Wednesday evening [April 15] saw the LAUNCH event for boxing photographer and journalist Philip Sharkey’s book PASSPORT PHOTO SERVICE at Traveller’s Tales in Marylebone and what an evening it turned out to be with a MASSIVE turn out from both the world of sport and celebrities including former WBA super-middleweight CHAMP Georges Groves and even had a sign written LONDON CAB to advertise the book.
Passport Photo Service: An Unexpected Archive of Celebrity Portraits, a captivating glimpse into celebrity culture and photographic history. Featuring more than 300 never-before-seen photographs of celebrities—from Muhammad Ali, Madonna, and Mick Jagger to Angelina Jolie, Sean Connery, Kate Winslet, Tilda Swinton, and David Hockney—this irresistible volume offers a new perspective on fame through the most unassuming of lenses: the passport photo.
Philip Sharkey is a photographer living in London. He began working at his family’s business, Passport Photo Service, when he was sixteen, until it closed in 2019 after sixty-six years. Sharkey is a member of the Boxing Writers Club and a recipient of the prestigious Reg Gutteridge Award for services to boxing media.
Make sure your get your copy of the AMAZING pictorial WHO’S WHO of CELEBS out now on Phaidon Books