Alan Yentob who I photographed at the BBC in 2014 has passed away.. He was 78 years old.. Unboughtedly one of TV’s creative giant and one of Britain’s most influential TV executives and presenters. @ayentob1 #yentob #alanyentob #bbc #monoportrait #davidsandisonYentob

My Lola and Leo the Lurchers..

RIP.. Val Kilmer! I got to meet and photograph him a while ago.. very nice polite guy!

Athol Fugard A giant, a legend in his South Africa and around the world! The great South African playwright Athol Fugard is dead I was lucky to get to meet and photograph him as a young photographer in South Africa and then again later in London! What a voice he had! .. RIP Athol Fugard

R.I.P. Jack Vettriano.. the artist who I photographed in his studio/apartment in London in 2009. It has been announced that on 1 March 2025, Vettriano was found dead at his apartment in Nice, France. #jackvettriano #jackvettrianoofficial #davidsandison #rip

John Micklethwait is a British journalist who is the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News. He was previously the editor-in-chief of The Economist from 2006 to 2015. Photographed in his office at the Economist.

© photograph by David Sandison

Omid Djalili is a British Iranian stand-up comedian and actor.

© photographs by David Sandison

Luke Treadaway.. English actor. © David Sandison

In 2002 I got to meet and photograph the fascinating, entertaining, sexy legend Marianne Faithfull.. (birthday 29 December 1946) passed away yesterday 30 January 2025) So….so Long Marianne!! RIP! #mariannefaithfull #solongmarianne #davidsandison #ledgend #rip

I twice got to photograph the very talented actor Stephen Tompkinson.. 2008 and 2004.. He starred in DCI Banks, Wild at Heard, Drop The Dead Donkey, Brassed Off amongst many others.. #stephentompkinson #actor #davidsandison #portrait #mono #monochrome #wildatheart #dcibanks #brassedoff