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and on season 2 of Bravo TV's American Make Me a Supermodel
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. He is part of a new series called "Dirty Sexy Things" on the British network E4
Early life
Perou was born in NewickNewick
Newick is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the A272 road six miles east of Haywards Heath....
, 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’
He went to primary school at Newick Church of England school and completed secondary school at Chailey
Chailey School
Chailey Secondary School is a relatively small comprehensive secondary school located in the village of South Chailey, Chailey, just outside Lewes in East Sussex, UK. Chailey School was awarded Language College Status in July 2002. In the year 2007, the school was also awarded Humanities College....
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’ and after a short stint as a butler he completed a BTEC OND in Design Photography at North East Surrey College of Technology
North East Surrey College Of Technology
The North East Surrey College Of Technology is a large further education and higher education college in Epsom and Ewell, Surrey, England that began as Ewell Technical College in the 1950s.-Facilities:...
.
Between 1991-1994 Perou studied for a BA Hons degree in Photography, Film and Video Arts at the University of Westminster
University of Westminster
The University of Westminster is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its origins go back to the foundation of the Royal Polytechnic Institution in 1838, and it was awarded university status in 1992.The university's headquarters and original campus are based on Regent...
.
Professional career
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 & ConfusedDazed & Confused (magazine)
Dazed & Confused is a British style magazine, that was set up in 1992 and published monthly. Its founding editors were Jefferson Hack and Rankin...
magazine.
It was during his time at Click Studios that Perou learned photograph professionally. He started shooting for editorial clients like Time Out, Skin Two
Skin Two
Skin Two is a fetish magazine covering aspects of the worldwide fetish subculture.The name is a reference to fetish clothing as a "second skin".The magazine was founded in 1983 by the publisher Tim Woodward and the photographer Grace Lau....
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.
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
London Development Agency
The London Development Agency is the Regional Development Agency for Greater London, England. It is a functional body of the Greater London Authority...
‘compulsory purchased’ the Perou Factory as part of redevelopments for the 2012 Olympics.
Perou now lives with his family on an old farm in East Kent.
Exhibitions
- 1991 BTEC graduate show in St Martins in the Lane Crypt. London
- 1993 ‘A Private View by Pike and Perou’. video screening in Milk Bar, Soho
- 1994 PCL graduate show. Riding House Street. London
- 2000 ‘Bosozoku’. Rapid Eye, London
- 2002 ‘Perou Show’ at Blink Gallery. London
- 2004 125 Magazine125 Magazine125 is a London based, internationally available showcase for new work and ideas by photographers, illustrators and artists around the world. Originally marketed as a 'gallery-space-in-print' and something of a vanity project, 125 has gradually become a highly collectible example of what the...
‘Smell Issue’ (group show). London - 2005 ‘Torture Garden’ Great Eastern hotel. London.
- 2005 ‘Torture Garden’ Galerie Bertin-Toublanc. Paris
- 2006 ‘Bosozoku’ Studio Apart. Amsterdam.
- 2006 ‘Dita Von TeeseDita Von TeeseDita Von Teese is an American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, author and actress.-Early life:...
’ Parco buildings. Tokyo. Japan - 2007 BT Essence of the Entrepreneur. Oxo tower Gallery. London
- 2008 BT Essence of the Entrepreneur. Oxo tower Gallery. London
- 2008 Pet Shop Boys in National Portrait Gallery. London
- 2008 Camera Press Anniversary (group show) National Portrait Gallery. London
- 2008 125 Magazine125 Magazine125 is a London based, internationally available showcase for new work and ideas by photographers, illustrators and artists around the world. Originally marketed as a 'gallery-space-in-print' and something of a vanity project, 125 has gradually become a highly collectible example of what the...
‘Future Issue’ (group show) AOP gallery. London
Modelling
- 1995 Catwalk Comme des GarçonsComme des GarçonsComme des Garçons, written コム・デ・ギャルソン in Japanese and French for "Like Boys," is a Japanese fashion label headed by Rei Kawakubo, who owns the company with her husband Adrian Joffe....
. Paris - 1996 Catwalk Sonja Nuttall. London
- 1999 CycleflyCycleflyCyclefly were an alternative rock band from Cork, Ireland.Once the band were signed to their label for their first two albums they became increasingly frustrated by the confines of being a 'signed act'...
album cover Generation Sap - 2000 Catwalk Evisu. London
- 2005 Vivenne Westwood Tie campaign s/s 2005.
TV
- 2003 Season 5 Absolutely FabulousAbsolutely FabulousAbsolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders, based on an original idea by her and Dawn French, and written by Saunders, who plays the leading character. It also stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks...
(cameo) in episode ‘Exploitin’ with Jean-Paul GaultierJean-Paul GaultierJean Paul Gaultier , born 24 April 1952 in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne, France) is a French haute couture fashion designer. Gaultier was the creative director of Hermès from 2003 to 2010. In the past, he has hosted the television series Eurotrash.... - 2004 BBC Picture of Africa.
- 2005 Channel 5 Make Me A Super Model UK Season 1 judge.
- 2006 Channel 5 Make Me A Super Model UK Season 2 judge and mentor.
- 2008 Celebrity Weakest Link ‘Body Beautiful’ episode.
- (Perou would have been first out had he not intimidated Gok Wan into changing his vote).
- 2008 Bravo TV (America) Make Me A Super Model Season 2 judge.
- 2011 Channel 4 "Dirty Sexy ThingsDirty Sexy ThingsDirty Sexy Things is a British concept documentary series currently airing on E4 about eight models preparing for eight shoots which will culminate in an exhibition for fashion photographer Perou. A promo for the show began airing on E4 at the end of June 2011...
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Directing
- 1999 Marilyn Manson rockumentary God is in the TV.
- 2001 Co-director with Chris Turner for Black Box Recorder The Art of Driving
- 2004 Co-director with Bill Yukich for Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster ‘Mister Mental’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU18GM9QcDo
- 2007 KT Tunstall 'Hold On'