Commissioned Work
Photography Case Studies
Explore real photography commissions delivered by United National Photographers for organisations across the UK. These photography case studies show the brief, locations, operational requirements, imagery and published outcomes behind our PR, corporate, event, retail, healthcare and specialist photography.
From individual assignments to continuing multi-location relationships and nationally coordinated campaigns, work is commissioned through the UNP Picture Desk and delivered by photographers selected for the brief and location.
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- Established
- 1997 Nearly three decades of commissioned photography.
- Nationwide network
- 60+ Experienced photographers across the UK.
- Coverage
- UK-wide Local delivery with nationwide coordination.
- Coordination
- One Picture Desk One Picture Desk One central commissioning route and one accountable point of contact.
- Delivery
- Press-ready Edited, captioned and ready for use.
Selected commissions
Featured work
Three client relationships that demonstrate different sides of UNP: nationwide retail and PR delivery, long-term visual communications and institutional corporate photography.
Co-op — Manchester and nationwide
Retail, corporate and PR assignments delivered across Greater Manchester and the wider UK through UNP’s centrally coordinated Picture Desk.
Manchester · Retail and PR communications · Photo: © UNP.
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Morrisons — a long-term photography partnership
Store openings, product PR, recruitment, community campaigns and corporate communications developed through a client relationship dating back to 1997.
Leeds and UK-wide · Retail communications · Photo: © UNP.
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Lloyds Banking Group — nationwide corporate photography
Executive leadership, business activity, events and regional communications photographed for a major UK financial institution with consistent standards across locations.
UK-wide · Corporate and financial communications · Photo: © UNP.
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All photography case studies
This evidence library brings together real commissions, client relationships and campaign work from across the UNP archive. Each case study explains what needed to be photographed, where the assignment took place, how it was coordinated and how the resulting imagery was used.
Some projects involved one photographer and one location; others required Picture Desk coordination across a nationwide photographer network. In every case, the objective was dependable photography and organised, press-ready delivery for communications teams that needed the images to work immediately.
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Retail & PR
Consumer campaigns, retail launches and brand communications.
Co-op — Manchester and nationwide retail photography
Retail, corporate and PR assignments delivered across Greater Manchester and the wider UK through one coordinated brief.
Manchester · Retail communications · Photo: © UNP.
Morrisons — nationwide retail communications
A long-running programme spanning store openings, campaigns, people, products and corporate communications.
Leeds and UK-wide · Retail photography · Photo: © UNP.
Iceland Foods — retail PR photography
Store, leadership and campaign photography supporting retail, sustainability and corporate communications.
UK-wide · Retail PR photography · Photo: © UNP.
Aldi & Team GB — national PR campaign
A nationwide photography campaign requiring consistent visual delivery across multiple locations and communications channels.
UK-wide · National PR campaign · Photo: © UNP.
Pizza Hut — hospitality PR photography
Commissioned photography created for hospitality publicity, campaign communications and media use.
UK · Hospitality PR photography · Photo: © UNP.
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Corporate & financial communications
Leadership, workplaces, institutions and business communications.
Lloyds Banking Group — nationwide corporate photography
Leadership, events and business photography supporting communications across a major national financial organisation.
UK-wide · Corporate communications · Photo: © UNP.
Amazon UK growth — corporate and PR photography
Corporate, people and location photography documenting business growth and regional communications across the UK.
UK-wide · Corporate PR photography · Photo: © UNP.
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Multi-location photography
Photography commissioned across different sites, towns, cities and regions through one central Picture Desk. These four client relationships show different forms of multi-location photography: varied requirements within one organisation, consistency without sameness, subject-specific photographer selection and continuity across geography and time.
mydentist — multi-location photography across the UK
Practice premises, clinical interiors, staff portraits, environmental portraits, openings, events and stakeholder photography across identified UK assignments.
UK-wide · Multi-location healthcare and corporate photography · Photo: © UNP.
Loungers — multi-location photography across the UK
More than 60 commissioned shoots covering buildings, interiors, people, food, service, atmosphere and location-specific detail across individually named venues.
UK-wide · Multi-location hospitality photography · Photo: © UNP.
CVS Vets — multi-location photography across the UK
Identified assignments across veterinary practices, clinical environments, pathology laboratories, workplaces and farm veterinary settings in different parts of the UK.
