How do you hold a mirror up to the English Theatre?
How do you capture its depth and complexity, ‘from the Fringe to the West End’?
In his 28 year project ‘The Half’, the photographer Simon Annand answers these questions.
He has captured our greatest actors during that transformational 30 minutes before the curtain goes up, known by actors as ‘the half’. With unparalleled access to intimate, backstage spaces, his photography takes us behind the costumes and make-up to reveal a different side of the great actors of our generation.
I love this accompanying video. It details Annand’s project and includes the rather moving reason he first picked up a camera:
