London, 27 January 2015: In partnership with specialist auction company BiddART, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts is delighted to announce an exclusive online and live auctions of its latest photography exhibition, ‘BAFTA, Backstage’.
Showcasing over 90 images, ‘BAFTA, Backstage’ offers a rare glimpse behind-the-scenes of the most prominent night in the UK film calendar. The exhibition features the work of eight photographers who have covered the EE British Academy Film Awards, with reportage and portrait photography of leading film talent. The eight featured photographers are Greg Williams, Ian Derry, Ellis Parrinder, Charlie Gray, Phil Fisk, Rich Hardcastle, Sarah Dunn and Jessie Craig. The exhibition also includes the awards photography of Michael Barrett, Doug McKenzie, Richard Kendal, Jonathan Birch, David Dettman, Stephen Butler and Marc Hoberman. The photographs are currently exhibited at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly, which was open to the public on 24 and 25 January and attended by over 2,000 people.
This is the first time BAFTA has made a photography collection from its archive available for sale via an online and live auction, which gives the public an opportunity to take home a piece of BAFTA heritage.
Lots 1 to 72 are part of the online auction, available for bids now at www.biddart.com. The closing date for the online auction is 16.00 on 9 February 2015.
24 unique and exclusive limited edition prints (Lots 73 to 96) will be auctioned live at a special charity event at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on Friday 30 January. Comedian Jon Culshaw will open proceedings at 16.00 and introduce the guest auctioneer, Jon Baddeley, MD of Bonhams. Each unique print is signed by the artist and is accompanied with an enumerated, signed Certificate of Authentication and sealed with an original BAFTA Hologram.
For further information, please contact freuds:
Kerry Porter Emma Micklewright
020 3003 6648 020 3003 6353
kerry.porter@freuds.com emma.micklewright@freuds.com
For the opportunity to attend the live auction, please email info@biddart.com
