Venetia Dearden

About

I have always believed in the power of images to tell stories and inspire change. By  sixteen I was printing and at eighteen I left home with  a camera and a restless curiosity for the world. A postgraduate degree in Photojournalism in 2001 opened me to the possibilities of working as a photographer, fuelled by a passion for travel and human rights,  I focused on giving voice to marginalised communities and the lands they inhabit. A documentary project of my home county Somerset, UK,  was discovered at Paris Photo and became my first published and award winning book, ‘Somerset Stories Fivepenny Dreams’, 2008,  marking the beginning of an international career.

Latest shoots; Apple campaigns in Turkey, Dubai and Russia. Danone campaign for Spain & France,  Petit Bateau campaign, broadcast series for Airbnb in Italy,  UK editiorial for Architectural Digest and a fashion campaign for Crisis UK.

For over three decades, I have worked across editorial and commercial fields, collaborating with brands and PR agencies while continuing to develop long-term personal projects — three of which have been published as monographs by Kehrer Verlag in Germany. I have facilitated workshops in Cameroon and Ethiopia for the non profit organisation Photovoice and have provided stills and film work for charities including Medecins Sans Frontier. I was a member of the Photojournalism agency VII Photo from 2010 – 2014 and enjoyed commercial representation in the USA and Europe from 2008 – 2025.  I served on the jury for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery.

Photography is the rhythm of my life and a medium I am deeply passionate about. I am a mother, a homesteader, and someone who values depth and authenticity over noise and the distortion available through photography today. I co-create with my subjects as director and photographer.

I work from my studio in Wales alongside a trusted yet remote creative team. The work you see here is a blend of commissioned assignments and personal narrative. For selected projects and pdf’s please get in touch.

Please scroll down for exhibition and client list.

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Exhibitions & Awards

My work has been exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery, London ( solo show), Athens Photo Festival, PhotoVogue Milan, Fix Photo Fair London, The Whitecloth Gallery Leeds, Organ Vida Festival Zagreb, Bang Wallop Salcombe, Espace Jorg Brockmann Gallery Switzerland, Focale Gallery Switzerland, Noordelicht Photofestival Netherlands, PhotoAumnales Festival France, VII Gallery Brooklyn, New York, Rencontres D’Arles Book Awards,, The Raw Gallery Melbourne.

Images are also held in the Museum collections of The National Portrait Gallery and

Clients

  • Agencies

    Adam & Eve,
    Agence H-Paris
    Aimaq
    AMVBBDO

    BETC – PARIS
    BBH UK
    BBH USA
    CHI RKCR/Y&R
    DDB UK
    DLKW Fallon
    MC Saatchi – UK/USA
    TBWA FR
    TBWA\MAL
    Universal Germany.

  • Editorial

     

    Architectural Digest, American Vogue, Boys by Girls, British Vogue, Departures Magazine, Elle, Harpers Bazaar, The Independant, Le Monde, Marie Claire Italy, MSF (Doctors without Borders), New York Magazine, Nido,  Stern Magazine, The Observer Magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Telegraph Magazine, W Magazine, Vogue Bambini. 125 Magazine, 6 Mois Magazine.

  • Brands

    APPLE
    Aptiom
    Airbnb
    Boots
    Carex

    Danone
    ERGO
    Eurostar
    Every Mother Counts
    Fairtraide Foundation
    Fruitshoot
    George Asda
    Haagan Das
    HSBC
    Joie
    Kronenbourg
    Lipton
    Lloyds
    Mulberry Ltd
    McCain
    Mini
    Omega
    Kristina T
    Petit Bateau
    PNC
    L’Occitane
    Roger Vivier Ltd
    Sainsbury’s
    Sony BMG
    Temperley Ltd
    Tod’s
    Vaseline
    Villebrequin
    Vodafone
    VW

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