{{Short description|British photographer (born 1956)}} {{Infobox person |name = Alistair Neil Morrison |image = |caption = Morrison in 2024 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|4}} |birth_place = Lima, Peru |occupation = {{hlist|Photographer|filmmaker}} |education = {{ubl|Ardingly College| Harrow College}} |website = https://alistairmorrison.com }}
'''Alistair Neil Morrison''' (born November 4, 1956) is a British photographer, known for his work with celebrity portraits and his charitable ''Legacy'' projects, including ''Time to Reflect'', ''Time to Pause'', and ''Time to Connect''.<ref name="Time to Connect Nottinghamshire">{{cite web |title=Time to Connect Nottinghamshire {{!}} Inspire - Culture, Learning, Libraries |url=https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/arts-culture/community/time-to-connect-nottinghamshire/ |website=www.inspireculture.org.uk |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="Time to Reflect Vogue">{{cite web |title=TIME TO REFLECT |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/time-to-reflect |website=British Vogue |access-date=29 September 2025 |date=25 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="Time to Pause Purpose Awards">{{cite web |title=Time to Pause |url=https://www.purposeawards.co.uk/finalists/time-to-pause |website=Purpose Awards |access-date=14 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref> More than 80 pieces of his work are held in the primary collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.<ref name="Time to Connect Nottinghamshire" />
==Early life and education== Morrison was born in Lima, Peru.<ref name="Star Bermudians">{{cite news |last1=Hardy |first1=Jessie Moniz |title=Morrison to photograph star Bermudians |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/other/lifestyle/article/20180514/morrison-to-photograph-star-bermudians/ |access-date=27 September 2025 |publisher=The Royal Gazette |date=14 May 2018}}</ref> His father, Jamie Ian Morrison, worked in telecommunications for Cable & Wireless Communications in Bermuda, where he met and married Aileen Rose Morrison (née Wingate). Following his posting to South America, the family lived in Peru, Chile, and Argentina, where Morrison spent much of his early childhood.<ref name="Star Bermudians"/>
Upon leaving school, Morrison initially began work at the Bank of England before discovering a deeper interest in the visual arts.<ref name="Big Questions">{{cite web |last1=Brethour |first1=Dylan |title=Big Questions: We Ask Photographer Alistair Morrison About Human Rights |url=https://eachother.org.uk/big-questions-ask-photographer-alistair-morrison-human-rights/ |website=EachOther |access-date=27 September 2025 |language=en |date=2 July 2017}}</ref> At the age of twenty-one, he enrolled as a photography student at Harrow College.<ref name="Living with the buskers">{{cite web |title=Living with the buskers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrow-observer/182194629/ |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Harrow Observer |access-date=28 September 2025 |pages=18 |date=8 May 1981}}</ref>
==Professional career== In 1981, during his final year of college, Morrison undertook a six-week project photographing buskers in the London Underground.<ref name="Living with the buskers"/> The resulting collection, ''Grassroots'', was subsequently exhibited in the National Theatre in London.<ref name="National Theatre Catalogue">{{cite web |title=Forthcoming exhibitions at the National Theatre |url=https://catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=RNT/PR/2/2/104 |website=catalogue.nationaltheatre.org.uk |access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref> A review of Morrison's work around this time commended his technical proficiency, and notes his "thoughtful approach to the everyday subjects he chooses."<ref>{{cite web |title=Snap! What a show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrow-observer/182304328/ |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Harrow Observer |access-date=29 September 2025 |pages=16 |date=11 June 1982}}</ref>
Shortly thereafter, Morrison began receiving commissions for celebrity portraits, working with publications including ''Vogue'', ''The Observer'', ''The Sunday Times'', ''YOU Magazine'', and ''Esquire'', among others.<ref name="NPG, Morrison">{{cite web |title=Alistair Morrison - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp07852/alistair-morrison |website=www.npg.org.uk |access-date=27 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=YOU Magazine - Diane Keaton |url=https://magazinecanteen.com/products/you-magazine-diane-keaton-bb-king |website=magazine canteen |access-date=30 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Joely shoots to Tesco |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/midweek-joely-shoots-to-tesco/186661602/ |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Midweek |access-date=30 September 2025 |pages=4 |language=en |date=21 November 1995}}</ref>
