Dean is an international icon maker whose idiosyncratic mixture of striking, sophisticated portraiture and acerbic observation of the human nature has earned him the status of one of the preeminent contemporary photographers.
 
He made his name as a celebrity photographer more than twenty years ago and has since solidified his reputation with a series of hugely popular and successful books on the subjects ranging from JLS, Michael Buble, Leona Lewis to David Beckham and the Spice Girls.

His work has been exhibited internationally and has been acquired by private collectors around the world. His advertising portfolio is equally impressive and includes worldwide campaigns for clients Levi’s, Coca Cola, Davidoff, New Look and American Express.
 
He has worked extensively both with A-list celebrities and ordinary people across five continents, from voodoo practitioners to Nobel Prize winners, detecting beauty and humanity that goes beyond the time and place. Whether he hangs out with George Michael or Katy Perry, chronicles the tango scene in Buenos Aires, or the youth culture of Brazil and India, Dean always captures a sense of intimacy and candidness that compels us to look at his images, stimulates the senses and provokes thought. He draws us into the world of his subjects, revealing it in all its weird and wonderful glory, celebrating human life in all its diversity, its frailty and grit, its starkness and splendour.
 
In his work, he strongly empathizes with the plight of everyday people, while never taking completely seriously the vanities of the rich and famous, all of whom he so vividly portrays.
 
This unique sensibility is something he brings to his film and commercials work too, making it look sumptuous yet natural, pulsating with energy, sensuality and emotion.
 
Dean was born in London where he still exerts considerable influence on contemporary cultural iconography. He has work displayed in the National Portrait Gallery and his editorials appear regularly in publications Tatler and GQ.