About
The People’s Picture is a photography and design studio that creates photo mosaic artworks and installations for public and private clients across the world. Each artwork is assembled from thousands of photos yet every single one tells a story. With many years of experience we bring people together to celebrate their legacy and create iconic works of art. Our portfolio includes commissions for the Kennedy Space Center, The National Memorial Arboretum, Royal College of Surgeons, BBC Television, Tate Britain, The Photographers’ Gallery, Financial Times and Canary Wharf Group. Tell us about your story and make an enquiry here.
Helen Marshall is the founder of the People’s Picture. Marshall works with archives, collecting thousands of photographs to tell a story or commemorate an important moment in social and cultural history. Her work is exhibited outside the gallery or museum and is held in private and public collections.
She holds a Masters’s Degree in Photographic Arts from Westminster University, London, a Degree in Photography from Bournemouth University, a BA First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from Cardiff University, University of Wales.
Explore more of her work here
Press
CNN – A 1,000 square foot mosaic of Ida B. Wells is being installed at Union Station in DC| 2020
Washington Post – Ida B. Wells gets her due as a Black suffragist who rejected movement’s racism| 2020
Smithsonian Magazine – A 1,000-Square-Foot Mosaic of Ida B. Wells Welcomes Visitors to D.C.’s Union Station| 2020
Washington News 4 Tommy McFly – Mosaic at Union Station Honors Pioneering Civil Rights Leader Ida B. Wells| 2020
Washingtonian – A Massive Ida B. Wells Mosaic Is Coming to Union Station| 2020
Washington Post – The best things to do — virtually and in person — while quarantined in the D.C. area| 2020
Now This News – Ida B. Wells Honored With Stunning Mosaic That Celebrates Suffrage & Civil Rights Work| 2020
Fox 5 Washington DC – Massive portrait honouring civil rights leader Ida B. Wells coming to Union Station| 2020
WUSA9 – Women’s suffrage mosaic of Ida B. Wells in Union Station stops travellers, as hundreds of protest photos echo 2020
BBC South East Today | Rainbows for the NHS | 2020
Evening Standard | Art installation celebrating NHS ‘stories of hope’ launches in Piccadilly Circus | 2020
ITV News | NHS ‘Stories of hope’ light up London’s Piccadilly Circus | 2020
NASA Events – Events Celebrating Apollo’s 50th Anniversary – 2019
BBC News – The stories behind the Face of Suffrage artwork – 2018
BBC News – Women’s selfies sought for giant Face of Suffrage artwork – 2018
BBC Midlands News – The Face of Suffrage – 2018
BBC News – 5 amazing acts of remembrance – 2018
BBC News – Portrait Unveiled as the Face of Stoke On Trent – 2017
Financial Times – Noah Harari challenges the future according to Facebook – 2017
Daily Telegraph – Heroism & Horror – NMA – 2016
BBC Regional News – NMA – 2016
Daily Mail – Double portrait of the Queen greets holidaymakers at Gatwick – 2016
BBC News – Digital Mosaic of Fallen WW1 Private – 2014
The Guardian – The 20 Photographs of the Week – 2014
BBC World Service – 2014
ITV Meridian News – The People’s Monarch – 2013
BBC South East News – BBC South East Diamond Jubilee Photo Mosaic – 2013
Daily Mail – A Royal Welcome – 2013
Evening Standard – The People’s Portrait – 2013
Mirror Online – The people’s Queen: Unique mosaic portrait of Her Majesty made up of thousands of photos – 2012
BBC News – BBC South Eash Diamond Jubiliee Mosaic on Show at Gatwick Airport- 2012
CNN News – 2010
Nikon – Japan – 2003
The Times Online – The Big Picture – 2008
The Sun – The Big Picture – 2008
BBC News – Mosaic in the picture for record – 2008
Daily Telegraph – Legion brought together for the People’s Poppy – 2006
BBC News – Giant Poppy to inspire Commuters – 2006
Commissions
2023 FACES OF FORESTRY – Forestry England, UK
2023 FACES OF SURGERY – Royal College of Surgeons, UK
2022 OUR RIVER – Luton Borough Council, UK
2022 FACES OF THE NHS London – NHS England, UK
2022 RED BULL Wings for Life World Run, RED BULL, United States
2021 FORMAT21: CONTROL, Format Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2021 FACE OF LIBERATION, ArtHouse Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
2021 LUMINARIES, Global Vaccine Confidence Summit, UK
2020 OUR STORY: PORTRAITS OF CHANGE, Union Station, Washington D.C, USA
2020 RAINBOWS FOR THE NHS, London Piccadilly Lights, UK
2019 THE PEOPLE’S MOON – Kennedy Space Center, USA
2019 I AM HAMMERSMITH – Romulus, 3 Shortlands London, UK
2019 MONA LISA – EY & Atomized Studios, Rome, Italy
2018 MY SNOWMAN – Penguin Random House, Brighton Museums, UK
2018 THE FACE OF SUFFRAGE – Arts Council England, Birmingham New Street, UK
2017 THE FACE OF STOKE-ON-TRENT – City Centre, Stoke-on-Trent Council, UK
2017 DIGITAL GRAFFITI FESTIVAL – Alys Beach, Florida, USA
2017 MARK ZUCKERBERG – Financial Times, London, UK
2016 EYE ON THE ROAD – Tower Bridge – Southwark Council, London, UK
2016 ARBORETUM – Exhibitions Centre, The National Memorial Arboretum, UK
2016 FOOTBALL ICONS – West Ham United Boardroom, Olympic Stadium, London
2015 THE FACES OF CANARY WHARF – London, UK
2014 THE FACE OF WW1 – BBC News, Imperial War Museum, UK
2012 THE PEOPLE’S MONARCH – BBC South East, UK
2012 THE PEOPLES MONARCH TOURING – Gatwick Airport,Television British Broadcasting Corporation, Turner Contemporary, Towner Gallery, Rochester Cathedral, UK
2008 THE BIG PICTURE – Arts Council, BBC, West Midlands, UK
2008 IN FOCUS, WHAT HAUNTS YOU? – The Photographers’ Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006 THE PEOPLES POPPY – Royal British Legion, Victoria Station Concourse London, UK
2006 MAKING SLOUGH HAPPY – BBC2 Primetime, Optomen Television, UK