The beginnings of Morrison's professional career coincided with a broader movement advocating for photography to be recognised with major institutional art collections.<ref name="NPG, Twenty for Today">{{cite web |title=Twenty for Today 29 May - 25 August 1986 - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/about/photographs-collection/national-photographic-record/twenty-for-today-29-may-25-august-1986.php |website=www.npg.org.uk |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref> This shift was recognised by the 1986 exhibition ''Twenty for Today'' at the National Portrait Gallery in London, in which Morrison was invited to exhibit alongside a cohort of emerging British photographers gaining recognition as significant contemporary voices.<ref name="NPG, Twenty for Today"/>
Morrison continued to exhibit his work internationally, with shows held in cities including Paris, New York, Palm Beach, Miami, Florence, Berlin, Barcelona, and London.<ref name="Time to Connect Nottinghamshire" /> He lived in New York for five years, and worked for a number of publications across America.<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/>{{citation needed|date=November 2025}}
At the turn of the millennium, Morrison collaborated with UNICEF on ''Time to Reflect'', a portrait project involving hundreds of celebrities and public figures from the fields of music, sport, film and politics. Participants were invited to create self-portraits using a photobooth and contribute written reflections marking the new millennium.<ref name="Time to Reflect, Telegraph">{{cite web |title=Article Clipped from The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/752618573/ |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=30 September 2025 |pages=142 |date=31 December 1999}}</ref> Morrison explained, "One of the key themes of this millennium is the fact that we all have an identity and we all have a right to our say. The passport photograph is a universal means of establishing your identity and we were also asking people to identify themselves through the message they give to the world."<ref name="Face Booth: Shooting Stars">{{cite web |last1=Crompton |first1=Sarah |title=Face Booth: Shooting Stars |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/6911876/Face-Booth-shooting-stars.html |website=www.telegraph.co.uk |publisher=The Telegraph |date=30 December 2009}}</ref> The project was published as a book in 2002, serialised in ''The Daily Telegraph'', and was the subject of a documentary, ''Face Booth'', with ongoing contributions throughout the 2000s.<ref name="Time to Reflect Vogue" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Time to Reflect |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph/182304586/ |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=1 October 2025 |pages=27 |date=7 January 2010}}</ref>
Morrison has produced a series of ''Legacy'' photographs, applying his style of portraiture to curated group images of notable actors ("The Actors' Last Supper"), sportsmen ("Waiting for Lomu, the World's Greatest Rugby Players"), Britons ("Great Britons"), musicians ("Searching for Apollo"), chefs ("Chefs' Legacy"), and Bermudians ("An Island's Legacy — Postcards from Bermuda").<ref name="Time to Connect Nottinghamshire" /><ref name="The cups runneth over">{{cite web |last1=Malvern |first1=Jack |title=The cups runneth over at the actors' Last Supper |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/the-cups-runneth-over-at-the-actors-last-supper-f5q3737293f |website=www.thetimes.com |publisher=The Times |access-date=28 September 2025 |language=en |date=17 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="Waiting for Lomu">{{cite web |title=Waiting for Lomu graces the walls of Twickenham Stadium |url=https://worldrugbymuseum.com/from-the-vaults/museum-collection/waiting-for-lomu-graces-the-walls-of-twickenham-stadium |website=World Rugby Museum |access-date=28 September 2025 |language=en |date=28 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive">{{cite web |title=Barbara Taylor Bradford recognised as one of 90 Great Britons in portrait to mark The Queen's 90th birthday |url=https://barbarataylorbradford.co.uk/barbara-taylor-bradford-recognised-as-one-of-90-great-britons-in-portrait-to-mark-the-queens-90th-birthday/ |access-date=10 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026063842/https://barbarataylorbradford.co.uk/barbara-taylor-bradford-recognised-as-one-of-90-great-britons-in-portrait-to-mark-the-queens-90th-birthday/ |archive-date=26 October 2021 |date=1 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Apollo, GQ">{{cite web |title=See rock legends Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Slash unite in Alistair Morrison's latest project |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/paul-mccartney-bruce-springsteen-alistair-morrison |website=British GQ |access-date=27 September 2025 |date=20 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Chefs Legacy, News">{{cite web |title=Canaletto Provides Backdrop for Morrison's Chef's Legacy Project |url=https://premierconstructionnews.com/2018/10/07/canaletto-provides-backdrop-for-morrisons-chefs-legacy-project/ |publisher=Premier Construction News |access-date=28 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="Star Bermudians"/>
