Contact
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Represented by Lisa Pritchard Agency
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About
Orlando Gili (b.1984, Britain) is an award-winning portrait and documentary photographer, capturing a world of colour and personality to counteract the dull, grey mundaneness of the everyday. Gili’s photographs are characterised by bold colours with an uncomplicated realistic aesthetic, with a playful intimate feel.
The majority of Orlando’s work involves creating portraits or human driven photo-stories, working with magazines and newspapers, advertising and design agencies, as well as charities. Gili’s pictures have featured in FT Weekend, The Guardian, The Telegraph, CNN and Vice. The photographer is well versed in shooting a huge variety of people, sometimes in a very short space of time, whether politician or parmesan cheese maker. Underpinning his process, is a belief in the universalities of the human experience. Inspired by Tony Ray-Jones his recent photo book Trivial Pursuits - The English at Play has been described as “a humane portrait of a nation not only unwinding but navigating its history and place in today’s world” (CNN). The project was a natural progression from his first photo book about football fan culture Que Sera, Sera - “I cannot think of a better book on football in the UK” (Martin Parr).
Books
An Opinionated Guide to London Pubs
A pithy, pint-sized, photography lead London pub guide
Trivial Pursuits - The English at Play
A tender portrait of a nation in pursuit of happiness
Que Sera, Sera
An FA cup campaign from the perspective of football fans
Clients
11 Freunde, AVL, Bafta, Big Issue, Bookmark Reading, Borough Market, Bupa, Buzzfeed, Chineke Foundation, CNN, Google, Halifax, Herman Miller, Howler, Hoxton Mini Press, Huff Post, Idler Magazine, Lodestars Anthology, London Borough of Culture, London Sinfonietta, Market Life, Monocle, Marylebone Journal, NPR, Penguin Random House, Pit Magazine, Pulp Journal, Riverford, Santos, Selencky & Parsons, SoccerBible, Social Finance, Sunday Times Magazine, The Cheese Mag, The Economist, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Timeout, Wellcome Collection, VW, Vice, Youtube
Awards
Selected, Portrait of Britain 2024
Selected, Portrait of Humanity 2024
Finalist, Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2023
Gold Winner, Portrait Category, AOP Awards 2022
Selected, Portrait of Humanity 2021
Winner, Portrait of Britain 2019
Exhibitions
2024 Portrait of Britain / UK Touring
2023 Parting Shots / DKUK, London
2022 Fujifilm House of Photography AOP exhibition, London
2022 A Seat in Soho / 8 Ganton Street Soho, London
2021 Bass Borough / Royal Festival Hall, London
2021 OpenWalls Arles / Les Rencontres d'Arles, France
2019 Portrait of Britain / UK Touring
Press
Timeout - 2023
Creative Boom - 2022
BBC - 2022
The Guardian - 2022
Timeout - 2021
Photography Academy - 2021
Fotopolis - 2021
CNN - 2020
The Independent - 2020
The Guardian - 2020
Creative Boom - 2020
Daily Mail - 2020
Elephant - 2020
The Times - 2020
Timeout -2020
Creative Review - 2020
The Blizzard - 2019
Athleta - 2019
Vice - 2018
SoccerBible - 2018
Olympus - 2018
Lodestars Anthology - 2018