Britain Hill

Portrait Photographer
Born in Rockford Illinois July 1, 1952
BFA:
Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA 1973-1976
San Francisco Art Institute 1971-73
From 1976 to date, Britain Hill has been freelancing
with bases in LA, New York, and London.

If any animals are reading this, you have come to the right place. Britain Hill loves animals like you and even more, loves to photograph them. However, if you are a human, that's all right, too. Britain photographs humans as well (including many famous ones as you can see) -- and has won awards doing it, some of which you'll see on this website. Sharing her home with her own creatures, she is devoted to the health of dogs, often contributing to research for the benefit of dogs everywhere.

She has worked for periodicals, film studios, the music industry, publishers and corporations since 1976.
Her photographs are "conversational" portraits, not just pictures. Her camera has a sense of humility, humor and humanity. As she says, "I love animals and cheerfully tolerate humans." You can view her extraordinary work on this web site. And if you want a picture of a person or a pet, Britain Hill might just win you an award, too.
Among the celebrities she has photographed are: Frank Perdue, John Savage, Louise Eredrich, Peter Milton, Swimming Pool Qs, Kohn Pederson & Fox, Blair Brown, Joe Beynon, Caleb Deschanel, Michael Kingsley, Mandy Patinkin, Cindy Grogan, William Paley, Carl Fleming, PJ O'Rourke, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Helen Dougherty, Meg Foster, Greg Sheldon, Kevin Klein, Judge Alcee Hastings, Carl Sagan, William Hurt, Bob Fosse, Vidal Sasoon, DeeAnn DeLuna, Dick Cavett, Alberto Vargus, Martin Scorcese, John Sayles, Harry Dean Stanton, Henry Greenwald, Alan Parker, Carl Lewis, Seymour Cohn, Peter De Vries, Chris Difford, Bernard Wolfe, Mary Stuart Masterson, David Huffman.
Periodicals in which her portrait work has appeared in include: GQ, Self, Vogue, New York Times Magazine, Manhattan Inc., Rolling Stone, Ms. Magazine, Harvard Alumni Magazine. Yankee Magazine, American Film

Awards for Photography

Certificate of Excellence for the Exhibition
Communications Graphics '87 - '88
American Institute of Graphic Arts

Creativity '80 - Certificate of Distinction
Art Direction Magazine

Certificate of Excellence - Communication Graphics '77 '78
Communication Graphics

Award of Excellence - 21st Annual Exhibition
Communication Arts