In 2017, Morrison (in collaboration with Sir Roger Daltrey, and in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America) created "Searching for Apollo", the first of ''The Adoration Trilogy''.<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> The altarpiece — a forty-panel triptych featuring over 70 iconic men in music, including members of The Beatles, Queen, and Led Zeppelin, among others — was unveiled at the Victoria & Albert Museum in November 2017.<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> The musicians were photographed individually in various settings across the UK and America, and staged against a background of stone archways and tunnels.<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> Morrison told GQ: {{Blockquote |text = The title of the exhibition, Searching For Apollo, is born of the theme of Apollo as the god of music and 'search', which is buscar in Spanish - the origin of busking. So with that idea in mind, it seemed nice to do something looking back at these artists' roots, to get everyone back on the street. |author = Alistair Morrison |source = GQ<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/>}}
In 2020, Morrison created two documentary films: ''The Real You'', a personal exploration of his pursuit for photographic authenticity, and ''Time to Pause'', created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="Time to Connect Nottinghamshire" /><ref name="Time to Pause Purpose Awards" /> The latter was awarded Best Public Awareness Cause Campaign at the 2021 Purpose Awards.<ref name="Purpose Awards">{{cite web |title=RESULTS 2021 |url=https://www.purposeawards.co.uk/winners-2021 |website=Purpose Awards |access-date=10 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
Morrison's ongoing project, ''Immune from Praise and Abuse'', marks a departure from celebrity portraiture. The series is focused on authenticity, and sees Morrison turn his lens toward capturing the individual truths of "ordinary, yet extraordinary, people."<ref name="SHOUTOUT ATLANTA">{{cite web |title=Meet Alistair Morrison - Photographer |url=https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-alistair-morrison-photographer/ |website=SHOUTOUT ATLANTA |access-date=27 September 2025 |date=14 June 2023}}</ref>
In 2023, Morrison began to journey across all 100 counties of the United Kingdom in a converted camper van, repurposed as a mobile studio. In this project, ''Time to Connect'', Morrison engages with local artists and creatives in the creation of a national arts trail, intended to serve as a visual portrait of the nation.<ref name="Time to Connect Nottinghamshire" />
Morrison is a regular invitee to give talks about his works and career to museums and academic institutions. He has conducted courses at The Courtauld Institute of Art, leading discussion on the nature and theory of portrait photography, and examining its historical context.<ref name="Courtauld Course">{{cite web |title=Looking at ourselves: A historical and practical exploration of portrait photography |url=https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/looking-at-ourselves-a-historical-and-practical-exploration-of-portrait-photography/ |website=The Courtauld |access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref> A selection of Morrison's portraits were exhibited alongside impressionist works from The Courtauld's collection.<ref name="Courtauld, Exhibition">{{cite web |title=Morgan Stanley Lates at Somerset House with The Courtauld |url=https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/morgan-stanley-lates-at-somerset-house-with-the-courtauld-5/ |website=The Courtauld |access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref>
