UK street portraits
A personal project: walking up to strangers on high streets across eight UK towns and cities, and photographing around 457 of them. Open the collection →
Photography
Events, people and sport: business events, portraits, promo shoots, live music, basketball, roller derby and motorsport, in the UK, Gibraltar and on the road.
- Collections on this page
- 15
- Strangers photographed for one street portrait project
- 457
- UK towns and cities in that project
- 8
- Since starting in a photography studio
- 2019
Portfolio
Collections
Every collection, laid out. Scroll along a row, tap a photo to see it full size, or open the collection for the story behind it.
Business events
Expos, conferences, awards dinners, workshops and networking talks across 2026, from Theo Paphitis on an expo stage in London to the moments in between. Open the collection →
Damex Pro League 2023
A draft night, eleven games and a final in one week, and 53 player portraits shot on day one, for Gibraltar’s professional basketball league. Open the collection →
Miss Gibraltar 2023
Promo shoots for a Miss Gibraltar 2023 contestant, from the foot of the Rock to Main Street and a boxing gym. Open the collection →
Business portraits
Portraits for directors, authors and business owners, made outdoors and on location rather than against a grey sheet. Open the collection →
Live at the Wine Festival
A band’s set at the 8th Gibraltar Wine Festival, shot in low light, in colour and black and white: 49 finished photographs. Open the collection →
Industry & manufacturing
People at work on factory floors and in engineering training workshops: the presses, the forklifts, the benches and the people who run them. Open the collection →
Exhibition opening
A painter’s exhibition opening: the artist, her work and the guests, in an edited set of 18 photographs and a video. Open the collection →
Gallery opening & press
An artist’s gallery opening, including a television interview on the night: 22 graded selects. Open the collection →
Strangers in the city
Portraits of strangers on a UK high street over three days: walk up, ask, and make a portrait in under a minute. Open the collection →
Portraits
Priests and community leaders in their own spaces, on digital and 35mm film: the portraits behind a hand-made book for my A level, and faces met in Egypt. Open the collection →
On the road, 2025
A year abroad: Bangkok, Bali, the red roads of Western Australia, Manila, Tokyo, Seoul and Phu Quoc, from the ground and from the air. Open the collection →
Five weeks on the Rock
Five weeks in Gibraltar in the summer of 2021: the Rock, the runway from above, Europa Point and the bay at sunset. Open the collection →
Gibraltar from above
Gibraltar from the top of the Rock: the marina, the sea, the summit and the rooftops. Open the collection →
Trackside
Behind the scenes with University of Wolverhampton Racing: the car, the pit lane and race day. Open the collection →
Sport
Team GB Junior Roller Derby
I did a photo shoot and video for Team GB Junior Roller Derby at Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire: action on the track, the bench and the team together.
Sport is fast and loud, and the moment is over in a second. There’s more of it in Damex Pro League 2023 and Trackside.
People
People I’ve
People I’ve
photographed
Most of my photography is people: artists, musicians, contestants, strangers on the street. Along the way that has included the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, on a visit to the NEC in Birmingham in 2026, the fashion designer Karen Millen, and the Dragons’ Den investors Sara Davies and Theo Paphitis, who I photographed on stage at an expo in London.
More along the way →How I work
Photography that has a job
Brief first
What the photos are for decides everything: a poster, a feed, a press release or a website.
Light, then people
Plan the location for the time of day, then spend the time on the person in front of the lens.
One look
A set should look like one set, so every frame is edited and graded to match.
Ready to use
Delivered in the sizes and crops each channel needs, with cut-outs and video when the brief calls for it.
Contact SheetJoseph Carey
Frames from the collections, the stages and the road.
Start with the street portraits →FAQ
Quick answers
What does Joseph Carey photograph?
Events, people and sport: business events and awards dinners, business portraits, people at work in manufacturing, promo shoots, exhibition openings, live music, street portraits, basketball, roller derby and motorsport, in the UK, Gibraltar and on the road.
Has Joseph Carey worked with sports teams?
Yes. He did a photo shoot and video for Team GB Junior Roller Derby at Lilleshall National Sports Centre in Shropshire, ran the videography and social for the Damex Pro League basketball event in Gibraltar, and photographed University of Wolverhampton Racing.
Who has Joseph Carey photographed?
Among others, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, at the NEC in Birmingham in 2026, the fashion designer Karen Millen, and the Dragons’ Den investors Sara Davies and Theo Paphitis, who he photographed on stage at an expo in London.
Where did Joseph Carey learn photography?
In a Shropshire photography studio from 2019, working on shoots and editing for clients, and through A level Photography at Shrewsbury Colleges Group.
How do I book Joseph Carey for a shoot?
Message him on LinkedIn or email hello@josephcarey.com.
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