Michael Woolley
Fashion photographer; Michael Woolley was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. He studied English history at the University of East Anglia before refining his craft by assisting numerous photographers - learning both what and what not to do.
His illustrious career has allowed him to live between London, Paris, New York and Milan and Michael continues to shoot regularly between all of these cities today. He favours locations with 180 degrees of skyline, particularly the American south west and the White Sands in New Mexico.
His inspiration has less to do with the work of other photographers, and more to do with the joie de vivre of his subjects, models and fashion design.
He lives for the surprise and thrill that is the accident of every great image. In his words; 'I suppose I must be rather good at creating those accidents. They are the pinnacle of the process of igniting and capturing the energy of a team that may have never worked together before. Sometimes I feel as much a choreographer as image maker.'
During Michael's career, he has, and continues to be commissioned by some of the principal brands in the industry. He has worked for Neiman Marcus, Issey Miyake, Etro, Banana Republic, Malo, Shiseido, The Dorchester Collection, Cacharel and Net-a-Porter. Editorially, his work graces the pages of most of the major ELLE magazines, Italian Vogue, Italian and French Glamour, French, Italian and German Marie Claire, Vogue Homme and cycle 16 of America's Next Top Model.
Michael has directed TV commercials and short films for Danone, IO Donna, French Marie Claire, The Room (Hudson Bay Company) and Interface Flor.