==Celebrity portraits== Morrison's celebrity portraiture includes: {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Brian May<ref name=Maddox/> *Shirley Bassey<ref name="maturetimes.co.uk">{{cite web |title=Dame Shirley Bassey helps RNIB launch 'See the need' |url=https://www.maturetimes.co.uk/dame-shirley-bassey-helps-rnib-launch-see-need/ |website=Mature Times |access-date=27 September 2025 |date=15 September 2015}}</ref> *Kenneth Branagh<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Colin Firth<ref name="ACTORS">{{cite web |title=Actors' Last Supper - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw227557/Actors-Last-Supper |website=www.npg.org.uk |access-date=27 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *Paul McCartney<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Twiggy<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Robert Plant<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Ian McKellen<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *George Harrison<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Margaret Thatcher<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Emily |title="Thatcher's final portrait to be auctioned" |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/10/margaret-thatcher-final-portrait-to-be-auctioned/ |website=www.telegraph.co.uk |publisher=The Telegraph |access-date=15 October 2025 |date=10 October 2025}}</ref> *Penelope Cruz<ref name="Face Booth: Shooting Stars"/> *Rowan Atkinson<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Emma Thompson<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Ralph Fiennes<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Daniel Day-Lewis<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Tom Cruise<ref name="SMG">{{cite web |title=Photographs by Alistair Morrison from the Time to Reflect project |url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8103420 |website=collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk |publisher=Science Museum Group |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *Elton John<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Liam Gallagher<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy">{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Richard |title=The Adoration Trilogy is unveiled |url=https://www.thewho.com/adoration-trilogy-unveiled/ |website=The Who |access-date=29 September 2025 |date=15 November 2017}}</ref> *Noel Gallagher<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Bob Geldof<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Barbara Windsor<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Tom Jones<ref name="WHITELIGHT"/> *Ringo Starr<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Jude Law<ref name="SMG"/> *Gareth Edwards<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Judi Dench<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Laurence Olivier<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Tom Hanks<ref name="Face Booth: Shooting Stars"/> *Alec Guinness<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Joan Collins<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Van Morrison<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Billy Idol<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Pierce Brosnan<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Julie Walters<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Bette Davis<ref>{{cite web |title=Alistair Morrison Paintings & Artwork for Sale {{!}} Alistair Morrison Art Value Price Guide |url=https://www.invaluable.com/artist/morrison-alistair-4x1lor8n8s/sold-at-auction-prices/?srsltid=AfmBOor4COXQwAiGNx8qCqoh4z0JPDJrBESDPj9enTRQxdUl3o0zsjRx |website=www.invaluable.com |access-date=20 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *Flora Duffy<ref name="BERMUDA"/> *David Gilmour<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Kristin Scott Thomas<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Ben Kingsley<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Andy Murray<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Jeff Beck<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Ozzy Osbourne<ref name=Maddox/> *John Gielgud<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Mary Berry<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Bruce Springsteen<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Kate Winslet<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Jilly Cooper<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Linford Christie<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Steve Redgrave<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Dame Darcey Bussell<ref name="Face Booth: Shooting Stars"/> *Rachel Weisz<ref name="Face Booth: Shooting Stars"/> *Robbie Williams<ref name="SMG"/> *Alice Cooper<ref name=Maddox/> *Eric Clapton<ref name=Maddox/> *Slash<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Helen Mirren<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Anthony Hopkins<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Iggy Pop<ref name=Maddox/> *Kelly Holmes<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Harry Secombe<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Ronnie Wood<ref