Derek Adams took his first photographs with an old Kodak Box Brownie. For his 13th Birthday he got a 35mm Voightlander, and was hooked, by 14 he had set up his own darkroom and was a keen member of the Walthamstow Camera Club.
When he was 15 he landed a Saturday job working in the darkroom in a small photo agency called Photocall Features, within a couple of months he was been sent out to cover sporting events and had his first photos published in papers and magazines.
At 16 he knew what he wanted to do with his life,leaving school to follow his passion and become a full time photographer.
He studied photography at Paddington College on day release and qualified in 1977.
After a 35 years working as a photographer for a variety of different employers including The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, and The Natural History Museum, he is now working as a freelance photographer.
Over the years he has had thousands of photos published in newspapers (local & national), books, magazines, postcards, Calendars, CD covers, posters, etc.