Tim Rawle
| Tim Rawle | |
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Tim Rawle Photograph by Katie Rawle, 2005 | |
| Born | Ashford, Kent, England |
| Residence | Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | St Martin's School of Art and Central School of Art and Design, London; Downing College, Cambridge; Architectural Association, London |
| Occupation | Architectural photographer and writer |
| Website | www.timrawle.com |
Tim Rawle is an English architectural photographer and writer. He is best known for his photographs of buildings in Cambridge, England.
Biography
Tim Rawle was born in Ashford, Kent. After studying fine art and graphic design at St Martin's School of Art and at the Central School of Art and Design, London, he read architecture at Downing College, Cambridge, continuing his education at the Architectural Association, where he was Caldicott Scholar.[1]
He first came to prominence with the publication of his book Cambridge Architecture in 1985. Besides providing the text and the photographs for this venture he also designed the book. The Daily Telegraph described it as "an astonishingly comprehensive book . . . a unique and valuable record”.[2]
His next book project in 1987 was to provide the photography and design for Cinzia Maria Sicca's Committed to Classicism: The Building of Downing College, Cambridge.[3] The following year he was commissioned to design a new pictorial book on the National Portrait Gallery's collection as well as a small guide to the NPG's outstation at Bodelwyddan Castle, North Wales.[4]
In 1991, he set up a small business called "The Cambridge Portfolio" to publish high-quality calendars, diaries, greetings cards and postcards featuring his photographs of Cambridge buildings and Cambridge town and gown. He did the photography and design for the official guide to King's College Chapel, published in seven different languages.[5] Used extensively by publishers and record companies, many of his pictures have become iconic. For a period spanning several years he produced prospectuses for many Cambridge colleges and independent schools in south-east England.
A revised edition of Cambridge Architecture was brought out by André Deutsch in 1993.[6]
by Tim Rawle
His reputation as an accomplished photographer was secured with publication by Frances Lincoln of his book Cambridge in 2005.[7] According to the book's jacket, "There are familiar and unfamiliar views, but at all times their assured composition bears the unmistakable stamp of this photographer now internationally acclaimed for his Cambridge portfolio."
In his review in CAM, the university magazine, the late Dr Peter Richards[8] wrote: "At the heart of the book lies a fascinating exploration of seven hundred years of University architecture . . . This is, quite simply, the best introduction to Cambridge ever published." [9]
The Howard Foundation commissioned Tim Rawle to be the author and photographer of a new book on Downing College published in September 2015 and lauded by the Georgian as a "well-researched architectural history" with "exceptional photographs".[10]
There are plans afoot to publish a companion volume to Cambridge simply entitled Oxford.[11]
Tim Rawle was appointed a Fellow Commoner of Downing College, Cambridge in 1987.[12]
Bibliography
- Cambridge Architecture (1st ed., sponsored by Cambridge Consultants) London: Trefoil Books, 1985. 224 pp. ISBN 0862940591; paperback ISBN 0862940508 OCLC 12128315
- Committed to Classicism: The Building of Downing College, Cambridge. With Cinzia Maria Sicca (main author), Edward Powell, Charles Harpum (contrib.) Cambridge: Downing College, Cambridge, 1987. 228 pp. ISBN 0951162012; paperback ISBN 0951162004 OCLC 14717806
- Cambridge Architecture (2nd ed.) London: André Deutsch, 1993. 240 pp. ISBN 0233988181 OCLC 29468655
- Cambridge (1st ed.). London: Frances Lincoln, 2005. 192 pp. ISBN 0711225494 OCLC 61176603
- Classic Cambridge: 100 Photographs by Tim Rawle. Cambridge: The Cambridge Portfolio, 2012. 128 pp. ISBN 9780957286702 OCLC 858070726
- The Chapel of Trinity College, Oxford. With Martin Kemp (author). London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers, 2014. 88 pp. ISBN 9781857598247 OCLC 834412864
- A Classical Adventure: The Architectural History of Downing College Cambridge. Tim Rawle (author), Tim Rawle and Louis Sinclair (photographers), John Adamson (editor). Cambridge: The Oxbridge Portfolio, 2015, 200 pp. ISBN 978 0 9572867 4 0 OCLC 931005141
- Cambridge. Tim Rawle (author and photographer), John Adamson (editor) (new edition with a foreword by William Bortrick). Cambridge: Oxbridge Portfolio, 2016. 204 pp. ISBN 978 0 9572867 2 6
References
- ↑ See Rawle, Tim (1985). Cambridge Architecture (1st ed.). London: Trefoil Books. ISBN 0862940591. Paperback ISBN 0862940508.
- ↑ Gray, Ronald. "Cambridge on parade", Daily Telegraph, no. 40,369, London, Thursday, April 4, 1985.
- ↑ Sicca, Cinzia Maria (1987). Committed to Classicism: The Building of Downing College, Cambridge (1st ed.). Cambridge: Downing College, Cambridge. ISBN 0951162012. Paperback ISBN 0951162004.
- ↑ Foister, Susan; Gibson, Robin; Rogers, Malcolm; Simon, Jacob (1988). The National Portrait Gallery Collection (1st ed.). London: National Portrait Gallery Publications. ISBN 0904017893. Paperback ISBN 0904017907; US cloth edition (Cambridge University Press) ISBN 0521373921; Foister, Susan (1988). The National Portrait Gallery at Bodelwyddan Castle. London: National Portrait Gallery Publications. ISBN 0904017923.
- ↑ Warrior, Josephine: A Guide to King's College Chapel, Cambridge with photography and design by Tim Rawle, Cambridge, 1994 (English edition), reprinted 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2014.
- ↑ Rawle, Tim (1993). Cambridge Architecture (2nd ed.). London: André Deutsch. ISBN 0233988181.
- ↑ Rawle, Tim (2005). Cambridge (1st ed.). London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 0711225494.
- ↑ Dr Peter Richards' Guardian obituary.
- ↑ Richards, Peter (2006). "City of colour, city of contrasts". CAM: Cambridge Alumni Magazine (47): 25.
- ↑ Howard Foundation. "News page". Retrieved 9 February 2015. Book entitled A Classical Adventure: The Architectural History of Downing College Cambridge (Oxbridge Portfolio. "Books". Retrieved 27 February 2015.). Review in the Georgian, spring 2016.
- ↑ Rawle, Tim. "Profile". Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ↑ Downing College website.