Tim has worked as a freelance director of photography for the last 18 years. Over that time he has photographed over one hundred prime time documentary films for the BBC.
Many of the films have been award winning, including awards for the photography. Most notably Tim received a BAFTA in 2007 for the photography in ‘Simon Schama’s Power of Art: Van Gogh’ film. He has also recently been awarded Best Cinematography in the Televisual Awards 2008 for ‘Earth: Power of The Planet’, and was awarded the Award of Excellence, by the British Guild of Cameramen in 2006 for his work on the film ‘Geldof In Africa.’
He is very adept at a variety of visual and cinematic styles, lighting design and camera movement, including hand held techniques. His background as a film editor has been of great value in understanding film making and the editorial of story telling. He has a specific expertise on the latest high definition cameras as well as foundation on traditional 16mm & 35mm film camera techniques. He is unique in been able to equally share the skills of 'observer style filming', needed in the documentary style of photography and in the 'studied style', needed for drama and studio based work.
His photography falls under the title “eye sore things” a personal observation of cultural and social ideolgies, which through a subtle collection of images he is able to emphasize his feeling towards these ideologies. Comparative, repetition, juxtaposition and the mundane are continuing themes through out his photography. He works with large and medium format film. He has had worked published in Vanity Fair (US), Worth, Geographical, and in numerous books. He is currently seeking a suitable gallery for his work in the collection 'eye sore things'.
He is married with two children and is currently based in the UK but his projects take him all over the world. He has worked in the following countries:
UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Italy, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, India, Nepal, Russia, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Australia, Morocco, Mali, Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mauritius, Falkland Islands, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, Tabago, The Bahamas, Canada and the USA extensively.
©2008 Tim Cragg Ltd
