Contact
Email:
info@krisaskey.com
Other:
instagram.com/krisaskey
threads.net/@krisaskey
Bio
Kris has a passion for photographing people. His natural approach to photography explores various themes including identity, passion, intimacy & vulnerability to show who people are, where they’re from, what they do and anything in-between.
Having been a photographer for over 14 years, Kris uses a blend of documentary & portraiture practices to create work that showcases an authentic & ‘lived experience’ throughout his archive. His images have featured in nationwide exhibitions, won awards and also helped raised large cash prizes for charities close to his heart. Kris has worked on various commissions for a wide range of clients including the NHS, Coca Cola, Apple, Disney, Coop & many others.
Clients
Apple, Disney, NHS, Coca Cola, COOP, Costa Coffee, Puma, GymShark, Le Chameau, Currys, UKTV Play, Selfridges, The REP Birmingham, B’ham Children’s Hospital, B’ham Women’s Hospital, West Midlands Ambulance Service, Bauer Media, Free Radio.
Recognition
Awards & Competitions:
Portrait of Britain - Winner (2025)
The ‘BigGive’ PhotoChallenge - Winner (2024)
Street Photography Int'l Awards - Finalist (2020)
Features & Interviews:
ILFORD Photo Interview - Kris Askey (2021)
EMULSIVE Interview - Kris Askey (2021)
B’ham Now, Before Then - I Choose Bham (2019)
B'ham Living Magazine (2018)
JPEGmini - ‘Facing The Unknown’ (2017)
‘Split-Second City’ Solo Exhibit - B’ham (2017)
Fused Magazine (2017)
‘Stars of Steelhouse Lane’ (2016)
‘The Great Commute’ - I Choose B'ham (2016)
Solo/Group Exhibits
Portrait of Britain (Volume 7)
UK Nationwide Exhibition with British Journal of Photography & JCDecaux (2025)
BEDLAM Arts Showcase
Library of Birmingham (2024-2025)
UKTV Play Exhibition
Covent Garden, London (2022)
Invisible Britain: This Separated Isle
Impressions Gallery, Bradford (2022)
Invisible Britain: This Separated Isle
FFoto Gallery, Cardiff (2022)
’Unfiltered Lives’ Exhibition
University of B’ham (2021)
Street Photography International Awards
London (2020)
‘B’ham Now, Before Then’
The Lansdowne, B’ham (2019)
RBSA Photographic Prize
Jewellery Quarter, B’ham (2019)
Project B’ham - A Sense Of Place
Medicine Gallery, B’ham (2018)
RBSA Photographic Prize
Jewellery Quarter, B’ham (2017)
'Best of Birmingham'
Museum of Jewellery Quarter, B’ham (2017)
Assoc. Architects/RIBA ‘Westside/Eastside’
Mailbox, B’ham (2017)
Project B’ham / Kris Askey
The Old Crown. B’ham (2017)
‘FRAME16’
Millennium Point, B’ham (2016)