Bio – Lee Durant

Background

Lee Durant began his professional photography career when he transferred into the Royal Navy after an eight year career in the Royal Marines, in 2004 he re-trained as a Royal navy ‘Phot’ making full use of the unrivaled technical photography education given at the Defence School of Photography. Lee went on to serve as a photographer with all three arms of the Armed Forces, in the UK and abroad including taking part on operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Trained in all aspects of Portrait, Technical, Public Relations photography and digital file management Lee managed to win the Royal Navy’s prestigious, Peregrine Trophy, Photographer of the year within the first eight months of passing his basic photography course.

Lee completed a total five years as a snapper in the Navy increasing his photography skills with every new tasking, and in 2008 he left the fold of the British Military and embarked on a career as a freelance Press, Commercial and wedding Photographer. Realising very quickly that in the press world a largely military based portfolio doesn’t count for much, Lee made gains working for press agencies such as INS News, London Media and National News in central London, and set about expanding his range of shots to break into the very competitive London press photography circuit.

What Now?

Based on the western fringe of London with his Fiancee Sara, Lee covers a wide repertoire of taskings for Newspapers, Agencies and Commercial Clients, along with wedding photography and plenty of his own personal projects. A dependable individual with a relaxed yet purposeful style of project management Lee has a growing number of clients coming back to him time again.

Lee is expanding his photography business, bringing in new commercial clients whilst still maintaining a large amount of work with the National Press, including commissions for the Daily Mail, The Times and the Irish Independent among others.