Tim Baggaley has been taking photos since he was a child and throughout his working life in publishing and broadcasting. He is widely experienced in shooting, directing, producing and editing for print, digital and video publication.
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The Digital Impressionism project is about photographs that look like paintings. This is easily done with retouching software except that is not what Baggaley is doing. He describes these photos as ‘purely documentary’. They have not been filtered, retouched or cropped. The camera is hand-held with no added lighting and the composition is not managed. Each is a candid photo of a fleeting moment and appears here exactly as it came from the camera.
Meet Market Tango alfresco at Spitalfields Market, London | August 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Winter's Tango Dancing Argentine Tango at Carablanca milonga in Conway Hall, London | December 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Going Underground Jiving in the Omeara Club under the railway at London Bridge, London | February 2018 | Sony Xperia
Stepping Dancing Argentine tango at Tango Terra milonga, Covent Garden, London | January 2018 | Sony Xperia Z5
Lynda Cat-walking in Belair House, Dulwich, London | November 2006 | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7
Red Hot Blues Live Blues music in Club Mojo, Copenhagen | November 2005 | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7
Foot Loose A milonguera adjusts her shoe by the light of her mobile phone at Negracha Tango Club, Holborn, London | August 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Secret Place Dancing Argentine tango at Liz's milonga in the Quaker Friends Meeting House, Covent Garden, London | February 2006 | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7
Fan Dancer A disco diva fans herself at a private birthday party, Islington, London | October 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Blue Tango Dancing Argentine tango downstairs at Tito's, London Bridge | September 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Night Light A late night in Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Passeggiata con Zelda 1 An evening walk with Zelda in the alleyways of Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Passeggiata con Zelda 2 An evening walk with Zelda in the alleyways of Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Night Walk When the day-trippers are gone, all is quiet, Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Hold That Tiger Kate and Dave swinging at the Tiger Rag, Shoreditch, London | September 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Milonga Mood Dancing Argentine Tango at Corrientes, Russell Square, London | May 2006 | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7
Red Dress On Dancing Argentine tango upstairs in the Tango Terra milonga at Seven Dials Social Club, Covent Garden, London | March 2018 | Sony Xperia Z5
Disco Retro Private birthday party with a Studio 54 feel, Islington, London | October 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Embrace Dancing Argentine tango at Tango Terra milonga, Covent Garden, London | April 2018 | Sony Xperia Z5
On Reflection Undisturbed at night, the canals become mirrors, Venice | November 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Tango In Berlin Dancing tango at Max and Moritz, Berlin | October 2017 | Sony Xperia Z5
Birthday Girl The birthday girl celebrating and Swing dancing in The Junction, London | January 2018 | Sony Xperia XZ2
Graveyard Shift St James Mount cemetery and gardens, Liverpool | August 2020 | Sony Xperia XZ2
Night Vision Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool | August 2020 | Sony Xperia XZ2
Milonga By The River Dancing Argentine tango at an alfresco milonga beside the river Thames, London | September 2021 | Sony Xperia XZ2
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Like a vision of the Virgin Mary appearing in the mould growing on a slice of stale bread, my Digital Impressionism project was not so much a carefully constructed work of art but more a chance discovery down the back of the sofa. It had been growing for a number of years before I realised. …
I inherited my love of photography from my father, Mike. I cannot remember a time when he was not carrying a camera and, likewise, I can’t remember when I did not either. My earliest memories are of him with his twin-lens Rolleiflex and me with a Kodak Pocket Instamatic. Mike didn’t teach me how to …