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Bill Ward
Actor and Creative Photographer
Bill Ward is a multi-award winning photographer and actor, born and raised in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
“IMMERSIVE”, his pioneering Ocean ICM project, a groundbreaking 4 year investigation into water, energy and movement, has just been released by Kozu Books: https://www.kozubooks.com/books-new/immersive-by-bill-ward.
He was awarded the Adobe Prize at the 2015 UK Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards (also Commended 2013 and 2020), Best Seascape at the 2020 Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards, and runner up in the Creative Photography category at SLPOTY 2021. He is a judge for UK Landscape Photographer of the Year, and his work is frequently Commended, Shortlisted and Nominated in competitions all over the world. His book "Immersive"
His work has been exhibited in numerous fine art galleries around the UK including the Mick Oxley Gallery in Northumberland, Contemporary Six and the Wendy J Levy Gallery in Manchester, and has been featured in newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, and books. He’s been a regular writer and contributor for the worldwide “ICM Photography Magazine” since its inception, and gives talks at Festivals, Shows, and Camera Clubs all over the world. He is proud to be an Ambassador for Pentax Ricoh UK, on the Pro-Team for 3LT, and a Tour Leader for Light and Land. He also runs his own highly successful 121 and group workshops, as well as shooting for the photographic agencies Robert Harding and Arena Pal.
His primary photographic subject matter is solitude, in all its forms. He believes that photography is essentially a meeting, between you and wherever you happen to be. A lifelong traveller, he’s interested not just in the places he goes, but the time that he spends in them. It's this that forms the basis of his work: specifically how it felt to spend this particular time, with this particular place. One of the UK’s leading Creative Photographers, he has a worldwide following, and is particularly drawn to water.
An actor for over 25 years, he has performed in over 30 Television shows and Films,
and over 50 Plays since turning professional in 2000.
He is probably best known for playing the badly behaved builder
Charlie Stubbs in the UK TV show Coronation Street, a role he played for over 400 episodes and three and a half years, and for which he won numerous awards. He also played the long suffering farmer James Barton in Emmerdale, also for more than 3 years and 300 episodes, and for which he was also nominated for a number of awards. Recent TV work includes After Life for Netflix, The Hunt for Raoul Moat for ITV, and Before We Die for Channel 4/Worldwide. He is currently touring the UK and Ireland with a brand new production of The Shawshank Redemption, playing Warden Stammas.
His Theatre work includes multiple roles in London's West End (Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Spamalot, Million Dollar Quartet, Viva Forever), UK Tours (The Full Monty, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Glee Club, Shakespeare in Love, Legally Blonde, Look Back in Anger), Rep Theatre (Newcastle Theatre Royal, Bristol Old Vic, Bath Theatre Royal, Manchester Royal Exchange, Northern Stage, Theatre Clwyd), New Writing (National Theatre Studio, Battersea Arts Centre, White Bear) and Off West End (Southwark Playhouse, Greenwich Theatre).
Constantly in search of peace and quiet, his photography is a response, and in many ways an antidote, to the time he spends as an actor working in the public eye.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
“IMMERSIVE”, his pioneering Ocean ICM project, a groundbreaking 4 year investigation into water, energy and movement, has just been released by Kozu Books: https://www.kozubooks.com/books-new/immersive-by-bill-ward.
He was awarded the Adobe Prize at the 2015 UK Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards (also Commended 2013 and 2020), Best Seascape at the 2020 Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards, and runner up in the Creative Photography category at SLPOTY 2021. He is a judge for UK Landscape Photographer of the Year, and his work is frequently Commended, Shortlisted and Nominated in competitions all over the world. His book "Immersive"
His work has been exhibited in numerous fine art galleries around the UK including the Mick Oxley Gallery in Northumberland, Contemporary Six and the Wendy J Levy Gallery in Manchester, and has been featured in newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, and books. He’s been a regular writer and contributor for the worldwide “ICM Photography Magazine” since its inception, and gives talks at Festivals, Shows, and Camera Clubs all over the world. He is proud to be an Ambassador for Pentax Ricoh UK, on the Pro-Team for 3LT, and a Tour Leader for Light and Land. He also runs his own highly successful 121 and group workshops, as well as shooting for the photographic agencies Robert Harding and Arena Pal.
His primary photographic subject matter is solitude, in all its forms. He believes that photography is essentially a meeting, between you and wherever you happen to be. A lifelong traveller, he’s interested not just in the places he goes, but the time that he spends in them. It's this that forms the basis of his work: specifically how it felt to spend this particular time, with this particular place. One of the UK’s leading Creative Photographers, he has a worldwide following, and is particularly drawn to water.
An actor for over 25 years, he has performed in over 30 Television shows and Films,
and over 50 Plays since turning professional in 2000.
He is probably best known for playing the badly behaved builder
Charlie Stubbs in the UK TV show Coronation Street, a role he played for over 400 episodes and three and a half years, and for which he won numerous awards. He also played the long suffering farmer James Barton in Emmerdale, also for more than 3 years and 300 episodes, and for which he was also nominated for a number of awards. Recent TV work includes After Life for Netflix, The Hunt for Raoul Moat for ITV, and Before We Die for Channel 4/Worldwide. He is currently touring the UK and Ireland with a brand new production of The Shawshank Redemption, playing Warden Stammas.
His Theatre work includes multiple roles in London's West End (Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Spamalot, Million Dollar Quartet, Viva Forever), UK Tours (The Full Monty, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Glee Club, Shakespeare in Love, Legally Blonde, Look Back in Anger), Rep Theatre (Newcastle Theatre Royal, Bristol Old Vic, Bath Theatre Royal, Manchester Royal Exchange, Northern Stage, Theatre Clwyd), New Writing (National Theatre Studio, Battersea Arts Centre, White Bear) and Off West End (Southwark Playhouse, Greenwich Theatre).
Constantly in search of peace and quiet, his photography is a response, and in many ways an antidote, to the time he spends as an actor working in the public eye.
Sessions
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Listen and respond: The intersection of theatre and landscape photography15-Mar-2026Behind the Lens Theatre
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