Professional Career
Dean’s big break came whilst he was still assisting, in the form of an advertising campaign for Twix. Under the wing of his first agent, Yogi, who knew the advertising market well, he went on to shoot down the advertising route for some time, for clients such as Ben Sherman, Kodak and Lloyds. During this time the only editorial work Dean undertook was for Mixmag, shooting the covers and inside features, travelling to Iceland with dance duo Propellerheads for example, and spending lengths of time covering club-season Ibiza.
Reaping the financial rewards of shooting within the advertising genre allowed him to finance side projects such as his short film Strip which was accepted into and screened at several short film festivals around the world, and won the Kinofilm 2000 Best Experimental Short Film award at the International Short Film Festival in Manchester.
After growing less satisfied with the advertising work, he and his agent Yogi decided to part ways. Dean says of the departure, “…the editorial side that I liked, and the fuel that I needed, was being overwhelmed by jobs that were a little too broad.”
After spending a year without an agent, Dean met photographer Paul Rider who introduced him to his wife Adele Rider, agent and now director of the photographer’s agency Shoot. Today, Adele and her team remain Dean’s choice of agent, undertaking amongst other things, production work and fee negotiation.
In July 2012, Dean signed to the photographic agency, Skinny Dip to start the next chapter of his career.
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