Peter Lavery
Cronology
1948 Peter Cawthorn Lavery born in Wakefield Yorkshire.
1953. Attended Saint Mary’s school
1956. Heath View County Primary School
1959 Ings Road School
1962 Wakefield College of Art- GCE Art course 15 years old.
1964 Wakefield College of Art. Pre Diploma Art course.
1965 Accepted for Ruskin Fine art at the Ashmolean in Oxford— Govt. unsupported.
1966 Accepted at Loughborough for Ceramics. Also Liverpool for Photography.
1966 Attended Liverpool for Graphics studying photography.
1966 Acquired a transfer to Leeds Kitson College for new Photographic course.
1968 Photographed ‘Down and Outs’ Saint Georges Crypt Leeds and Robert Brothers Circus.
1968. Photographed ‘Troubles in Northern Ireland”
1970 Began Photography course at the Royal College of Art London.
1970 Started series on Circus.
1972 Graduated from Royal College of Art .- Master of Arts. Photography.
1972 Scholarship from Telegraph Magazine. Photographer of the year.
1972 Started working for Telegraph.
1972 First record sleeve. Arthur Brown. ‘Kingdom Come’
1973 First studio Finborough road London
1974 Lectured part time London College of Printing ‘Alternative Processes”
1974 Made first Platinum print in Britain since 2nd world war. Basis for RPS show.
1975 Lectured at Royal College of Art part time ‘Special Projects’.
1976 Started working for Sunday Times - Bruce Bernard.
1979 Acquired new studio in Battersea.
1980 Started re building Battersea studio.
1981 Official shoot for Sunday Times covering Charles and Diana Royal Wedding.
1986 Official shoot for Sunday Times covering Andrew and Sarah Royal Wedding.
1986 Buenos Aires, Castlemaine XXXX, Marlboro series until 1996.
1987 ‘My Tribe my people’ Xingu Brazil. Of Humankind series begins.
1992 Moved to Brandier. Started building studio complex there in 1985.
1997 Finished book Circus Work.
1998 Show at RPS.
2000 Of Humankind book.
2001 Of Humankind Gallery Albrecht, Munich.
2005 Bernheimer Gallery.
Selected awards
1972 The Telegraph Magazine. Photographer of the year award.London.
1985 D&A.D. Silver Awards. SuperDuck. The most outstanding Editorial photography.
Client.- Sunday Times Magazine. Art Director John Tenant.London.
1985 D&A.D. Silver Awards. Christies. Best advertising single image.Client Christies. Art Director . Jonathan Iles. Agency Saatchi. London.
1985 Campaign Press Gold Award. Client Cristies. London.
1985 Campaign Press Gold Award. Client. Guide Dogs for the Blind. Art director Graham Fink. Agency Saatchi and Saatchi. London.
1987 Campaign Press Gold award. Client Hamlet Cigars. Art Director Graham Fink. Agency Saatchi. London.
1987 D&A.D. Silver Awards. Best Photographic newspaper ad. Client Hamlet. Art Director Graham Fink. Agency Saatchi. London.
1987 D&AD Silver Awards. Best Photographic Advertising. Client 'Guide Dogs For the Blind'. Art Director Mike Sharon. Collet Dickens and Pierce. London
1987 Directors Club Gold Award. 'Guide Dogs for the Blind'.
Art Director Mike Shafron. Agency Collet Dickens and Pierce. London
1989. Campaign press Gold Award. Best poster. Client Castlemaine XXXX Pipeline.
Art director Peter Gibb. Agency Saatchi, London.
1992 D.&A.D. Awards - Silver Award advertising. Client Castlemaine XXXX Pipeline. Art Director Alexandra Taylor. Agency Saatchi, London.
1989. Campaign press Silver Award. Best poster. Client Castlemaine XXXX Bride.
Art director Peter Gibb. Agency Saatchi, London.
1990. Campaign press Gold Award. Best poster. Client Castlemaine XXXX
Art director Peter Gibb. Agency Saatchi, London.
1990 D&A.D.Silver Awards. Reebok. Best photographic poster. Client Reebok.
Art Directors. T Ashton & D. Christensen. Agency Lowe Howard Spink. London.
1990 D&A.D.Silver Awards. The most outstanding Editorial photography. 'My Tribe My People'.Client. Observer magazine. Art Director June Stanyer.
1991 Campaign press Gold award. Best poster. Client Castlemaine XXXX Crocodile.
Art Director Peter Gibb. Agency Saatchi, London.
1991 Campaign press - Gold award best poster. Client Castlemaine XXXX Bride. Art director Peter Gibb. Agency Saatchi, London.
1992 Campaign press - Gold award best poster. Client Castlemaine XXXX Sleigh. Art director Alex Taylor. Agency Saatchi, London.
1992 D.&A.D. Awards - Silver advertising. Client Castlemaine XXXX Spaceship. Art Director Alexandra Taylor. Agency Saatchi, London.
1992 D.&A.D. Awards - Silver Best poster. Client Castlemaine XXXX Tree. Art director Alexandra Taylor . Agency Saatchi, London.
1992 AFAEP Awards - silver for best B&W portfolio. Portraits.
1993 AFAEP Awards - silver for best commissioned colour image. Client Marlboro motorbike. Art director Gordon Smith. Agency Bainsfair Sharkey Trott, London.
1994 The Art Directors club Milan - best photography in advertising campaign. Client Levi
Strauss Italia. Art director Stephano Columbo. Agency McCann Erickson, Milan.
1995 AFAEP Awards - silver for best commissioned black and white series. Client marlboro.
Art director Gordon Smith. Agency Bainsfair Sharkey Trott, London.
1996 The Art Directors Club. Schweiz - award. Client Relax. Campaign Eagle/Hare. Art director Danielle Lanze. Agency Wirz, Zurich.
1999 Campaign press - Gold award best poster. Client English Riviera. Art director Andrew Lawson. Agency Travis Sully Harari, London.
2000 Communication arts USA. Award of excellence. Client Hamburg water authority. Art Director Lars Kruse. Agency Philipp und Keunje, Hamburg.
2000 Communication arts USA. Award of excellence. Client Audi. Art director Lars Kruse. Agency Philipp und Keunje, Hamburg.
2001 The Art Directors Club. - award. Client H.S.E. Campaign Water. Art director Lars Kruse. Agency Philipp und Keunje, Hamburg.
2002 Communication arts USA. Award of excellence. Client Porsch motor cars. Art director Hans Hansen/Jeff Tewilliger. Agency Carmicheal Lynch., Minneapolis USA.
2003 Communication arts USA. Award of excellence. Client self promotion.
2004 Communication arts USA. Award of excellence. Client MWB. Art director Peter Lavery.
2004 Communication arts USA. Award of excellence. Client MWB. Art director Peter Lavery.