ROLAND KEMP has been a professional photographer
since 1976. Prior to this he worked in the darkroom
as a colour and black & white printer establishing a
thorough knowledge of the photographic process.
He has received commissions from London's DIPLOMAT magazine since 1984 and through this publication has formed independent working relations with the majority of London diplomatic missions.
He has recently received commissions from the UK's premier international business publication, FIRST magazine.
Via still photography and video production he has documented events like State Visits, the Presentation of Credentials, Foreign & Commonwealth Office meetings, National Day receptions and diplomatic and business conferences.
He has photographed many high profile personalities in his career some of whom are:
HM Queen Elizabeth ll & the Duke of Edinburgh; HRH Prince Charles; HRH The Princess Royal; HRH Prince Edward; Prime Ministers, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, John Major & Baroness Thatcher; His Holiness the Dalai Lhama; Nelson Mandela; HRH The Sultan of Brunei; US Presidents George Bush Snr., George W. Bush & Bill Clinton and the the Presidents of Australia, Namibia, Senegal, Zimbabwe, South Africa; Cameroon; Jordan; Rwanda; Venezuela; Maldives; Trinidad & Tobago; Vietnam; Latvia; Mexico; Thailand and Uganda.
Roland has travelled extensively throughout the world visiting and photographing in many countries including:
Morocco, Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico, Italy, Spain, India, New Zealand, Nicaragua, USA, Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Costa Rica, Thailand, Ireland, Turkey, France, Honduras & Denmark.
