As a social photographer Michael Cockerham has shot over six hundred weddings, not to mention countless portraits, christenings, events, babies, animals, makeovers…His distinctive style and easy manner with clients has resulted in wedding bookings throughout the UK and into Europe and the United States, with many bookings being made years in advance. His work has been published in newspapers and periodicals around the world, and fine art prints are held in private and commercial collections from Indianapolis to Chennai, and his work has been exhibited in a number of group and solo exhibitions in the UK.
In October 2008 Michael Cockerham became the first photographer in history to get a newspaper by-line in orbit, when Richard Garriott took a special issue of the Metro Newspaper (containing Michael’s photograph and by-line, and later verified as the first newspaper in space) to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz TMA-13. The paper is now on permanent loan to the British National Space Centre in Leicester.
Michael is a member of the Chartered Institute of Journalists, and has previously been Chairman of the Royal Photographic Society’s Visual Journalism Group and the photography coordinator for UK Skills. A firm advocate of assisting others develop an understanding of the power of photography, Michael Cockerham routinely offers work experience placements, and is a mentor for the Ideas Foundation and Venture Thinking, providing young people with the opportunity to unleash their latent creative talents.
He lives with his wife and three sons in Kent, and is available for assignments worldwide.