UK-wide · Multi-location veterinary photography · Photo: © UNP.
Co-op Funeralcare — multi-location photography across the UK
Identified assignments and archive records between 2016 and 2026, covering colleagues, locations, community activity, specialist vehicles and press requirements across different parts of the UK.
UK-wide · Multi-location PR and corporate photography · Photo: © UNP.
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Events, launches & national campaigns
Live events, flagship launches and time-sensitive national briefs. For a closer look at how keynote speakers, panels, delegates, networking, hospitality and awards combine into one complete event record, read our Conference Photographer Insight .
Airbus — awards, recognition and roadshows
Recurring event photography covering awards, recognition programmes and roadshows across different UK locations and event formats.
UK-wide · Event and awards photography · Photo: © UNP.
Amazon — event photography across multiple UK locations
Post Peak Party photography across multiple Amazon sites, with different venues, themes and productions coordinated through the UNP Picture Desk.
UK-wide · Multi-location event photography · Photo: © UNP.
HMRC — awards, presentations and on-site portraits
Event photography combining awards coverage, presentations, winner photography and an on-site mobile portrait studio.
UK · Event, awards and portrait photography · Photo: © UNP.
Halifax — Oxford Street flagship launch
VIP hospitality, public activation, interiors and launch activity photographed across a major London flagship opening.
London · Flagship event photography · Photo: © UNP.
Amazon Armed Forces Day — a national Picture Desk brief
Multiple regional assignments coordinated as one national brief, with consistent commissioning, metadata and image delivery.
UK-wide · National PR photography · Photo: © UNP.
Glasgow PR photography — a nationally commissioned campaign
Local photographic knowledge combined with national agency commissioning and central Picture Desk coordination.
Glasgow · PR campaign photography · Photo: © UNP.
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Healthcare & public sector
Clinical settings, public services and human stories requiring discretion, accuracy and trust.
NHS Digital — nationwide healthcare photography
People, technology and healthcare environments photographed across locations under one nationally coordinated brief.
UK-wide · Healthcare photography · Photo: © UNP.
NHS maternity and birth — almost 30 years of editorial photography
Maternity, theatre and newborn-care assignments showing the discretion, low-light skill and editorial judgement required when photographing live clinical care.
UK hospitals · NHS and maternity editorial photography · Photo: © UNP.
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Charity & nationwide campaigns
Community activity, fundraising and distributed campaign coverage.
Comic Relief — Red Nose Day PR photography
National charity photography covering fundraising, workplaces, schools, community activity and public-facing campaign moments.
UK-wide · Charity PR photography · Photo: © UNP.
British Red Cross — nationwide charity photography
Coordinated photography supporting national charity communications across communities and locations.
UK-wide · Charity photography · Photo: © UNP.
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Specialist & industrial photography
Manufacturing, engineering, aerospace, industrial products, infrastructure, aerial work and specialist production environments, including assignments where site access, PPE and photographer RAMS form part of the commissioning process. Our Photography Risk Assessment Insight examines how risk assessments, method statements, Public Liability Insurance and site information can be handled proportionately for professional photography.
BOC / Linde Group — industrial photography
Industrial products, engineering environments and technical operations photographed for corporate, commercial and communications use.
UK · Industrial and technical photography · Photo: © UNP.
Airbus Defence and Space — technical photography
Specialist engineering, technology and technical products photographed with the clarity and precision required for professional communications.
UK · Aerospace and technical photography · Photo: © UNP.
GKN — engineering and manufacturing photography
Engineered components, manufacturing processes and industrial environments photographed to communicate technical capability, people and production.
UK · Engineering and manufacturing photography · Photo: © UNP.
Aggregate Industries — industrial photography at London Gateway
Industrial operations, infrastructure, people and working environments photographed for corporate and stakeholder communications.
London Gateway · Industrial and infrastructure photography · Photo: © UNP.
EV site and infrastructure photography
Ground and aerial photography documenting infrastructure, locations and operational context for commercial communications.
UK · Infrastructure photography · Photo: © UNP.
Television production stills
TV and production stills photography created around live production requirements while preserving natural moments, continuity and programme atmosphere.
UK production locations · Television stills · Photo: © UNP.
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