Olivia Rose
Olivia Rose (born 1985) is a British portrait photographer and music video director, living in London. Her photographs are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Olivia Rose
- Born
- 1985 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer · music video director
- Education
- London College of Fashion
- Languages
- English
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Olivia Rose (born 1985) is a British portrait photographer and music video director, living in London. Her photographs are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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Olivia Rose (born 1985) is a music video director and photographer, of British nationality. The music video director was born in London. Olivia Rose was educated at London College of Fashion. Languages used include English.
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Life and work
Life and work
Rose was born and grew up in north west London. Her grandmother is Bermudian and she has other family living there. She has made portraits of contemporary UK musicians and shot fashion editorial.
Music videos directed by Rose
Music videos directed by Rose
• "Pure Water" by Skepta • "East Atlanta Love Letter" by 6lack ft. Future • "Blue Lights" by Jorja Smith – winner, Best Urban Video – UK, UK Music Video Awards, 2018
Publications
• This Is Grime. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2016. Text by Hattie Collins, photographs by Rose..
Collections
Collections
Rose's work is held in the following permanent collection: • National Portrait Gallery, London: 6 prints (as of 22 May 2023)
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- “Olivia Rose”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q118592238: Olivia Rose
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Awards
• 2016: Winner, Photographer of the Year, Words by Women Awards, London
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- 1.Mclaughlin, Aimee. Olivia Rose: "I don't give a f*ck about fashion". Creative Review. 18 May 2018.
- 2.Olivia Rose. www.npg.org.uk.
- 3.Billionaire Boys Club Hits Bermuda With Photographer Olivia Rose. Hypebeast. 9 December 2015.
- 4.Arandjelovic, Nadia. Bermudians model Pharrell clothing brand. The Royal Gazette (Bermuda). 8 January 2016.
- 5.Bromwich, Kathryn. How grime gave a voice to a generation. The Observer. 28 August 2016. 0029-7712.
- 6.Watts, Jonathan P. Jonathan P. Watts on This Is Grime. Artforum. March 2017.
- 7.Skepta Drops Black & White Video for "Pure Water". Hypebeast. 31 October 2018.
- 8.Arevalo, Lydia. 6lack And Future Return To Atlanta's Zone 6 In "East Atlanta Love Letter" Visual. vibe.com. 19 September 2018.
- 9.Watch Jorja Smith's "Blue Lights" video. The Fader.
- 10.Watch Jorja Smith's "Blue Lights" Music Video Here. Hypebae. 6 May 2018.
- 11.Here are all the winners of the UK Music Video Awards. I-D.
- 12.Belam, Martin. Words By Women awards make their mark with celebration of solidarity. The Guardian. 22 March 2016. 0261-3077.
- 13.Beaumont-Thomas, Ben. 'Nothing but an honour': new Stormzy portrait hung in National Portrait Gallery. The Guardian. 4 December 2019. 0261-3077.
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