WHO'S WALLER
NEW BOOK OUT NOW JJ WALLER'S LOCKDOWN. INFORMAL PORTRAITS of THIS TIME. edited by MARTIN PARR>.
A pioneering Covent Garden street entertainer and comedy performer, Waller toured festivals and comedy clubs world wide, winning numerous plaudits which included a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival with the show Mad Pookie 2.
Parallel to this touring, along with Mick Perrin and Luke Cresswell he devised and produced a number of large-scale outdoor events for Heineken. Using a canvas as diverse as floating pontoons on Glasgow’s River Clyde and oil-rigs on Brighton beach. The earlier of these events were the fore-runners to the creation of the musical Stomp.
Waller famously directed numerous theatre events including Hamlet The Panto @ Brighton's renown Zap club. He starred in the Game Game Show Directed by Perrin and toured alongside the late Malcolm Hardee’s The Greatest Show on Legs. Waller was a familiar face on the British and international comedy circuits. All this before finally joining the legendry anarchic French Circus Archaos. His collection of memorabilia from this time is held in the comedy archive of Kent University.https://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/standupcomedy/index.html
Despite never having been given a Box Brownie as a child his interest in photography took pole position when he commenced an Editorial Photography Degree under the inspirational tutelage of Magnum photographer Mark Power. At this time he was shortlisted for an AA Travel Award and was a winner of the Thames & Hudson Student Photographer Prize. On leaving University Waller completed a 12 month period as Artist in Residence at Gatwick Airport. He then toured the world as assistant to photographer Paul Lowe, at the time also with the Magnum agency. Waller subsequently spent a number of years as a photography producer in the advertising industry, working on many award-winning campaigns in both the US and the UK. He largely produced all aspects of these adverts including castings and locations for leading British photographers agent Wyatt–Clarke-Jones.
In recent years he has been concentrating primarily on his own editorial and commercial photography. Waller was a steering group member in the creation of The QueensPark Books Brighton Photography Collection.
He is also collaborated once again with leading comedy producer Mick Perrin on a variety of photographic and filming assignments for stand up comics. These include Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Paul Merton, Tony Robinson, Julian Clary, Nina Conti, Reginald D Hunter and Dylan Moran.
Waller commenced a major body of work in May 2007 documenting the re-generation of St Leonards on Sea a small resort on the English south coast. This work continues to evolve. JJ Waller's St Leonards on Sea was published by curious - publishing and has sold over 6000 copies.. His St Leonards work was produced as wallpaper in a collaboration with artist Deborah Bowness. This work can be seen on permanent exhibition at The Saint Leonard.
The Bohemians a series of portraits of people living and working in the area of St Leonards named Bohemia is a chapter within this larger body of work, it was exhibited as an installation at the Bohemia club in 2016.
Waller also commenced in summer 2011 a personal project featuring the sea port town of Newhaven. This is currently ongoing.
Waller has completed a commission from Whitehawk F.C. Brighton's other football club to document their first season playing in the highest league (Conference South) in there 45 year history. An exciting season culminated in Whitehawk F.C. staying up with the last kick of the last game of the season. Seven years on he now continues to support and photograph the club and in particular it's supporters the ironically named Whitehawk Ultras. At the end of season 2018/18 Whitehawk were demoted from the football Conference South and took a further demotion last season
His images regularly appear internationally in print and online publications, billboards, books,tour posters and programmes.
In 2018 he was an exhibitor and speaker at the inaugural Hastings Through the lens Festival along with Martin Parr and Mark Power.
Waller has been collaborating on editorial projects with writer Nione Meakin. Together they have produced features and covers for national magazines. He has also collaborated with the artist Peter Quinnell.
Waller's first solo book project JJ Waller’s Brighton Volume 1 was published by Curious-publishing.co.uk further publications now include:
JJ Waller's Brighton vol 01
JJ Waller's Brighton vol 02
JJ Waller's St Leonards on Sea
JJ Waller's Blackpool
JJ Waller's Brighton & Hove Albion
JJ Waller's Brighton vol 03
JJ Waller's Brighton Pride
JJ Waller's Sussex by the Sea
JJ Waller's Lockdown. Informal Portraits of This Time
All titles available through this web site or at Waterstone's Booksellers.
Between 2014-2020 Waller was a regular contributor to Viva magazine where each month he had a page devoted to his work.
