TIM FLACH

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Tim Flach (London 1958) studied Communications Design at the North East London Polytechnic  and then Photography and Painted Structures at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. After graduation he soon began to attract commissions and was working independently from 1983. Today his clients include the Sunday Times, Cirque du Soleil, Sony, luxury brand Hermès and the Locarno International Film Festival. His images have twice been featured on Royal Mail stamps (2000) and "Working Dogs" (2008) as well as in campaigns for the Minnesota Zoo. He is the author of the books Equus, Dogs Gods and More Than Human and is renowned for his highly conceptual portraits of animals.  His fine art prints are represented in London by the Osborne Samuel gallery. 

Flach's work has increasingly focused on animals, ranging widely across species but united by a distinctive style. His images have been described as a system for thinking constructed and questioned by animal imagery. His third book, More Than Human, published in October 2012, is a photographic exploration of animal species ranging from mammals to marine creatures to insects. By removing the animals’ surrounding environment from the images and shooting them in minimal studio-like settings, the images take on a portrait-like appearance. Here we have collected a choice of his striking portraits of primates.