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Ralph John Perou (born May 1970), known professionally as Perou, is a British fashion, portrait and music photographer who has also appeared as a judge on Make Me a Supermodel UK and on season 2 of Bravo TV's American Make Me a Supermodel. He was part of the T.V series called "Dirty Sexy Things" on the British network E4 which aired in 2011. Perou photographed models to be put in his exhibition at the end of the series. Early lifePerou was born in Newick, a small village in East Sussex, England. Perou has stated that he, ‘had a very happy, carefree childhood growing up in the countryside. It's where I discovered my love of English cider’[1] He went to primary school at Newick Church of England school and completed secondary school at Chailey and Haywards Heath Sixth form. When Perou finished his Religious Studies and Design A levels he considered a career as a long-distance lorry driver or as a missionary. But Perou states that he ‘saw the dark’[2] and after a short stint as a butler he completed a BTEC OND in Design Photography at North East Surrey College of Technology. Between 1991-1994 Perou studied for a BA Hons degree in Photography, Film and Video Arts at the University of Westminster.[3] In 1998 Perou met his wife, Lucy on Burgh Island in Devon. He was driving a 1980's black TransAm, was wearing full leathers and was sporting a short red mohican. Perou has two sons with Lucy: Maximum Perou (born 2002) and Z Perou (born 2005) They were married in St.Nicholas at Wade church in Kent in 2007 Professional career{{BLP sources section|date=February 2009}}After graduating in 1994 Perou worked at Click Studios in London as a studio manager where he met many of the world’s leading photographers of the time, other assistants and the people behind Dazed & Confused magazine. It was during his time at Click Studios that Perou learned photography professionally. He started shooting for editorial clients like Time Out, Skin Two and Dazed & Confused magazines. He also started shooting bands, following work that he did with his friends who were in the band Elcka. In 1995, Perou moved to the first floor of a converted fire station in Old Street, London. Shortly after, Dazed & Confused relocated to the ground floor of the same building and Perou started working on the picture desk with the photographic director, Phil Poynter. Perou continued to shoot for magazines and record companies and left Dazed & Confused around 1997. One of his musician shoots was with British singer/songwriter Gary Numan for his 1997 album Exile alongside Joseph Cultice. Perou was initially known as a ‘fetish photographer’ through his early work for Skin Two magazine and after being featured in the book Fetish: Masters of Erotic Fantasy Photography. In 2000, Perou opened the photographic studio, the ‘Perou Factory’ in Hackney Wick (an industrial estate in the east of London). In 2006 the London Development Agency ‘compulsory purchased’ the Perou Factory as part of redevelopments for the 2012 Olympics. Perou and his family relocated to the East Kent coast. In 2012, Perou with a team of supportive volunteers, started renovating a dilapidated warehouse in Bow, East London. In 2013 it was launched as 'The Bow Bunker', which is a flexible place for photography, film and very special events. In May 2014 issue one of EDICT magazine was released. Perou is the Editor in Chief of EDICT. EDICT magazine is art directed and designed by Peter & Paul. The premise of the magazine is 'There's too much of everything. Here's some more'. Each issue features one artist recommending one piece of art or other artist; one musician recommending one other band or piece of music etc.. Edict is a free magazine that is distributed mainly in the UK and Tokyo, Japan. Issue 2 of EDICT magazine was released in January 2015. On Friday 13th Nov 2015, Perou's first book 'Coulrophobia' was released, which features self portraits of him made up like a clown. It was made in collaboration with 19 of the world's best makeup artists and Marilyn Manson. 'Coulrophobia' (which means the fear of clowns) was designed by Peter & Paul and supported by MAC Cosmetics. Exhibitions
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1. ^http://www.perou.co.uk/diary/?date=2008-06-01 {{authority control}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.perou.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-02-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807192047/http://www.perou.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35 |archivedate=2011-08-07 |df= }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.perou.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-02-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807192047/http://www.perou.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35 |archivedate=2011-08-07 |df= }} 4 : English photographers|Living people|People from Newick|1970 births |
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