about
Born and raised in London, Imogen cut her teeth copywriting and art directing for clients including Magners, Channel 4, Carlsberg, Audible, and Reebok- winning awards and pitches along the way.
As soon as she bought a camera she became hooked. Her work quickly started gaining coverage and winning awards and before long she’d packed in her job to focus on photography full time. Since then she’s worked with some of her favourite brands, charities and publications.
CLIENTS INCLUDE
Adidas, YouTube, Google, Gumtree, Aperol, The Guardian, Stylist Magazine, St Germain, Barclays, NSPCC, Lonely Planet, Hodder & Stoughton, Suitcase Magazine, Levi’s, Huck Magazine, Vodafone, Flannels, Amazon, Art Against Knives, TfL, The Face, Beefeater, Primark, WWF, Strongbow, Boots, Bloom & Wild, LadBible, McDonalds, Big Issue, This Girl Can, The New Statesman, Time Out.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Received the LPA Futures Award, which looks to recognise and support emerging talent in photography. She was selected by a panel of industry experts and featured in the touring LPA Futures exhibition.
Awarded a Magnum scholarship in Milan, where she did a month-long masterclass with Magnum photographer Alex Majoli. While there she shot her own project which was presented by Majoli at Milan Photo Week.
Awarded the Bridgeman Studio Awards, winning a commission which she shot in Cuba and exhibition space at the Affordable Art Fair in London and New York.
Appeared in the Multiples exhibition alongside Peter Blake and Damien Hirst.
Included in the 2019 and the 2020 Portrait of Britain book, a collaboration between Hoxton Mini Press and The British Journal of Photography.
Featured in the Creative Review 2019 Photography Annual where she received an honourable mention.
Listed as one of The Dots 100 trailblazers redefining the creative industry.
Included in the 2020 Palm Photo Prize.
Included in the 2022 Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition with a write up featured in the RPS magazine.
A winner of the 2023 LensCulture Critics’ Choice Award.
Featured in the 2023 Fresh Takes Exhibition at Adam & Eve DDB.
Winner of a 2024 Offspring Photomeet Portfolio Prize.
Contact
Represented by Lisa Pritchard Agency
Tea Building, 56 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JJ
Imogen Forte
+44(0)77 9559 7313 / hello@imogenforte.com