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Toyah Willcox

Hercules and Love Affair

BB

'Life People Italy' magazine

Munroe Bergdorf

Sam Malekout

RVT Hot August Festival

Gscene cover August 2011

Toyah Willcox

Joan As Police Woman

Boy George and Oh Land

Chris Bailey

BB

DISPLAY cover Dec '11

Therese and Logan Sept '11

Peyton

Samantha Fox

Sofa So Naked

Eva Thompson

Augusto Coutinho

Margaret and David Peckham

Suzanne Mizzi

Alex and Nick

Sandra

Latest workDec/Jan sees lots of new work for Boyz magazine, including shoots for FIRE, Above The Stag Theatre and The Hoist. January's Gscene magazine features Dean's portrait of Brighton artist Ryan Brown on the cover. Gaydar will be showcasing Dean's work on their homepage towards the end of January and their new advertising campaign will feature his work in Sydney's Mardi Gras brochure, as well as worldwide in the new Spartacus Guide.November is another busy month with several shoots for Boyz, Ku Bar, World Aids Day and new work with Samantha Fox. The Bruno Gmünder publication 'Trunk Show' containing Dean's work is released worldwide and at the end of the month there will be more work featured in the Swiss magazine 'Display'.October sees more work with Toyah and The Humans, Samantha Fox and Gaydar. Lots of activity on the Boyz magazine front, as well as new personal work for a forthcoming book and a seperate exhibition. 'Sofa So Naked' is now also available as an eBook (click on the link opposite).September sees a front cover and eight pages of work in Switzerlands DISPLAY magazine. New work with BOYZ magazine's art director Paul Bowen (www.middlechilddesigns.co.uk) - including a cover shoot with singer Therese and club promoter Logan. Lots more activity with www.biggerpixel.co.uk and new video and stills work with Yomanda and Toyah.August is a month of weddings! Lots of activity on the www.biggerpixel.co.uk front . More Boyz covers, a new Gscene cover and lots of planning for a video shoot for 'FALLEN' - a new track by Yomanda ft Toyah, which will be shot in Norway.July sees the start of E4's much anticipated 'Dirty Sexy Things', which features a shoot Dean did with model BB at Green Olive Studios earlier this year. There will be more new Boyz magazine covers as well as new work and a front cover with model Sam Malekout for Beautiful Magazine in Paris. There is also a four page feature on 'Sofa So Naked' in the high end international photographic art magazine 'Zoom'.June is a busy month with shoots for PRIDE, Ku Bar, Toyah Willcox and of course several Boyz magazine covers. Two new group exhibitions: GPN's More Guys Hanging at the Strand Gallery in London (Tues 21st - Sun 26th June) and Inclusive Arts at the Heene Gallery as part of the Worthing Artists Open Houses 2011 show (June 18/19th and 25/26th).May sees more shoots with Boyz art director Paul Bowen including Boy George, the rather fabulous Oh Land and singer Peyton, amongst others. Lots of activity on the www.biggerpixel.co.uk front and more features in the press, including The Independent who recently interviewed Dean about 'Sofa So Naked'. You can read the article online by clicking here.'The Scene's Last Supper' created by Paul Bowen and Dean Stockings for Boyz magazine's Easter issue, is now available as a limitied edition print. All proceeds are being donated to the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The prints are available in two sizes: 18 x 12 for £10; or 24 x 16 at £25 (plus £4 P&P). To place an order please send a cheque payable to Boyz Magazine for the appropriate amount, along with your full name, address and telephone number to: Boyz Magazine, 18 Brewer Street, London, W1F 0SH. Please allow 14 days for delivery.April see's a new cover and ten page feature on Dean's work in Hungarian fashion publication HUF Magazine. Shoots with the Pink Collar Boxers in London for Boyz magazine, Cheryl Baker & Jay Aston of Bucks Fizz, Jeremy Joseph, a spoof Royal Wedding, a real wedding, a re-creation of Christ's last supper and a Men At Play guest photographer slot, amongst other things...From mid-March 2011 Dean will be working from a new space in central London, with the first shoot being filmed by Channel Four as part of a documentary which will screen later on this year.The February edition of the French publication Norkid Magazine has an article and six pages of Deans work in as well as a new image on the front cover. February also sees several Boyz magazine covers, including new shoots for the 'Gay Guys & Gal Pals' and 'Valentines' issues.PublicationsThe Bruno Gmünder book Beautiful Vision (The Men of www.beautifulmag.eu) that Dean has work included in is now available as a 2011 calender. Proceeds from the book and calender go to SIDACTION, the French HIV/AIDS awareness charity. Look out for Dean's work in other Bruno Gmünder publications including Kissed and Brief Encounters, both available now from Amazon, Bruno Gmünder and bookstores worldwide.FacebookDon't forget to 'Like' both Facebook pages - click on the links below:Dean StockingsbiggerpixelWeddings and Civil CeremoniesPlease visit www.biggerpixel.co.uk for information and bookings._
Sofa So Naked"This fantastic book will go along way to underlining Stockings' reputation as one of the UK's pre-eminent photographers."Eric Page - Gscene magazine."Looking at the images it is easy to hone in on the naked figure and ignore the background, but once you've become used to the sight of so much flesh it is intriguing to look more closely at the situation rather than the subject. The sofa itself, the carpets, the detritus of normal life speak volumes about the person in the photo, and the collective result is extremely revealing in a way that has nothing to do with nudity."Matilda Battersby - The Independent.'Sofa So Naked' is a snap shot of the society we live in. Peeping into the living rooms and lives of a cross section of our community, from students to celebrities, young to old. From sleek minimalist appartments in NYC, to clashing patterns on carpets and curtains in the English countryside, the viewer soon becomes more interested in the models surroundings than in the naked body on display.Each model appears naked on their own sofa, in their own home, with just one prop of their choice. Models are as exposed or covered as they choose, depending on their modesty and the size of their prop. The prop is chosen by the model to reflect their personality, be it related to their career, a hobby or maybe it's a favourite possession. Each portrait is accompanied by a questionnaire filled in by the model and reproduced in the book exactly as they returned it, including doodles, lipstick and coffee stains...'Sofa So Naked' is available to purchase from blurb.com by clicking anywhere on this text. The link will also take you to a preview of the book._

