Time to Act: An Intimate Photographic Portrait of Actors Backstage

• A unique series of photographs that go behind the scenes in London theatres, capturing world renowned actors before they go on stage
• Includes a foreword by Cate Blanchett

“Simon Annand is one of the most amazing photographers I have had the pleasure of working with. He is an individualist with an eye for the unusual.” – Dame Judi Dench, actor

British photographer Simon Annand has been shooting candid photographs backstage at West End theatres in London for 35 years. In these meditative portraits, often shot in the intimate space of the dressing room, he captures the focus and tension of world-class actors right before they go on the stage. Actors such as Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal and Judi Dench are seen in these moments of vulnerability, which every actor experiences no matter how long they have been working. Time to Act, with an introduction by Cate Blanchett, contains a hand-picked selection of Simon Annand’s remarkable and unique portraits.

Reviews:

“…a five-star collection of photographs in Time to Act… capturing the famous faces in the most intimate of spaces the dressing room the book gives a tantalising reminder of the world we are missing while so many venues remain closed.” — Jane Dowdeswell, Hello! magazine

“‘His sensitivity to atmosphere is, quite simply, astonishing,’ says Cate Blanchett, while the man himself tells Eve Watling: ‘It is the crossover of the two personas which fascinates me as a photographer'”. — Eve Watling, Independent

“Simon has become a fly-on-the-wall as he is allowed in the dressing rooms of many household names to capture the rarely-seen moments.” — Kate Dennett, Daily Mail Online

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