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Tom Murray, LBIPP, holds a variety of international
awards for his photography, including newspaper and magazine
assignments, theatre and advertising, featured cover assignments and
specialist portrait commissions worldwide.
During his career he has worked alongside some of the world's greatest
photographers including, Helmut Newton, Lord Snowdon, Eve Arnold, Norman
Parkinson, Bill Connors, Bill King and Guy Bourdin.
Tom began his working life as a newspaper photographer - for four years
he tackled every kind of photography assignment from simple portraits
and sport pictures to national murder cases. he moved to Africa to work
for The Zambia News & Times, and within a few months he was promoted to
chief photographer. After a short while he was offered the top position
on the South African magazine Panorama. It was during this time that Tom
was asked to set up a studio for PACT - the Performing Arts Council of
the Transvaal. During this four-year period he won his first World Press
awards for work in music, drama and ballet photography.
On his return to the UK he was interviewed by Lord Snowdon, with whom he
became friends. Snowdon recommended that he try for the post of magazine
photographer for The Sunday Times Colour Magazine. This was the top spot
on the first and best Sunday Magazine in London. The five-year period at
The Sunday Times was a time of great strides in his photography, working
with some of the world's best photographers. he became the youngest
photographer to be commissioned by the Royal Family.
His photographs of The Beatles from 1968 have become legendary since
their first public appearance in 1998. The images are considered as the
most important colour photographs of the group from that period of their
career.
Tom's work has appeared in GQ, Vogue, Women's Wear Daily, Harper's &
Queen, House & Gardens, Casa Vogue, LA Style, LA Times, The London
Times, The London Sunday Times and the New York Times.
Tom is a passionate fund-raiser, and much of his time is now devoted to
charities and good causes. he has donated some of his finest works to be
auctioned for charity, which together have raised over £385,000,
including over £200,000 for Help The Hospices and Make A Wish. His
additional charity work has helped raise a further £3.5million towards
the Richard Caron Foundation, Save The Children and Friends In Deed
among others.
A selection of some of the international icons photographed by Tom
include Elizabeth Taylor, Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Burton, Jill St John,
Sir Hardy Aimes, Giorgio Armani, Angelica Huston, Elizabeth Montgomery,
Dirk Bogarde, Dustin Hoffman, John Huston, John Schlesinger, Pierre
Cardin, Calvin Klein, Michael York, George Cukor, Ralph Lauren, Luchino
Visconti, John Weitz, Anthony Andrews, Ian McShane, Kate Nelligan, David
Lean, Caspar Weinberger, Lindsay Anderson, HRH The Princess Margaret
and, of course, the Beatles.
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