Episode 17: Andy Gotts MBE, creator of the world's most iconic celebrity portraits
Tony Curtis, by Andy Gotts
Episode Description
Welcome to The Photography Pod, the podcast determined to bring you the World’s most inspirational photographers. For professional and enthusiast photographers everywhere.
In this episode we talk to Andy Gotts, one of the world’s most prolific and talented celebrity portrait photographers.
Andy is a renowned celebrity photographer based in London, England, and New York, USA. He is most noted for his black and white portraits of Hollywood actors and singers. His work has been published internationally and has appeared in many magazines, including: VOGUE, GQ, Vanity Fair, Empire, Total Film, Entertainment Weekly, FHM, Hello!, and Glamour, and many more.
Andy had us spellbound with his stories of capturing portraits of the most famous A-list actors and musicians.
Steve and Nick also discuss the latest cameras to hit the market, and firmly add the FujiFilm GFX100RF to our Christmas list!
All photos by Andy Gotts
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Nick Church Creative Academy online training suite. It’s been a busy few weeks, but we now have a launch date! The platform will go live on 31st May 2025.
When live, all the 1-1 and group workshops I run will be accessed through the new platform. Plus, there will be online courses, digital products like presets and a community feature.
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Meet your hosts
Nick Church
Nick is a wedding and commercial photography, filmmaker and educator based in Bristol, UK. Following a career in the Software Industry, Nick saw the light (literally) and made photography centre stage in 2018. Most recently Nick has become a regular speaker at The Photography & Video Show in the UK and is delighted to be part of The Photography Pod.
Nick's website : https://www.nickchurchphotography.co.uk/
Nick's Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/nickchurchphotography/
Outside photography, Nick and his partner Dawn have four boys and his other passions writing and performing music, cycling and motorcycling.
Steve Vaughan
Steve is a wedding photographer based in Oxfordshire and together with his partner in crime, Sam, they run Sam and Steve Photography. Steve was awarded Wedding Photographer of the Year by FujiFilm, Photography News and Loxley.
Steve’s website: https://www.samandstevephotography.com/
Steve’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samandstevephotography
Steve and Sam have 5 children between them, and Steve somehow manages to also have a busy role in training and sales within the pharmaceutical industry. Deciding they need yet more drama in their lives, Sam and Steve also both perform on stage.