Julian is one of the UKs top advertising, landscape and location photographers with many years’ experience and countless industry awards. His unique ability to create striking visual identities and memorable campaigns has gained him an outstanding reputation with clients worldwide. 

He has been featured numerous times in Lürzer’s Archive '200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide' and is a Communication Arts Photography Annual and Graphis Gold winner.

He is an ambassador and consultant for ALPA cameras and leads workshops and adventures for the the ALPA Academy, the Knoydart Retreat, Santa Fe Workshops and independently for direct clients. You can find out more about Julian’s workshops, including a calendar of events, here.

Delicately balancing his control over light, colour palette and composition, Julian brings a stunning cinematic style to rural and urban landscapes and a bold yet natural feel to people and automotive work. Whether using multiple exposure, working with complex composites or capturing everything 'in-camera' his hands-on approach to planning, shooting and post-production enables him to foresee costly errors and time-saving opportunities, while maintaining creative control and direction.

Julian is what has now come to be a rare breed of commercial photographer. One with the scope of knowledge to fully manage a project, an enthusiasm for new techniques and an amiable laid-back nature. Comfortable working with his own experienced production team and crew or collaborating with a client’s pre-established team, he continues to be one of the most sought after advertising and brand photographers in the country.

Julian’s landscape work is held in many private collections around the world, with his latest large format book of Scottish landscapes North Northwest, winning both the BBD&P ‘Best British Book’ & ‘Book of the Year’

ASSOCIATIONS

Member of the Association of Photographers
Member No. 4136 of the Cloud Appreciation Society

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

Rose win Gold at the Graphis 2025 Poster Awards for the HMS Befast Ad campaign - 2024/25
Communication Arts 65th Photography Annual - Winner - 2024
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide - 2023/24
Medium Format Magazine ‘Olympic National Park Panoramics’ - July 2023
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide - 2021/22
Medium Format Magazine Front Cover and Opening Interview - August 2022
Elements Magazine ‘How It Was Shot’ article - November 2021
Medium Format Magazine ‘A Peek Inside The Bag’ - September 2021
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide - 2020/21
Outdoor Photography Magazine Interview - May 2020
North Northwest wins BBD&P ‘Best British Book’ - November 2019
North Northwest wins BBD&P ‘Book of the Year’ - November 2019
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide - 2016/17
Association of Photographers Awards Finalist - Commissioned Editorial : Single - Oct. 2016
#IPHONEONLY and landscape showcase - Pro Photographer Magazine New Zealand - Summer 2015
#IPHONEONLY showcase - Independent Magazine - In The Frame - Spring 2015
#IPHONEONLY showcase - Lürzer’s Archive editors blog - Summer 2014
#IPHONEONLY showcase - Outdoor Photography Magazine - Autumn 2014
#IPHONEONLY showcase & interview - Practical Photography Magazine - Summer 2014
#IPHONEONLY showcase & interview - Amateur Photographer Magazine - Summer 2014
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide - 2014/15
International Photography Awards - Honourable Mention in the Pro Nature / Landscapes category - 2013
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide - 2012/13
Applied Arts Magazine Photography & Illustration Awards - Winner in the Nature/Landscape and Conceptual categories - 2012
Association of Photographers Awards Finalist - Non-Commissioned Environment : Single - Sept. 2011
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide - 2010/11
Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide - 2008/09

EXHIBITIONS & TALKS

Gallery Close, Edinburgh - North Northwest show - 2021
Gallery Close, Edinburgh - Scotland The Land show - 2021
Boston University - ‘A Journey Into Landscape Photography’ talk - June 2021
North Northwest book launch - Fedrigoni Papers Studio, London - January 2020
Outdoor Photographer of the year - 2018 - Member of the judging panel
Key speaker at Fotofest South West, Bath University - September 2018
'An Evening With Julian Calverley' talk, Robert Gordan University, Aberdeen. Part of the Converge Lecture series - April 2018
Outdoor Photographer of the year - 2017 - Member of the judging panel
Gallery Close, Edinburgh - #IPHONEONLY Solo show - Summer / Autumn 2017
Foto Buzz summer conference - Key Speaker - July 2017
First Light Inspired Exhibition - Joe Cornish Gallery - Group Show - March 2017
Outdoor Photographer of the year - 2016 - Member of the judging panel
Harrogate Photographic Society 'A Journey Into Landscape Photography' talk - October 2016
Meeting of Minds Landscape Conference - Penrith - Group show and key conference speaker - Autumn 2016
Association of Photographers Awards Exhibition, London - Group Show - October 2016
The Photography Show, Birmingham NEC with On Landscape & Linhof Studio 'A Journey Into Landscape Photography' talk - March 2016
Breeze Gallery, Glasgow - #IPHONEONLY Solo show - November 2015
Apple Store Glasgow - ‘A Journey Into iPhone Landscape Photography’ talk - November 2015
ALPA Masters Landscape Workshop, Olympic National Park - talk - September 2015
Apple Store San Francisco - 'Landscape Photography With An iPhone' talk - September 2015
Apple Store Covent Garden - ‘A Journey Into Landscape Photography’ talk - August 2015
Masters Of Vision (MOVE) - Group show and talk - Summer 2015
Snug Gallery - #IPHONEONLY Solo show - Spring 2015
Gallery 1066 - Group show - Summer 2012
Gallery 1066 - North Northwest Beginnings - Solo show - April 2012
Gallery 1066 - Group show - December 2011
Association of Photographers Awards Exhibition - Group show - September 2011
AMV BBDO Charity Art Sale - Group show - November 2010
Selected London Ad Agencies - LPA Group show - 2009
Selected London Ad Agencies - LPA Group show - 2008