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Oliver Cook

Oliver Cook

Username:artistoli
Status:Off-line
ID Number:119584
Member type:Photographer
City:Xlendi, Gozo
Region:Malta
Country:Europe
Status:Semi Professional
Level:Very Experienced
Work Preference:Fitness Model
Swimwear
Lingerie
Glamour
Nude
Adult
Topless
Date Joined:24 May 2007
Last Updated:30 April 2013
Last Login:21 May 2013
Website: http://ocphotography.ifp3.com
 
Experience:
Hi, I'm an artist first and foremost, and do lots of painting - especially big murals and trompe l'oeil, and I love drawing too, and have sold many pieces of art around the world. Over the past five or six years I have also been using a camera a lot too and have been working on an epic swimwear project. I'm not entirely sure why the focus is on swimwear, but its just the way it going, so I'm going with the flow.

I studied art and design at Dudley College, and then later at the Kent Institute of Art & Design at Maidstone in Kent (now part of the University for the Creative Arts). I've lived and worked in London for a while, where I worked alongside a very well-know American celebrity photographer and producer on one of his projects. I've also worked with some well known entrepreneurs on projects, and I've dabbled at being an author (I have one novel published - that I was commissioned to write).

Over the last few years I've self-published a few books, experimented with running a few websites, and I currently take commissions from collectors and sell digital photo sets and prints - but the most important thing to me is just to keep creating.
 
Comments:
I've also lived in the Arizona desert and spent a lot of time in Brighton, but now I'm back near my roots in the Midlands. I am always off exploring and know lots of great locations for shoots, from old gritty urban dereliction to beautiful forests and valleys. My equipment is old and basic, and I don't claim to be a great technical photographer at all. I use my camera as I would a paintbrush or pen, and passion is what drives my creativity. As such my shoots are usually a lot of fun and very different!


“Find the thing you want to do most intensely, make sure that’s it, and do it with all your might. If you live, well and good. If you die, well and good. Your purpose is done” - H.G. Wells


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beckyh1871 recommends artistoli
Added by beckyh1871 on 02 December 2012, shoot arranged for November 2012

loved our shoot!! pictures are too cool and the drawings are amazing. fab talent. pleasure to work with and well recomended. thanks again!! x
Michelle_B recommends artistoli
Added by Michelle_B on 17 August 2012, shoot arranged for August 2012

Had my first shoot with Oli, he was very organised, arrived on time, perfect gentleman, great to chat to, and a great photographer. I enjoyed working with him, and will be happy to shoot with him again.
CharlotteKey recommends artistoli
Added by CharlotteKey on 11 July 2012, shoot arranged for July 2012

So I turned upto location, waiting for Oli, he turned up claiming he had no idea what we were going to do.. And I knew from that moment we were going to get on..
Oli is a great guy, brilliant photographer, gives direction so well.
I had so much fun on the shoot we must have taken so many photos!
I really hope we work together again.
Lots of Love
Charlotte x
girlwithyellowhair recommends artistoli
Added by girlwithyellowhair on 28 June 2012, shoot arranged for June 2012

Working with Oli was lovely and lots of fun. You can really feel how creative he is just be speaking with him and that's really wonderful. Highly recommended :)
lisa_woodgate recommends artistoli
Added by lisa_woodgate on 19 May 2012, shoot arranged for May 2012

Had a great day with Oli, he made me feel very comfortable and he is a good laugh! Very much recommend him, pictures turned out lovely! hopefully we will be sorting some more shoots out for the near future! :-) x
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