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170 Tim Flach was born in 1958 in London. He first took up photography at the age of 18 during his one-year foundation course. Flach went on to study Communications Design at the North East London Polytechic from 1977 to 1980 and then Photography and Painted Structures at Saint Martin's School of Art from 1982 to 1983. Flach has three major bodies of work; Dog Gods focuses on the diversity of dog breeds, More Than Human uses principles of human portraiture to explore whole range of animal species, and Equus is a comprehensive photographic study of horses. Equus falls into three categories; the first contains a range of close-up, conceptual studio portraits, the second explore the horses in relation to location, and the third explores the relationship between horses and humans. In his studio work, Flach creates deliberately ambiguous close-ups of his subjects. He has stated that his images 'aim to illuminate… the relationships between human and non human animals – to make an enquiry into how these relationships occupy anthropocentric space within the contexts of ethics, history, science and politics.' Flach often titles his images with the animals' given 'human' names, to evoke notions of the time and emotion devoted to these captive animals, such as Jambo the Chimp, Sméagol the Raven, and Hassan the Arabian horse. Flach has contributed to National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, The Sunday Times, The New York Times and New Scientist. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and has work in several major collections, including the National Media Museum, Bradford. He lives and works in London, with his wife and son. Tim Flach Born 1958