name=Maddox/> *Smokey Robinson<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Tom Stoppard<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Catherine Zeta Jones<ref name="SMG"/> *Roger Taylor<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Joan Plowright<ref>{{cite web |title=The Olivier family - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw82797/The-Olivier-family |website=www.npg.org.uk |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=15 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *Ray Davies<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Chris Hoy<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Zandra Rhodes<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Kylie Minogue<ref name="SMG"/> *John Paul Jones<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Bryan Adams<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Elvis Costello<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Donovan<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Dame Zaha Hadid<ref name="Great Britons, Web Archive"/> *Rod Stewart<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Roger Daltrey<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Paul Weller<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Pete Townshend<ref name="Apollo, GQ"/> *Barry Gibb<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Margaret Atwood<ref name="Face Booth: Shooting Stars"/> *Art Garfunkel<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Carl Palmer<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Ali Campbell<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Oliver Reed<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/> *Mark Knopfler<ref name="WHO Adoration Trilogy"/> *Henry Kissinger<ref name="Face Booth: Shooting Stars"/> *Sting<ref name="SMG"/>}}
==Exhibitions== Exhibitions of Morrison's work include: *''Morrison at The Courtauld'' — The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, April 2023<ref name="Courtauld, Exhibition"/> *''Immune from Praise and Abuse'' — Gurr Johns, London, March 2021<ref name="Chef's Legacy Exhibition">{{cite web |title=Chef's Legacy - Exhibition at Fortnum & Mason in London |url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/chefs-legacy? |website=ArtRabbit |access-date=16 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref> * ''The Actors' Last Supper'' — Fortnum & Mason, London, March 2020<ref name="Chef's Legacy Exhibition"/> * ''Chefs' Legacy'' — Fortnum & Mason, London, March 2020<ref name="Chef's Legacy Exhibition"/> *''An Island's Legacy — Postcards from Bermuda'' — Hamilton Princess, Bermuda, September 2018<ref name="BERMUDA">{{cite web |last1=Johnston-Barnes |first1=Owain |title=New photographic work celebrates icons |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/other/news/article/20180913/new-photographic-work-celebrates-icons/ |publisher=The Royal Gazette |access-date=16 October 2025 |date=13 September 2018}}</ref> *''Searching for Apollo'' — Victoria & Albert Museum, London, November 2017<ref name="WHITELIGHT">{{cite web |title=White Light is Searching for Apollo at V & A Museum |url=https://www.whitelight.ltd.uk/white-light-is-searching-for-apollo-at-v-a-museum/ |website=White Light |access-date=7 October 2025 |language=en |date=20 November 2017}}</ref> *''Great Britons'' — Sea Containers, London, December 2016<ref name="Great Britons, TATLER">{{cite web |title=Private view of Alistair Morrison's Great Britons |url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/private-view-of-alistair-morrisons-great-britons |website=Tatler |access-date=29 September 2025 |date=1 December 2016}}</ref> *''Waiting for Lomu, World's Greatest Rugby Squad'' — The World Rugby Museum, London, Permanent Exhibition<ref name="Waiting for Lomu"/> *''Triple Exposure'' — Forman's Smokehouse Gallery, London, June 2014<ref>{{cite web |title=Triple Exposure |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/june-2014/triple-exposure/ |website=Design Week |access-date=29 September 2025 |date=13 June 2014}}</ref> *''Form, Fame, and Fuma Divina'' — The House of Nobleman, London, February 2012<ref>{{cite web |last1=Westall |first1=Mark |title=Form, Fame and Fuma Divina An Exhibition of Photography at The House of the Nobleman Open Now |url=https://fadmagazine.com/2012/02/08/form-fame-and-fuma-divina-an-exhibition-of-photography-at-the-house-of-the-nobleman-open-now/ |website=FAD Magazine |access-date=16 October 2025 |date=8 February 2012}}</ref> *"The Actors' Last Supper" ''Portraits by Contemporary Photographers'' — National Portrait Gallery, London, September 2012-July 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Portraits by Contemporary Photographers - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2012/portraits-by-contemporary-photographers.php |website=www.npg.org.uk |access-date=16 October 2025}}</ref> *''Time to Reflect'' — The Bluebird, London, April 2012<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jury |first1=Louise |title=First great picture show from Kate the curator |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/first-great-picture-show-from-kate-the-curator-6625252.html |website=The Standard |access-date=27 September 2025 |language=en |date=5 April 2012}}</ref> *''Comedians: From the 1940s to Now'' — National Portrait Gallery, London, September 2011-January 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=Funny faces: comedians from the 40s to now – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2011/sep/21/comedians-1940s-now-portrait-in-pictures |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 October 2025 |date=21 September 2011}}</ref> *''My Kingdom for a Horse'', Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, January–December 2011<ref>{{cite web |title=Ascot Racecourse: The 'My Kingdom for a Horse' Exhibition at Royal Ascot |url=https://ascotinsider.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-kingdom-for-horse-exhibition-at.html |website=Ascot Racecourse |access-date=10 October 2025 |date=4 April 2011}}</ref> *''Alistair Morrison at 75 Wall Street'' — KiptonART Gallery, New York, September 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=KiptonART hosts Alistair Morrison Exhibition at 75 Wall Street |url=https://bfa.com/events/278 |website=bfa.com |access-date=30 September 2025 |language=en |date=29 September 2010}}</ref> *''Hidden Gems'' — Getty Images Gallery, London, September 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=Hidden Gems Exhibition At The Getty Images Gallery |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-images/entertainment/event/hidden-gems-exhibition-at-the-getty-images-gallery/134127158 |website=www.gettyimages.co.uk |access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref> *''Nudes: A Country Collection'' — Linley, London, May–June 2008<ref>{{cite web |title=Article clipped from Evening Standard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard/182306111/ |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Evening Standard |access-date=3 October 2025 |pages=12 |date=9 May 2008}}</ref> *''The Naked Portrait: 1900-2007'' — Compton Verney, Warwick, September–December 2007<ref name="Naked Portrait">{{cite book |last1=Hammer |first1=Mark |title=The Naked Portrait: 1900-2007 |date=2007 |publisher=National Galleries of Scotland}}</ref> *''The Naked Portrait: 1900-2007'' — National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, June–September 2007,<ref name="Naked Portrait"/> *''An Olympic Portfolio'' — National Portrait Gallery, London, 1996<ref name="Olympic">{{cite web |title=An Olympic portfolio: by Alistair Morrison |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/set?set=8&wPage=1 |website=www.npg.org.uk |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref> *''In Close Up: Laurence Olivier, An 80th Birthday Tribute'' — National Portrait Gallery, London, May–November 1987<ref>{{cite web |title=In Close Up: Laurence Olivier |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/about/photographs-collection/national-photographic-record/in-close-up-laurence-olivier |website=www.npg.org.uk |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=16 October 2025}}</ref> *''Stars of the British Screen: From the Thirties to the Present Day'' — National Portrait Gallery, London, December 1985-March 1986<ref>{{cite web |title=Stars of the British Screen: From the Thirties to the Present Day - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/about/photographs-collection/national-photographic-record/stars-of-the-british-screen-from-the-thirties-to-the-present-day.php |website=www.npg.org.uk |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref> *''Twenty for Today'' — National Portrait Gallery, London, May–August 1986<ref name="NPG, Twenty for Today"/>
==Books== *''Time to Reflect'' (2002)<ref name="AoSaB">{{cite web |title=Morrison: The Art of Seeing and Believing |url=https://www.5ivestarlondon.com/entertainment-services/Morrison |website=www.5ivestarlondon.com |access-date=26 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *''Time to Reflect II'' (2007)<ref name="Time to Reflect Vogue" /> *''Hidden Gems'' (2009)<ref name="AoSaB"/>
==Films== Morrison has created two films. ''The Real You'', written by Morrison, is a short film that marked his fortieth year as a photographer and explores his career and search for photographic truth in portraiture.<ref>{{cite web |title=British Airways - The Real You |url=https://cre8ion.co.uk/production_videos/british-airways-the-real-you/ |website=cre8tion.co.uk |access-date=17 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="Time to Connect Nottinghamshire" />
