Born in
Birmingham in 1948, Brian Griffin is one of England’s most influential and
creative portrait photographers. He studied at Manchester Polytechnic’s School
of Photography, where he first discovered a multitude of artistic movements to
influence his work. Brian’s work draws influences as diverse as Renaissance
masters, through to Symbolism and Surrealism, with ‘film noir’ lighting often
used in conjunction. In 2011 Brian was commissioned to produce a major
exhibition to launch Marseille-Provence 2013 European Capital of Culture, and
his work can be viewed in numerous permanent collections in museums throughout
the UK.
This image
was part of a series of work done in 2004 in Stratford. Royal Photographic Society member Brian
Griffin has made 165 portraits of the workers and managers involved in the
construction of Britain’s first high speed railway. The construction of the
Channel Tunnel Rail Link from St Pancreas in London has taken nine years to
construct, with 8,000 people working over 50 million hours to build it.
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