Studio 1897

welcome to studio 1897 - professional fine art portrait and dance photography services. studio 1897 is based in london and founded in early 2013 by pilar mauri (fine art photographer and set designer) and alan clyde (art director). studio 1897 provides studio and on location photography services. we specialise in portrait and dance photography, with a very narrowly defined style; our dance images are intoxicated with light, colour and movement; our portraits are mirrors of beauty, elegance, excess, dramaturge with a dash of dark fairy-tale. whilst constantly exploring self-motivated projects, we have been commissioned by dancers, choreographers or dance and theatre companies in portrait and advertising photography. we have an extensive client list that includes commissions from the royal ballet (london); the royal ballet school (london); the scottish ballet (glasgow); the birmingham royal ballet (birmingham); the english national ballet (london); the school of american ballet (nyc); ma