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Artworks & Collections

The work infuses traditional portraiture and performance with modern cinematography and emerging technologies. The result is a timeless visual experience offering lasting access to extraordinary expressions of legacy.

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Capturing ten of the most celebrated Shakespearean actors of our time, encapsulating the enduring power of presence and performance. Refined, intimate, alive and deeply human, each piece offers a rare, personal encounter with the subject and the text.

Living Portrait: Video, code, computer and sensors. Framed purpose-built UHD 4k display and speakers.

​StageBlock Studio (2023)
Creative Director - Arsalan Sattari-Hicks

Guest Curator - Ron Daniels
Guest Director of Photography - Riccardo Hernandez

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Sir Ian McKellen

All the world's a stage.


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
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Sir Patrick Stewart

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
Details on request

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Sir Derek Jacobi

To be, or not to be: that is the question.


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
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Dame Harriet Walter

Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves...


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
Details on request

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Charles Dance

O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend. The brightest heaven of invention.


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
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Adrian Lester

O, that this too too solid flesh would melt thaw and resolve itself into a dew!


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
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Juliet Stevenson

O, it is excellent to have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant...


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
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Sir David Suchet

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
ACQUIRED

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Frances Barber

Give me my robe. Put on my crown. I have Immortal longings in me.


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
ACQUIRED

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Simon Callow

What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what is that honour?


​StageBlock Studio (2023)
Details on request

In the Making

The Shakespeare Portraits, Act II

Welcoming a new lineup of iconic performers into this growing collection, with expanded scope and a deepened visual approach. Act II continues our exploration of presence, reflection and legacy, through intimate portrayals that evolve with time, context, and the sitter’s connection to the text.

In Production...

I Ritratti Viventi: Atto I

A dedicated series celebrating the gravitas of Italy’s most revered performers.

Les Portraits Vivants: Acte I

From nouvelle vague to contemporary stage, a series honouring France’s acting greats.

जीवित चित्र:
अभिनेता

An ambitious series spotlighting Bollywood legends, captured in quiet, unexpected moments.

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