Simon Harsent’s career has spanned over 20 years and 3 continents. Harsent is regarded internationally for creating authentic, compelling, and emotive imagery. His focus on life’s diverse characters is captured in both his portrait photography and film work.

Simon was awarded Best New Director at Adfest 2018 and was a finalist for the NPPP 2019. His film and photographic work have been recognised globally by numerous awards bodies, including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clio, and The One Show.

On Melt: Portrait of an Iceberg, Harsent took inspiration from the abstract paintings of Mark Rothko, particularly his division of color and his use of simple shapes and blocks. “I really wanted to treat the icebergs as structural objects and to focus on just three elements: the sea, the iceberg, and the sky,”

“Seeing them first overpowering in grandeur and then, later, about to be absorbed back into the flux from which they came, is both beautiful and humbling: a metamorphosis that endows them with a life-span, each with its own personality, each with its own story” — interview w/ slate.com

Harsent has recorded the heartlands of THE BEAUTIFUL GAME from iconic stadiums to seemingly forgotten pitches around the world. The absence of action in Harsent's photos gives them an eerie quality, while the use of unorthodox framing suggestively locates football within a wider social context.— The Guardian, 2013

"I used to dream about playing for Chelsea until I discovered photography, so to me it’s really no surprise that a project like this has become an ongoing body of work."— Interview w/ AtEdge Magazine