DEREK HENDERSON CREATES IMAGERY OF NATURAL BEAUTY AND CLASSICAL ELEGANCE, SELECTING BESPOKE PHOTOGRAPHIC APPROACHES FOR EACH OF HIS SUBJECTS. HENDERSON IS AN IMPRESSIVELY DIVERSE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO MAINTAINS HIS VISION ACROSS THE GENRES OF FASHION, ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS, STILL LIFE, LANDSCAPES AND PORTRAITURE. HENDERSON’S VARIED SUBJECT MATTER IS UNITED BY AN APPROACH MARKED BY A KIND OF DEMOCRATIC NATURALISM, WHERE ALL PHENOMENA IS GIVEN EQUAL ATTENTION. ALTHOUGH VARIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS ANTI-HEROIC AND ANTI-ICONIC, HENDERSON’S INTEREST IN THE “ORDINARY” CAN BE DECEPTIVE AND HIS NARRATIVES OFTEN REVEAL THEMSELVES TO BE MORE COMPLEX AND UNSTEADY THAN THEY FIRST APPEAR. HENDERSON’S EDITORIAL WORK IS SEEN INTERNATIONALLY IN PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING AMERICAN VOGUE, BRITISH VOGUE, UKRAINE VOGUE, AUSTRALIAN VOGUE, HOLIDAY, I-D, MASTERMIND, T : THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE, WORLD OF INTERIORS, WSJ AND ISLAND MAGAZINE AOTEAROA. HIS ADVERTISING CLIENTS INCLUDE LOUIS VUITTON, BOTTEGA VENETA, LORO PIANA, MR PORTER, AESOP, BASSIKE, RODD & GUNN, EMMA LEWISHAM AND AJE. HENDERSON HAS PUBLISHED 7 BOOKS AND HAS EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY AND HAS WORK IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY TE PUNA O WAIWHETU, CHRISTCHURCH, AOTEAROA, NEW ZEALAND AND WALLACE TRUST ART COLLECTION, TAMAKI MAKAURAU, AUCKLAND, AOTEAROA, NEW ZEALAND.