Bill Bevan Photography

I am a photographer, writer and archaeologist.

I specialise in visualising and writing about archaeological and historical sites from around the world. My aim is to evoke the sense of place and people's engagement with a site as well as its historical importance.

I am also interested in photographing many other travel subjects including casual portraits, events, small details and working communities (both the people themselves and the traces of labour that create dynamics with what is absent from the frame).

Many of the photographs showcased here are stock images available as royalty-free images for publications and as prints for sale online.

I also undertake commissions and assignments. Please contact me for further details.



News

Walk Into Prehistory Publication Date
23rd July 2010
Book due for publication in October 2011
Leverhulme Grant Award
23rd July 2010
The University of Sheffield has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence grant for Bill to work as a photographer inside the Department of Archaeology.
Walk Into Prehistory Scotland
04th July 2010
Bill has just returned from an amazing 17 days touring Scotland to photograph ancients sites for his forthcoming book Walk Into Prehistory.
Walk Into Prehistory in Ireland
18th May 2010
Bill is touring Ireland to work on Walk Into Prehistory.
New Photography Book
26th February 2010
Bill has begun work on Walk Into Prehistory for Frances Lincoln.
Vibrant Heritage Exhibition
18th September 2009
Bill exhibits photographs at the Saltaire Festival 2009.
Radio Sheffield
15th April 2009
Bill is live on Radio Sheffield discussing photography and his life!
Bill features in Sheffield Star
19th March 2009
Faces of Buddha exhibition attracts local press interest.

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Gallery

View from Hill of Tara Walk Into Prehistory
(Contains 16 photos)
Here are a few selected highlights from my forthcoming book 'Walk Into Prehistory' to be published by Frances Lincoln in July 2012.
Prayer Ayutthaya
(Contains 15 photos)
The ancient capital of Siam
Full Moon Sukhothai
(Contains 11 photos)
Thailand's first capital and a World Heritage Site
Bird Deity Head Copan
(Contains 16 photos)
a photographic portrait of the Mayan city in Honduras
Rainbow over Northern Acropolis Tikal
(Contains 22 photos)
Portrait of a Mayan city
Dawn Stonehenge
(Contains 30 photos)
the online exhibition of Stonehenge - an intimate portrait
Anticipation Henge Diggers
(Contains 37 photos)
an exhibition of archaeological practice and tools from the Stonehenge Riverside Project.
Santa Ana Church Travel
(Contains 42 photos)
Images of places, buildings, people and anything else I've felt like photographing around the world.
Pollonaruwa Buddha Monument
(Contains 25 photos)
Evocative images of archaeological, historical and heritage places from around the world
Pea Low Neolithic Tomb Ancient Peakland
(Contains 12 photos)
A selection of images from my guide to Peak District archaeology due out in July
Fleet Fleet
(Contains 29 photos)
Hastings small boat fishing fleet
Trunk Texture Elephant
(Contains 9 photos)
A few up close and personal shots of Asian elephants
Chain on Stone Linear
(Contains 10 photos)
Lines make up the world
Faces of Buddha
(Contains 5 photos)
Photographs appearing in my Faces of Buddah exhibition at Airy Fairy, London Rd, Sheffield through March.
Refused
(Contains 3 photos)
An ongoing project to explore what is left behind and how the discarded detritus of human everyday life become storytellers for absence and the gaps that form in societies.