John-David Biggs is presently preparing a major portrait exhibition of remarkable men and women, to be held in London in 2010.
He specialises in portraits of individuals in their later years, usually in their seventies and eighties, and uses a unique combination of plate-camera technique, natural interior daylight and the platinum palladium printing process. The resulting portraits reveal a great depth of character and a very real sense of presence.
There is presently a limited opportunity to nominate individuals for portraiture to be included in this exhibition, and the accompanying book.
Private commissions are also undertaken.
Please click on the right hand menus for information about the portrait process, commissioning and specifications.
This portrait is of John Young, master brewer and chairman of Young & Co. He joined the family firm in 1954, having served as a fighter pilot and a merchant seaman. Upon his father's retirement in 1962 he became chairman and chief executive and was made a CBE in 1975.
He passed away in 2006 at the age of 85.