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Anil Mistry’s approach to photography is bold and eclectic - an ongoing exploration of the medium inspired by the ever-changing worlds of culture and creativity.
His eye for a striking image, stylistic flair, sense of humour and natural affinity with people have led him to work on a large variety of photographic projects for brands, organisations and individuals around the world.
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Anil Mistry grew up with a passion for art, design and music which led him to collaborate with artists in the burgeoning hip hop and dance music scene of the early 90s as a stylist, graphic designer and director. During this period he developed a number of successful streetwear brands, resulting in his work featuring in the V&A’s seminal Streetstyles exhibition.
His love for the moving image led to a degree in graphic design and animation after which he moved to London to begin a creative career in television as a presenter, producer and director. He went on to senior creative director roles with Paramount and The Walt Disney Company, after which he broke away to form a solo career as a creative director - developing projects for Louis Vuitton, Rolls Royce, Harrods, Stylist Magazine, Channel 4, Nike, Footlocker, Estee Lauder and Bombay Sapphire amongst many others.
His photography work has been featured in Black and White Photography Magazine, Amateur Photographer magazine, Eighty Degrees Magazine, RIBA Magazine Hong Kong, The Goods and The Idler amongst others. He was a winner on the Sky Arts TV show: “Rankin’s 2020” with his work featuring in the series and the accompanying book.
He has guested on The Sunny 16 Podcast, Negative Positives Podcast, The Classic Camera Revival and The Classic Lenses Podcast and has written articles and reviews for photography sites including 35MMC, Lomography Magazine, Emulsive.org and Ilford Photo.
He hosts free community photowalks in Brighton and London, and has collaborated with luxury photography brand Billingham Bags and camera, lens and film maker Lomography .
He launched the UNUSUAL EYE imprint under which he has published a number of photography books , and his latest book HOMETOWN has been published by documentary photography imprint Fistful of Books.
Now based on the South coast, he can be found wandering the streets with a camera in his spare time.