Limited signed edition prints are available. Email for further information office@jjwaller.com
07913175139
Email office@jjwaller.com
A pioneering Covent Garden street entertainer and comedy performer, Waller toured festivals and comedy clubs world wide, winning numerous plaudits which included a Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival with the show Mad Pookie 2.
Parallel to this touring, along with Mick Perrin and Luke Cresswell he devised and produced a number of large-scale outdoor events for Heineken. Using a canvas as diverse as floating pontoons on Glasgow’s River Clyde and oil-rigs on Brighton beach. The earlier of these events were the fore-runners to the creation of the musical Stomp.
Waller famously directed numerous theatre events including Hamlet The Panto @ Brighton's renown Zap club. He starred in the Game Game Show Directed by Perrin and toured alongside the late Malcolm Hardee’s The Greatest Show on Legs. Waller was a familiar face on the British and international comedy circuits. All this before finally joining the legendry anarchic French Circus Archaos. His collection of memorabilia from this time is held in the comedy archive of Kent University.https://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/standupcomedy/index.html
Despite never having been given a Box Brownie as a child his interest in photography took pole position when he commenced an Editorial Photography Degree under the inspirational tutelage of Magnum photographer Mark Power. At this time he was shortlisted for an AA Travel Award and was a winner of the Thames & Hudson Student Photographer Prize. On leaving University Waller completed a 12 month period as Artist in Residence at Gatwick Airport. He then toured the world as assistant to photographer Paul Lowe, at the time also with the Magnum agency. Waller subsequently spent a number of years as a photography producer in the advertising industry, working on many award-winning campaigns in both the US and the UK. He largely produced all aspects of these adverts including castings and locations for leading British photographers agent Wyatt–Clarke-Jones.
In recent years he has been concentrating primarily on his own editorial and commercial photography. Waller was a steering group member in the creation of The QueensPark Books Brighton Photography Collection.
He is also collaborated once again with leading comedy producer Mick Perrin on a variety of photographic and filming assignments for stand up comics. These include Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Paul Merton, Tony Robinson, Julian Clary, Nina Conti, Reginald D Hunter and Dylan Moran.
Waller commenced a major body of work in May 2007 documenting the re-generation of St Leonards on Sea a small resort on the English south coast. This work continues to evolve. JJ Waller's St Leonards on Sea was published by curious - publishing and has sold over 6000 copies.. His St Leonards work was produced as wallpaper in a collaboration with artist Deborah Bowness. This work can be seen on permanent exhibition at The Saint Leonard.
The Bohemians a series of portraits of people living and working in the area of St Leonards named Bohemia is a chapter within this larger body of work, it was exhibited as an installation at the Bohemia club in 2016.
Waller also commenced in summer 2011 a personal project featuring the sea port town of Newhaven. This is currently ongoing.
Waller has completed a commission from Whitehawk F.C. Brighton's other football club to document their first season playing in the highest league (Conference South) in there 45 year history. An exciting season culminated in Whitehawk F.C. staying up with the last kick of the last game of the season. Seven years on he now continues to support and photograph the club and in particular it's supporters the ironically named Whitehawk Ultras. At the end of season 2018/18 Whitehawk were demoted from the football Conference South and took a further demotion last season
His images regularly appear internationally in print and online publications, billboards, books,tour posters and programmes.
In 2018 he was an exhibitor and speaker at the inaugural Hastings Through the lens Festival along with Martin Parr and Mark Power.
Waller has been collaborating on editorial projects with writer Nione Meakin. Together they have produced features and covers for national magazines. He has also collaborated with the artist Peter Quinnell.
Waller's first solo book project JJ Waller’s Brighton Volume 1 was published by Curious-publishing.co.uk further publications now include:
JJ Waller's Brighton vol 01
JJ Waller's Brighton vol 02
JJ Waller's St Leonards on Sea
JJ Waller's Blackpool
JJ Waller's Brighton & Hove Albion
JJ Waller's Brighton vol 03
JJ Waller's Brighton Pride
JJ Waller's Sussex by the Sea
JJ Waller's Lockdown. Informal Portraits of This Time
All titles available through this web site or at Waterstone's Booksellers.
Between 2014-2020 Waller was a regular contributor to Viva magazine where each month he had a page devoted to his work.
Limited signed edition prints are available. Email for further information office@jjwaller.com
07913175139
Email office@jjwaller.com