MA Creative Direction for Fashion and Beauty
Take charge and lead a wealth of fashion and beauty brands to success with your innovative and creative vision on this practice-based master's degree.
Chris Overend
Technical Instructor
Department of Art and Music
Biography
Chris Overend has considerable industrial experience in the photographic industry.
Chris has worked for prestigious institutions like Italian Vogue, The International Herald Tribune, The Observer, GQ, Disney ABC. His passion is portraiture and has taken him many places in the industry and worked with celebrities like Rhianna, Adele, Gillian Anderson. As an assistant he worked for many photographers, including Chris Moore, Perry Curties, Mick Rock, Andy Barter to name a few. Â
Further information
- Darkroom technician – ECONE (formally ISIS London).
- Rental assistant – Calumet Drummond Street.
- Runner/retoucher/photographer – Chris Moore/Catwalking.com/International Herald Tribune.
- Technical co-ordinator – Disney ABC.
- Retoucher – Elle UK (Anthea Simms).
- 1st assistant to Suki Dhanda – The Observer 20+ months.
- 1st assistant to John Reardon – The Observer/Guardian group.
- 1st assistant to Perry Curties – 125 Magazine/Vertigo Films.
- Illustration – Aston Martin Heritage.
- Photography - personal.
Courses
BA (Hons) Fashion Styling and Creative Direction
Perfect your skills in styling and art direction, make-up and hair direction, photography, retouching, trend forecasting, and branding to begin your career as a fashion stylist or creative director.
BA (Hons) Fashion Photography and Image Production
Realise your vision on this innovative course, combining fashion photography, fashion film and multi-media production, and gain the skills to become a confident image creator in the fashion industry.
