Group photos: supermodels, that Oscars selfie and crowd power

What do Vogue supermodels, Hollywood A-lister Bradley Cooper and the Tiananmen Square Tank Man have in common? They each hold a secret to mastering the notoriously difficult group photograph.

Hugo Burnand, King Charles III’s official photographer, loves taking group photos. Co-host Cambridge Jones, once called 'the Brit’s answer to Annie Leibovitz' hates them. Can Hugo win him over with iconic group shots from history including fashion magazine covers, the 2014 Oscars selfie that ‘broke the internet' and workmen eating their lunch on a skyscraper beam 850ft above Manhattan in 1932? 

Meanwhile Cambridge shares the 'cheats' behind his group photographs of pop bands Take That and the Stereophonics, along with pro tips on how to improve your own group photographs. 

Plus, fancy a creative challenge? Send Cambridge and Hugo your recreation of a classic group photo! Perhaps you could be the next Peter Lindberg, Irving Penn or Annie Leibovitz… sometimes magic shows up in the chaos of a crowd. Email us at the address below or send via Instagram.

Follow Double Exposure, the podcast that brings you stories about life and art behind the world’s most iconic photographs, on Instagram @hugoandjones to see the photos featured in this episode – plus, want answers to your own photography questions? Send them to Cambridge and Hugo via Instagram or email at [email protected]

Series producer: Victoria Shepherd

Executive producer: Eve Streeter

Managing editor: William Miller

Music by Eclectic Sounds

A Raconteur Studios production

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