ABOUT
Charles Moriarty
Charles Moriarty is Irish but moved to London at the age of 18 to study English and History of Art at Goldsmiths College. He fully intended to work in the film industry after graduation but in 2003 he was introduced to Amy Winehouse a young up and coming singer from north London. Five hours later he had shot the album cover for her debut Frank and so his hobby, photography, would become the focus of his career.
In 2004, he specialised in the field of Ocular medical illustration and worked in numerous hospitals in Ireland and England. He currently works at Moorfields Eye Hospital part-time.
In 2005 he began to study photography at the acclaimed LCC in London where he received his second bachelor of the art’s degree.
He has worked with Amy Winehouse, Perry Farrell, Hercules and Love affair, Fra Fee, Miles James, ATTITUDE, the TATE, BFC, USB, VICE, DIESEL, KTZ, Aitor Throup, Damon Albarn, 1814 magazine, Flaunt magazine, High Snobiety, Lee Roach, Benjamin O'Mahoney, Phoenix magazine, Natt & Dag, METRO, 17 Days music management, Tap management and many more.
In 2014 he shot the album cover for Damon Albarn’s Everyday Robots and went on to work for Lucas Film, as stills dept manager on Star Wars episode VII, The Force Awakens.
In 2017 he self-published his first book, Before Frank, revealing for the first time many of his unpublished photographs of Amy Winehouse. In 2018 the book was republished by Octopus Publishing, under the new title, Back to Amy with over 50 new photos added and insightful interviews with people close to Amy, like her mum Janis. In 2020 he published the highly acclaimed X, which was followed shortly after in 2021 by Photographers on the Art of Photography published by ACC art books. In 2025 he published his third monograph, BROCK.
In 2022 Charles was short listed for the British journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity, his work was selected as part of the Royal Hibernian Academy’s summer show in Ireland AND he joined the queer collective BOYS BOYS BOYS. In 2025 he won the British journal of Photography’s Portrait of Britain award with his portrait of music producer and lyricist Miles James.
His work is part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery, and he exhibits in the U.K. and abroad. In 2025 he had his first museum show at MARTA in Italy.
Info
mrcmoriarty@gmail.com