David Sims (photographer)

Sims was born in Sheffield. He worked first as a photographer's assistant with Robert Erdmann and Norman Watson.^[1] He was taken on by a photography agency and his work began to feature in editorial pages of magazines. He has also worked in advertising, creating images for brands.^[2]

International exhibitions of Sims' work have been held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland and Deichtorhallen in Hamburg.^[3]

The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London held a solo exhibition of Sims' work in 2013.^[2]

His work is held in the permanent collections of London's Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and Tate Modern.^[2][4]

Sims was named young fashion photographer of the year twice (1994 and 1996) at the Hyères International Fashion and Photography Festival.^[3]