Charlie Magee

After graduating from college, Charlie’s first serious advertising role in automotive photography was assisting Derek Seaward in London. He was shooting for various clients including Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Saab, Volvo and Volkswagen.

Having gained experience in both studio and location photography, Charlie decided to take a break from advertising and get some experience in the editorial field for UK-based car magazines, including Autocar, Car Magazine, Evo, Motorsport, Top Gear and Octane.

During this time he began to receive direct PR commissions from car manufacturers. His clients include Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti, Cadillac Europe, Citroen, Ford of Europe, Jaguar Land Rover, KTM, Lamborgini, Lotus, Mercedes Benz (UK), Mini, Nissan (GB), Saab, Smart and Vauxhall. Also during this time Charlie was able to branch out to work for other international motoring titles including Car and Driver, Automobile and Motor Trend in the US, Automotor und Sport and Autobild in Germany, and Wheels Magazine in Australia.

Having shot for an extensive range of car manufacturers and magazines, creating images in different parts of the world, Charlie has been involved with a number of advertising agencies wanting to buy rights for various images. Plus, He has been directly commissioned to shoot campaigns for them, such as Aston Martin, Jaguar Land Rover and Ford of Europe.

Based in London but usually travelling somewhere else to shoot cars, Charlie has a keen interest the automotive world but sometimes finds time to do some other things including mountain biking and canoeing.