About me

Hello my name is Joshua Akin and I currently work for Royal Museums Greenwich as a Photographer and Digital Imaging Officer. I enjoy creating content through photography and video. Outside work, I enjoy doing dramatic portraiture, 360 virtual tours, events, web design and video documentary.

QuestionsProjectsExperienceTeam

• Portrait Day with Claudia Gswend and I. Come have professional portraits taken on the 28th May in a studio space in Hackney Wick.
• Two Hackney Photographers collaborating together to offer you headshots and portraits

Projects

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  Portrait of Fabian Fabian Awah KunDramatic portrait of Fabian Awah Kum, tennis coach in Hackney.
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  Portrait of a Personal TrainerI took a series of portraits of Timothy George, who is a personal trainer.
• Portrait of Silvia Pavone, a circus performerI took a series of photos of Silvia Pavone, who is a circus performer
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  The Beehive Foundry Archtectural IronfoundersI did a video documentary and some photo portraits onsite at one of the last Iron foundries in East London. Below is a showcase of images I took on the day and video I created of them at work.
• Passyunk Avenue Restaurant Virtual TourI created a Virtual Tour for Passyunk Restaurant in Leak Street. An American Dive bar. Link on Passyunk Avenue website: https://passyunkavenue.com/waterloo/
• Virtual Tour of Leak Street Railway ArchI did a personal project creating a virtual tour of Leak Street. The link below shows a three panorama scene tour showcasing with three beautifully renovated railway arches in Leake Street underneath Waterloo station in the arches. You can pan up and down. Rotate left and right and click on the arrows to go into the next scene. https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/panos.jasrp.com/Leak_street/index.html

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Work history

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PhotographerNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Jul 2000London, United KingdomFull Time
Photographer and Digital Imaging Officer

Skills

• Photography
• Photo Retouching
• Video Editing
• Product Photography
• 360vr

Education

BSc(Hons) Printing and Photographic TechnologyManchester Metropolitan University
Jul 1992 - Jun 1994All Saints Building, All Saints, Manchester M15 6BH, UK
HND in Photographic TechnologyManchester Metropolitan University
Aug 1990 - Jun 1992Manchester, United Kingdom