Keith Moss: Photographer

Keith Moss has been a Professional Professional commercial, industrial, and food photographer in the north east and UK for over 20 years. Since his first experience with his fathers Pentax ME Super camera at the age of thirteen Keith's passion for photography blossomed into a hobby. Because of high demand for Keiths talent, due to the way Keith caught depth and emotion in his subjects, his hobby quickly turned into a career. Keith has always been passionate about black and white photography, it's what feeds his soul and it’s his way of communicating. He first started exhibiting ten years ago and subsequently exhibited all over Europe and the World. Art enthusiasts and buyers alike collect his Fine Art Photography and often commission Keith to do "One Off " pieces.

After his fine art work was so popular people were interested to see Keith capturing the same feeling in other sectors. Keith was rather reluctant at first to delve into other areas as he feared he would not be able to create the same emotion and impact, but when he was commissioned by the BBC his fears quickly disintegrated as his work received rave reviews. Industry professionals began to again "Trust the photographer", this is what evidently lead to Keith working in all market sectors such as Commercial, Industrial, Food, PR, Model Photography and Fashion. It seemed everyone wanted to capture Keith's special talent, this meant that Keith's portfolio of clients expanded, his profile was raised and his work appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Professional Photographer and Food and Drink. Keith photographed many public figures including Prince Andrew, Alan Shearer and Girls Aloud. Commercially Keith worked with Ad, Design, Communications Agencies and large companies including Unilever UK, Monza Spain, Kosmea Cosmetics Australia, Mars Confectionary, BBC, Huntsman and Hilton Hotels group. He has been featured in Living North, NE Exclusive, National and Local Press and, Digital Photo Pro. Recently Keith has and continues to collaborate with Ilford, the worlds leaders in Black and White Film. One of Keith's greatest achievements, to his own admission, is the fact he was selected to mentor other professional photographers and conduct master classes with Ilford.

"Photography is my life, it's a calling, it feeds my soul and completes me".

Pat Moss: Management, Front of House and Post Production.

Pats background is in restaurant management and customer service. Pat will be the person to greet you with a friendly smile when you come to the gallery. Five years ago she was thrown into the thick of Keith's business when demand became so great someone was needed to man the Gallery full time. It was during this period that Keith taught Pat many valuable lessons in post production. What was Keith's passion and hobby quickly became the same for Pat. She now manages the post production team and oversees all images before they are delivered to the client. Her keen eye for detail ensures that everything sent out is of the best quality possible. Pats enthusiasm for delivering exactly what the client wants and excellent customer service skills is a contributing factor to customers returning to the Keith Moss Team time and time again.

Claire Ledder: Fashion Stylist, Business manager.

Claire graduated from Leeds College of Art and Design in the summer of 2006 gaining a 2-1 in Fashion Design. She went on to a Marketing company where she managed the accounts for large National Organisations. Although Claire enjoyed this role her creative side was put on hold and she made the decision to leave the company to fulfil her ambitions in the Fashion Industry. Within a month an opportunity arose to consult and manage the set styling for Kate Fearnleys latest collection, it was here she was introduced to Keith Moss and soon after joined the Keith Moss Team, bringing a wealth of experience on both the creative and business side. Claire now works along side Keith looking after and assisting on all assignments.

Natalie Crawford: Make up Artist

Natalie is a very talented Make-Up Artist, who has a keen eye for colour, style and detail. She has trained and worked with one of the largest and most prestigious make up company's as a photographic makeup artist and beauty consultant. The benefit of this is Natalie can offer advice and give you a personal skin analysis. Make-Up has been Natalie's passion for many years, which shows in her work. Along with her professionalism Natalie delivers a very personal service to each individual client. This can be done to enhance natural beauty or dramatize your look.

Claire Morley: Hair Stylist

Claire is Art Director at Contemporary's flagship salon in the market town of Guisborough. Since joining the group seven years ago she has honed her skills and is widely recognised as a talented and versatile stylist. Claire's first passion is session styling. As the director of the Contemporary's artistic team she is regularly involved in photographic work. Claire has also been involved in styling hair for London Fashion Week for the past 4 seasons, as well as co-directing London Graduate Fashion Week in June 2009.

Claire coordinates Contemporary's young art team, tapping into her artistic flair to inspire and motivate other young hairdressers. Claire was the TIGI UK Creative Youth Winner 2006 and nominated North Eastern  Hairdresser of the Year 2007 at the British Hairdressing Awards.