Olivia Gideon Thomson
Founder/Director at We Folk- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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We Folk
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United Kingdom
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Photography
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder/Director
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Apr 2009 - Present
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Bill Charles London
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London
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Managing Agent
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Apr 2004 - Jan 2009
I was a key member of the team at Bill Charles London. An agency created by the sometimes genius, often maverick agent, Bill Charles. He had formed a company based on representing the great and the good of the late 20th and early 21st Century fine art photographers like Stephen Shore, Jeff Mermelstein, Joel Sternfeld, Larry Sultan and bringing them into the commercial market. Bill Charles London was owned by Bill and David Birkitt and peaked in the mid 00's in London when we represented Magnum, Nadav Kander, Broomberg + Chanarin. It closed during the chaos of the financial crash in 2008/2009. My role was to run the London office and secure a client base here and in Europe. Show less
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Mother
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Art Buyer
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Sep 2003 - Sep 2004
I was hired on a freelance basis off and on from 2003-2004 to work on the more specific photographic projects they had at the time for Boots and Orange. Working with the creative teams and managing the outreach and production. I was hired on a freelance basis off and on from 2003-2004 to work on the more specific photographic projects they had at the time for Boots and Orange. Working with the creative teams and managing the outreach and production.
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Z Photographic
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London + NYC
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Managing Agent
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Nov 1996 - Jul 2003
I started at Z as a young student, finishing my MA and working part time. Over the years that followed I did everything you could possibly do from pulling tear sheets, doing portfolios, producing campaigns, editorials for the roster (Juergen Teller/Katie Grand/Phil Poynter/John Akehurst/Dana Lixenberg etc etc) and being at the end of a fax machine for anything and everything and everyone. I started at Z as a young student, finishing my MA and working part time. Over the years that followed I did everything you could possibly do from pulling tear sheets, doing portfolios, producing campaigns, editorials for the roster (Juergen Teller/Katie Grand/Phil Poynter/John Akehurst/Dana Lixenberg etc etc) and being at the end of a fax machine for anything and everything and everyone.
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Education
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Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London
BA Hons, English Literature -
London College of Printing
MA, Photography : History & Culture