BIOGRAPHY:
› print biographyBorn in England Simon Harsent studied photography at Watford College and assisted some of London’s top photographers before moving to Australia in 1988.
While in Australia Harsent worked on some of the country’s most awarded advertising campaigns, winning numerous national and international awards including, Cannes Lions, One Show, Clio, D&AD, Association of Photographers, ACMP, London International, and Australia’s first Cannes Grand Prix.
Harsent’s work has also been featured in many magazines and books such as Archive, Campaign Brief, Creativity, Communication Arts, Capture, Graphis, Photo, The D&AD Art Direction book and Photo District News.
Harsent's work is also included in the permanent collection at the Queensland Art Gallery and the Powerhouse Museum.
Since 1997 Harsent has been based in New York where he continues to work on award winning campaigns for some of the world’s best advertising agencies.
Selected Clients
| Jeep | Olympus | |
| BMW | MG | Playtex |
| Mercedes | Vicks | Pacific Power |
| Levis | Playstation | Emirates |
| Baileys | Travelex | History Channel |
| Stoli | Nickelodeon | Telstra |
| Malibu | Hyundai | FEMA |
| Zippo | Nike | Corona |
| Equinox | New York Times | Sprint |
| J&J | Bank of America | Verizon |
| Bensen & Hedges | Sony | Club 21 |
| AMLC | GMC | Pura Milk |
| AFL | Kadu | Kellogg's |
| ARU | Financial Times | Motor Trends |
| Toyota | KFC | Oroton |
| Singapore Airlines | McDonalds | Human Music |
| Qantas | Coke | Jeans West |
| British Airways | Seagram's | Snapple |
| Garuda Airlines | Bullet Bourbon | Subaru |
| Smiths Crisps | Berli | Suburban |
| Westpac | Hestia | Compaq |
| Panasonic | Napro | HSBC |
| Canon | Schick | Durex |
| SBS | Iron Chef | Perrier |
| The Apprentice | M&M's | Rexona |
| Continental Foods | Black Fly's | Daytec |
| Citibank | Gym Source | PPL |
| Pro Choice | Range Rover | Uncle Bens |
| Vespa | Natural Gas | Ricoh |
| Sanyo | Super 12's | Jergans |
| Sheridan | Heineken | United Airlines |
| Winfield | Hyatt Hotels |
Awards
Cannes International/ Grand Pirx Kadu AndromedaCannes International/ Gold New York Times Bozell
Cannes International/ Silver Richter Cosmos
Cannes International/Bronze Toyota Saatchi’s
Cannes International/Bronze Stolli Vodka Publicis NY
Cannes International/Bronze Vespa Publicis NY
D&AD/ Silver Nomination Kadu Andromeda
D&AD/ Finalist Kadu Andromedia
ADDYS NY/ Gold New York Times Bozell
ADDYS National/ Gold New York Times Bozell
Anthena Awards (2002)/ Grand Anthena New York Times Bozell
Anthena Awards (2003)/ Grand Anthena New York Times Bozell
Association of Photographers/ Finalist Club 21
Association of Photographers/ Merit Personal work
Association of Photographers/ Judges choice Personal work
Association of Photographers/ Finalist Personal work
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