B I O G R A P H Y

Michael Birt is one of the UK's leading portrait photographers, specialising in celebrity portraits. He works both in the UK and the USA taking pictures for magazines and also produces fine art prints of celebrity subjects.

Pictured below right: contact sheet from shoot with Russell Crowe

Exhibitions:

'Twenty For Today' at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 1985 - an exhibition of Britain's best 20 young portrait photographers.

'Stars of the British Screen' at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 1986

'Camera Portraits' - exhibition/book celebrating 150 years of photography at the National Portrait Gallery, London: Oct 1989 - Jan 1990.

'Famed' - one-man show at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston and the Photographers' Gallery, London, 1988.

Other shows throughout the United States, UK and Europe.

Collections:

The National Portrait Gallery, London
Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London

Editorial & other clients:

US magazines: Talk Magazine, Newsweek, New York Times Magazine, People Weekly, Forbes, US Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Adweek, Fortune, US News, Luxe.

UK magazines: The Sunday Times Magazine, Loaded, Q Magazine, Express Newspapers, The Times, FHM, Empire, GQ Active, You, OK, Hello.

'Famed' - an anthology, published by Harrap in 1988.

Film: Photographer on various film sets including Pride and Prejudice (BBC) and Emma (ITV).