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Tim Baggaley photographer

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 shoot and develop photos, using cameras and a darkroom were ordinary things that happened in our house. I absorbed it.

My father, Mike, with his camera in 2006
My father, Mike, with his camera in 2006

When I was 15, we moved to Miami, Florida.  Mike bought himself a Nikon F1 and gave me his Pentax Spotmatic 1000. We both of us owned a variety of other cameras over the following years but right to the end of his life, he insisted that the Pentax was the best camera he ever owned. Certainly, for me, it was a game-changer. That, and the Florida light.

Photography at school

I studied photography in high school and worked after school in a photo processing lab. In the two years we lived in Florida, I learned about cross-processing, black and white infrared and I shot and processed about a million miles of Kodachrome and Ektachrome.

Photography at college

At the University of St Andrews, I studied Experimental Pathology and my thesis was a study of the non-centriolar nucleation of microtubules in the ommatidia of Drosophila melanogaster. This involved transmission electron microscopy. I took black and white photographs of incredibly thin slices of the eyes of fruit flies. It was a whole new world for me up to the point at which the film came out of the microscope, then I was in very familiar territory.

Photography at work

After university, I become a journalist. Working on a variety of magazines and as a motoring journalist for around 13 years, I shot and directed thousands of photos. I then moved into design and production as desktop publishing went fully digital and then freelance as the internet arrived in full force.

photography has been and continues to be, an integral part of whatever I do

In 2003, I became a freelance writer, designer and project manager in business communications and marketing.  I also became an actor. That is another story but I mention it here because my study and training in video post-production took on another aspect when I started working in front of the camera as well as behind it. It is a demonstration of how photography has been and continues to be, an integral part of whatever I do, and I thank my father for that. ◽

Tim Baggaley
October 2020

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FLY-BY – Bal Swing dancers earning their stripes FLY-BY – Bal Swing dancers earning their stripes in action at the Kompaszaal in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. March 2023

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ENCRYPTED – On the dance floor the partners' com ENCRYPTED – On the dance floor the partners' communication is concealed in plain view. Iro and Adrien dancing tango at Negracha milonga in The Dilly, Picadilly, London, UK. January 2023

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SLICK CHICK – I've got a slick chick. She a nic SLICK CHICK – I've  got a slick chick. She a nick chick. She's what makes me tick. My, my, clickity click, a slick chick – on the Sun Deck, Margate, UK. September 2022

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PIER REVIEW – Argentine tango dancers on the ban PIER REVIEW – Argentine tango dancers on the bandstand in front of the West Pier ruin, Brighton, UK. August 2022.

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COLOUR TANGO – Argentine tango dancers in The Sc COLOUR TANGO – Argentine tango dancers in The Scoop by Tower Bridge, London, UK. July 2022.

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SEAMLESS – A couple dancing the Argentine tango SEAMLESS – A couple dancing the Argentine tango in an embrace that blends them so completely their movement on four legs looks more natural than separately on two. Tango Space milonga at Brown's, Covent Garden, London UK. July 2022.

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STEPPING OUT – My friend Jiaojiao is never knowi STEPPING OUT – My friend Jiaojiao is never knowingly understated as she makes an exit in her red dress and gold shoes at the Weaver & Merchant, Spitalfields, London UK. July 2022.

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KITCHEN LIFE – My cousin and I were taking photo KITCHEN LIFE – My cousin and I were taking photos of each other taking photos of each other at his birthday party and I managed to create this image of him 'Waiter in a Restaurant Kitchen' in my digital impressionism style but with shades of Dutch Renaissance still life composition. Rutland UK. January 2022.

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SUNDAY BEST – Natty Bo and Sara, the best-dresse SUNDAY BEST – Natty Bo and Sara, the best-dressed couple on the dance floor at Rohan Man's Henry's Place club, downstairs at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London UK. June 2022.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2. 

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FIRE IN THE HOLD – Natty Bo setting the decks ab FIRE IN THE HOLD – Natty Bo setting the decks ablaze at Rohan Man's Henry's Place club, downstairs at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London UK. June 2022.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2. 

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AIR TANGO – Paula Duarte seems weightless as she AIR TANGO – Paula Duarte seems weightless as she floats in the air during an Argentine tango performance with Tomás Corbalan at the Tango Amistoso festival in Tooting, London UK. May 2022.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2. 

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FLAMIN' DRUNK (after Sir Frederic Leighton's 'Flam FLAMIN' DRUNK (after Sir Frederic Leighton's 'Flaming June') – imbiber reposing, polyester on draylon. Dom Pipikin and The Ikos, Upstairs at Ronnie Scott's, Soho, London UK. May 2022.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2. 

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GLAD TO BE TRAD – at 91 Living Room in Brick Lan GLAD TO BE TRAD – at 91 Living Room in Brick Lane where they push the chairs and tables aside and dance to the Ragtime and Dixieland jazz of Arifa's Reefers like the last 100 years haven't happened yet. Brick Lane, London UK. March 2022.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2.

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SALSA DANANG – If Vietnam is not hot and humid e SALSA DANANG – If Vietnam is not hot and humid enough for you, try dancing Salsa in The CohibaR in Danang, Vietnam. March 2018.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia Z5. 

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DOUBLE VISION – no smoke, no mirrors, just tango DOUBLE VISION – no smoke, no mirrors, just tango. Dancing the Argentine tango to the Hyperion Ensemble in St Johns Church, Paddington, London UK. April 2022.

Straight out of the camera, Sony Xperia ZX2. 

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