BIO

Bio

Dean Stockings

Stockings' colourful, bold and sometimes camp studio shoots are what he has become known for the world over.

Described by Bowens Litebook as one of the UK's pre-eminent photographers, he primarily shoots fashion and editorial. Clients include Boy George , Samantha Fox , Toyah Willcox , Alphabeat , Yomanda and Beverley Knight.

Shooting for magazines as far afield as Australia, Europe and the USA, Stockings's work has graced the covers of many international publications and been included in exhibitions and photographic anthologies around the world. There have been various interviews and articles about his work in the press, including the prestigious international photography magazine ' ZOOM ' (Italy), ' The Independent ' newspaper (UK) and Professional Photographer magazine (UK), which ran a six page feature on him entitled ' A Day in the Life of Dean Stockings '.

His www. bigger pixel .co.uk offshoot continues to handle growing numbers of traditional and civil ceremony wedding commissions.

Dean's first book, ' Sofa So Naked ' is available now.

Dean Stockings © Mike Peckham

"Irony, freshness and an amusing sense of eroticism characterize his portraits..."

Zoom Magazine

WORKS

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BOYZ (issue 978)

reFRESH

DNA cover issue 111

Boy George

Carl Rogers

Toyah Willcox

Snow Queens

Snow Queens

Snow Queens

Dolly Rocket

Boy George

Kyran Bracken

Wild Fruit flyer

Three French Hens

Spice

boyz swimwear cover

Simone

Samantha Fox

Samantha Fox

JP Prado

Toyah book jacket

Toyah - The Assention

Anders

Dicky and Dolly

BOYZ cover 944

Eduardo

The Garden of Eden

Maykon

Marc Massive

Realm of Retro Futurism

Leonardo

reFRESH

Alex Prinz

Marc Carter

Lerone

David White

Sebastian

Beverley Knight

Various cd covers

French Kiss flyer

French Kiss poster

Satan's Butterfly Ball

Moonlit Knight

Oro

DJ Anu

Black Christ

Rachel

Fordsy

Lidl dress by Jez Eaton

beautiful cover eduardo

beautiful cover eduardo

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Gscene January 2012

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boyz - paul burston cover_2

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Portfolio

All images © Dean Stockings

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VIDEO

The Humans - "Quicksilver"

The Humans - We Are The Humans

Yomanda ft. Toyah - Fallen

Filmed, edited & directed by

Simon Booth & Dean Stockings

The Humans - Quicksilver

The Humans - We Are The Humans

The Humans featuring Robert Fripp - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

The Humans / Sea Of Size

The Humans (featuring Robert Fripp) - These Boots

The Humans - Sea of Size

Toyah - Sensational & Lesser God (montage)

CONTACT

Contacting Dean Stockings

Please use the contact form on this page, or alternatively use the mobile number or email address below. Thank you.

m: +44 (0)7766 374178

e: deanstockings_hotmail.co.uk

For wedding bookings, please contact Charlie:

m: +44 (0)7930 522453

e: charlie_biggerpixel.co.uk

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Click on the image to preview the book and purchase copies.

Sofa So Naked.

Hardcover with dust jacket. 120 pages. Premium matt paper. Black and white with a splash of colour.

Each of the models appear naked on their own sofa, in their own home, with just one prop of their choice. Models are as exposed or covered as they choose, depending on their modesty and the size of their prop. The prop is chosen by the model to reflect their personality, whether related to their work, a hobby or perhaps it's a favourite possession. Each portrait is accompanied by a questionnaire filled in by the model and reproduced in the book exactly as they returned it, including doodles, lipstick and coffee stains...

'Sofa So Naked' is a snap shot of the society we live in. Peeping into the living rooms and lives of a cross section of our community, from students to celebrities, young to old.

From clashing patterns on carpets and curtains in the English countryside, to sleek minimalist apartments in NYC, the viewer soon becomes more interested in the models surroundings than in the naked body on display.

'Sofa So Naked' was photographed between 2004 and 2005 and is available in book format for the first time. Contains full frontal nudity.

To purchase a copy, please click on the image above. There you will also find a 20 page preview of the book.