In 2020, Morrison wrote, directed, and produced ''Time to Pause'', documenting a series of personal testimonies from individuals around the world, reflecting on their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The film premiered at the Göteborg Film Festival in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lang |first1=Jamie |title=Goteborg's Isolated Cinema Frontline Nurse Lisa Enroth Gets Special Message from 'Time to Pause' Team (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/goteborg-isolated-cinema-lisa-enroth-special-message-time-to-pause-1234902871/ |website=Variety |access-date=17 October 2021 |date=8 February 2021}}</ref> {{Blockquote |text= The film explores the many negative and positive contrasts of lockdown, a different dawn of creativity in art, dance and music, as well as reflecting on everything from parcel-washing to pot-banging and conversations through windows. |author= Julie Hamill |title= "Time to Pause in the Heart of London" |source= ''OnLondon''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hamill |first1=Julie |title=Julie Hamill: Time to pause in the heart of London |url=https://www.onlondon.co.uk/julie-hamill-time-to-pause-in-heart-of-london/ |website=OnLondon |access-date=17 October 2025 |date=31 March 2024}}</ref>}}
==Collections== *National Portrait Gallery, London: 83 Prints (as of 21 October 2025)<ref name="NPG, Morrison"/>
==Charity== Morrison has worked with and supported a number of charities throughout his career, including: *Global Dignity<ref name="Charities">{{cite web |title=International Council Of Advisors |url=https://globaldignity.org/leadership/international-council-of-advisors/ |website=Global Dignity |access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref> *The Hope Foundation UK<ref>{{cite web |title=Patrons & Ambassadors |url=https://www.thehopefoundation.org.uk/patrons-ambassadors/ |website=The Hope Foundation UK |access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref> *Variety, the Children's Charity<ref name="AoSaB"/> *UNICEF<ref name="Time to Reflect Vogue" /> *Teen Cancer America<ref name=Maddox>{{cite web |last1=Nicholls |first1=James |title=Maddox Gallery embraces fine art photography with Alistair Morrison |url=https://medium.com/@maddoxcontent/maddox-gallery-embraces-fine-art-photography-with-alistair-morrison-23b88690dd04 |website=Medium |access-date=28 September 2025 |language=en |date=15 February 2018}}</ref> *Teenage Cancer Trust<ref name=Maddox/> *Cancer Research UK<ref name="Charities"/> *Royal National Institute of Blind People<ref name="maturetimes.co.uk">{{cite web |title=Dame Shirley Bassey helps RNIB launch 'See the need' |url=https://www.maturetimes.co.uk/dame-shirley-bassey-helps-rnib-launch-see-need/ |website=Mature Times |access-date=27 September 2025 |date=15 September 2015}}</ref> *Prostate Cancer UK<ref name="Charities"/> *Miner2Major<ref name="Time to Connect Nottinghamshire" /> *SSAFA, The Armed Forces Charity<ref>{{cite web |title=TheVeteran.UK launches D-Day80: Marking the 80th Anniversary of Normandy Landings |url=https://theveteran.uk/d-day-80-commemorative-publication/ |website=TheVeteran.UK |access-date=5 October 2025 |date=6 June 2024}}</ref> *The Felix Project<ref>{{cite web |title=Intimate portraits of London's culinary legends |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/best-chefs-in-london-2019-a4046846.html |website=The Standard |access-date=8 October 2025 |language=en |date=25 January 2019}}</ref> *The Stroke Foundation<ref name="Charities"/> *Battersea Dogs and Cats Home<ref name="Charities"/> *The J9 Foundation<ref name="Waiting for Lomu"/> *Greener Henley<ref>{{cite web |title=Greener Henley Fundraiser: A Life's Journey through Photography with Alistair Morrison. Weds 17th September |url=https://greenerhenley.org.uk/event/greener-henley-fundraiser-a-lifes-journey-through-photography-with-alistair-morrison/ |website=greenerhenley.org.uk |access-date=5 October 2025 |date=8 July 2025}}</ref> *Great Ormond Street Hospital<ref name="Charities"/> *NSPCC<ref>{{cite web |title=Photographer Alistair Morrison unites NSPCC's fundraising stars in |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/photographer-alistair-morrison-unites-nspcc-s-fundraising-stars-in-aid-of-annual-gala-and-auction-10352677.html |website=The Standard |access-date=29 September 2025 |language=en |date=29 June 2015}}</ref> *Shakespeare Schools Festival<ref>{{cite web |title=QE actors honoured in Shakespeare celebrations |url=https://www.qebarnet.co.uk/qe-actors-honoured-in-shakespeare-celebrations-2/ |website=Queen Elizabeth's School |access-date=2 October 2025 |date=6 May 2016}}</ref>
==External links== {{Official website|https://alistairmorrison.com}}
==References== {{reflist}}
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