The Stare Show

Hand printed images from my series The Abyss Gazes Into You are currently on display at Labyrinth, Four Corners, 121 Roman Road, London E2

Thanks to the guys at Labyrinth for including me in this revolving show and Jon for his beautiful printing.

take a look at my previous post for more details.

Acquired For The National Portrait Galleries Permanent Collection

I am so pleased to be able to announce that my portraits of jockey, A.P. McCoy and actor, Mark Rylance have been acquired for The National Portrait Galleries permanent collection. 

My work is featured on NewLandscapePhotography today

Hiatus - Parklands

Hiatus’ new album, featuring my cover photo, is now available on itunes. I highly recommend you go and buy it.

This Kind Of Poverty - On Feature Shoot

Click the image to have a look at the entire series on featureshoot

Surfers Against Sewage Images - Awarded Third Place In The Campaign Section At The Sony World Photo Awards

Last Night the series I shot for Surfers Against Sewage with M&C Saatchi was awarded third prize at The Sony World Photo Awards. Click through to see more of the winning and shortlisted images.

Katie Walsh