uk based editorial / corporate / commercial photographer

Human-driven narrative and portrait photography made for agencies, publications and brands across the UK and around the world

Working from bases in Edinburgh and London, Jo creates editorial, corporate and commercial photography for agencies, publications and brands across the UK and internationally.

Her work combines technical control, creative instinct and a clear understanding of how images need to perform across campaigns, publications, websites and brand communications.

Jo’s brand-conscious work is tailored to the needs of each project.

I know how to work with people who are nervous, powerful, guarded, brilliant, impatient, funny, awkward or simply short on time.

I understand the brief, the people in the room, the pressure on the client, the role of the agency, the potential of the location and the fact that images have to do more than look good in a collection. They have to earn their place in the world — on a campaign, in a publication, across a website, within a brand and in front of an audience that can move on quickly.

ADVERTISING / CAMPAIGN / KEY ART

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LEADERSHIP / NARRATIVE / HEADSHOTS / RECRUITMENT

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PORTRAIT / NARRATIVE / FEATURE

London based Commercial Photographer Jo Hanley

Commissions for agencies, publications and organisations across editorial, corporate and commercial photography.

Selected clients include:

· Amazon · Apple · Google · BT Group · NHS · Comic Relief · JPMorgan Chase & Co · Lloyds Banking Group · PwC · NatWest Group · Bank of Scotland · Whyte & Mackay · Grant’s · Diageo · Pernod Ricard · OurWhisky Foundation · Sony · Twitch · Polydor Records · Rolling Stone · The Wall Street Journal · Financial Times · The New York Times · The Sunday Times Magazine · Qantas · British Airways · Boeing · Toyota · Volvo · Bentley · World Health Organisation · Getty · BP · Nike · Scottish Rugby · Runner’s World · Everllence · BAE ·

Do you work with agencies, art directors and brand teams?

Yes. Jo works with agencies, art directors, brand teams and production leads on editorial, corporate and commercial photography commissions. The work is shaped around the brief, the people involved, the intended audience and the way the final images need to be used across campaigns, publications, websites, brand systems and communications.

Can you produce commercial photography for campaign and advertising use?

Yes. Jo creates commercial photography for brands, agencies and organisations that need campaign-led imagery with a strong human centre. The work is designed for advertising, key art, brand content, digital campaigns, press, social and wider public-facing communications.

How do you approach corporate photography for businesses with multiple teams or locations?

Jo’s corporate photography is built around consistency, credibility and human presence. She creates leadership portraits, team imagery, workplace narrative and recruitment photography that give businesses a coherent visual standard across websites, internal communications, press, employer brand content and wider brand use.

Do you work with publications and editors on editorial portrait and feature photography?

Yes. Jo works with publications, editors and commissioning teams on editorial portraiture and feature photography. Her editorial work combines observation, direction and narrative control, creating images that reveal character, setting and point of view without overworking the subject.

Do you work in both Edinburgh and London?

Yes. Jo works from bases in Edinburgh and London, producing editorial, corporate and commercial photography for clients across the UK and internationally. This supports agencies, publications and brands that need a photographer who can work across different cities, teams, locations and production contexts.

What makes your work suitable for professional commissioning?

Jo understands the pressure around commissioned photography: the brief, the agency process, the people in the room, the client’s expectations, the limits of time and location, and the need for images to work after the shoot. The result is photography with visual strength, calm production and clear commercial use.

How do you maintain visual consistency across different subjects, locations and production conditions?

Visual consistency is built through judgement, preparation and direction — not by making every image look identical. Jo works with a clear understanding of tone, framing, light, subject treatment and final use, allowing each subject and location to retain its own character while still sitting within a coherent visual language.

How do you approach a commission when the brief needs a wider image library, not just a hero image?

Most commissions require more than one final image. Jo creates connected image collections that give clients range, rhythm and practical choice — hero images, supporting frames, portraits, working moments, details and wider narrative content that can be used across different platforms and formats.

Why commission Jo?

Because the work has to do more than look good. Jo understands the people, pressure and purpose behind a commission, creating editorial, corporate and commercial photography that feels human, visually controlled and ready for serious use across campaigns, publications, websites and brand communications.


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