Established in 1991 by university graduates, we have become the UK's premier specialist university photography company. By employing a full-time team of dedicated and highly experienced photographers, we are able to ensure a top quality product. We also go to great lengths to minimise the work involved for the organisers. By remaining a small and efficiently run company specialising only in what we are good at, we also offer highly competitive prices.
Our clients include the universities of Oxford, Warwick, London, Durham, Manchester, Imperial College, Nottingham, Newcastle, Birmingham, Southampton, Portsmouth, Swansea and many more across the UK.
Penguin Photography at the University of Warwick is run by Versant Ltd, with its directors and photographers Harriet and Michael responsible for making sure that everything runs as efficiently as possible, and that only the highest quality products are shipped out to you, wherever in the world you might be.
Thank you for trusting us to provide you with these special memories of your time at Warwick, and all of us at Penguin wish you the very best of luck for your future.
Harriet Buckingham
Harriet is our Operations Director.
A social and commercial photographer she is based at a studio in Chislehurst, South East London. Over the last seventeen years she has photographed a broad range of subjects and events from newborn babies and weddings to headshots and corporate functions.
Harriet has always had a passion for photography. With an eye for detail and years spent working in a corporate environment she has a knack for being organised and adaptable while managing to remain creative, never losing her sense of fun along the way.
She lives in Orpington with her children George & Grace, and her dog, Bobby.
Michael Cockerham
Michael is our Commercial Director.
He has thirty years of experience across all areas of photography and an international clientele whom he serves from his studio in Bexley. His work has been published around the world and is held in numerous collections. In 2008 he became the first photographer in history to acheive a newspaper byline in space. He won the Portrait of Britain Award in 2020, and was shortlisted for the same prize in 2023.
Michael is on the Creative Advisory Board of The Ideas Foundation, for which he also works as a mentor, bringing access to the creative industries to children from disadvantaged backgrounds. He is a former Director of Photography for UK Skills, and an Ambassador for the Evelina Childrens' Hospital in London.
He lives in Kent with his wife and three sons.