Maccoll Photography Pty Ltd
Director
Beauty, People
Melbourne
Andrew Maccoll is one of Australia’s most talented fashion and advertising photographers. He currently shoots around the world from a Sydney base in Bondi Beach. His passion for his work with light and capturing true beauty in people has guided him towards high end portraiture and fashion photography for advertising and editorial clients. Andrew has been graced with some amazing opportunities during his career including shooting Robert De Niro, Bill Clinton, music superstar P!NK and many more celebrities. His accolades include twice being internationally acclaimed as one of the worlds top ten photographers in his field by the Hasselblad Masters in Berlin. Andrew also has had multiple portraits acquired by the National Portrait Gallery; and was named as one of the top ten photographers in Australia for both the Advertising and Fashion industries by both Capture & Creative magazines.
“One of the great pleasures of standing before a work in the portrait gallery is being able to lock eyes with another person, for as long as you like. You can’t do that in everyday life; nearly all of us shy away, like the animals we are, from the aggressive or sexual potency of eye-to-eye engagement. That’s why teenagers wear hoods or grow their hair, so they don’t catch anyone’s eye … My observation is that for men and women alike, it’s a visceral thrill to look at photographs such as your very ‘manly’ images of Mick Molloy and Mick Fanning and return the subjects’ unflinching gaze, frankly and unselfconsciously. It’s not any old photographer who can get that undiluted look out of a portrait subject; it’s a gift, or a skill, that you have, if you can elicit that look from them, and I think you’ve got that.”
- Sarah Engledow – National Portrait Gallery Curator
“I am deeply bound to a love of light… the way it falls, the way it colours everything, the way it is. Mostly I love how I can be a part of it’s journey by capturing the reality of it’s illuminated subject and creating an artistic expression that can be felt emotionally. We surround ourselves with light at night and are bathed in it by our Sun during the day. To me it doesn’t just enable us to see beauty, I believe that light is the purest form of beauty. Through it I see all things, experience all things, and capture my life along with the lives of those in front of me… Light enables my souls aim, my life story, my reason for being…
I am continuing to build a legacy begun long ago. I have decided to follow my dreams and to join those who have come before me. The dream is to leave a trace of our passage on this earth that is truly beautiful… I thank you for taking time to see what I’ve created so far…”
- Andrew Maccoll
Accolades
• 1999 Completed a Bachelors degree: Visual Arts in Photography
• 2000 Began working for News Corporation
• 2006 Launched Fashion & Advertising career
• 2008 Finalist for the Moran Prize.
• 2008 Olive Cotton Award Finalist
• 2008 Top ten finalist for the QANTAS Spirit of Youth Awards
• 2009 Desktop Create Awards Finalist
• 2009 Pulp Magazine Fashion Photographer of The Year Winner
• 2009 Hasselblad Masters Top Ten Worldwide Finalist
• 2009 Signed to Contour by Getty images for celebrity work worldwide.
• 2010 Portrait of comedian Mick Molloy acquired by the National Portrait Gallery
• 2010 Announced as one of the top ten in Australia for fashion and advertising by Capture & Creative Magazines.
• 2011 Portrait of surfer Mick Fanning acquired by the National Portrait Gallery
• 2013 Portrait of actor Eric Bana acquired and exhibited by the National Portrait Gallery
• 2013 Hasselblad Masters Top Ten Worldwide Finalist
Languages: English
