Current Projects
In 1918, after years of campaigning, women were granted the right to vote. Their voices were finally heard. Now it’s your turn! Read more
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A commission to create a giant artwork and photographic installation as part of Stoke-on-Trent’s bid to become UK City of Culture 2021. Jozef Clark, A 23-year-old who used the YMCA to help to turn his life around was chosen to be the Face of Stoke-on-Trent. Read more
Mark Zuckerberg | Financial Times | 2017
The mosaic above of Mark Zuckerberg is made up of around 1,000 photographs and was specially produced for the FT by London-based visual artist Helen Marshall. Read more
An Eye on the Road | Southwark Council | 2016
Southwark Council has partnered with the Tower Bridge Road Alliance and the artist Helen Marshall of The People’s Picture to create a new iconic artwork on Tower Bridge Road. Read more
Football Icons | West Ham United | 2016
A commission from West Ham United, selecting two of it’s most iconic stars, Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst, for the new boardroom in the former Olympic Stadium. Read More…
Arboretum | National Memorial Arboretum | 2016
A commission from the National Memorial Arboretum. This work of art was commissioned to commemorate the opening of the new Remembrance Centre. Read more
The Faces of Canary Wharf | Canary Wharf Group | 2016
A new commission from Canary Wharf Group to create ‘The Faces of Canary Wharf’. Comprised of up to 15,000 individual photographs it reveals a striking panorama of Jubilee Park. Read more
The Face of World War One| BBC WW1 at Home | 2014
‘The Face of World War One’ is made up of a combination of 20,000 audience faces, captured during the BBC WW1 At Home events throughout the summer along with original First World War imagery sourced from Imperial War Museums archive. Read more
‘The People’s Monarch’ was commissioned by BBC South East and depicts the Queen at the time of her coronation and at her Diamond Jubilee. It is 38 square metres containing 5,000 photos. It’s current home after touring at Towner Gallery, Turner Contemporary and Rochester Cathedral is at Gatwick Airport. Read more
This work was commissioned to commemorate the 21st Birthday of Royal Victoria Place and its links with the town’s royal heritage. In keeping with the centre’s royal namesake, artist Helen Marshall was commissioned to create a giant portrait of Queen Victoria at the time of her 21st birthday. Read more
The Big Picture was a commission from Audiences Central funded by the Arts Council in The West Midlands and supported by the BBC. The record-breaking work of art, an image submitted of a boxer, included 112, 896 photos and measured 857.3 square metres, the size of three tennis courts. Read more
The Photographers’ Gallery collected 6,000 photographs for an online archive of all things haunting. Artist Helen Marshall chose a single image, a full moon, of all submitted to create a web-based montage, composed of thousands of the other haunting photographs. The artwork was displayed in the gallery foyer. Read more
A commission from Optomen TV, one of the top 30 independent production companies in the UK. This TV documentary and unusual three-month social experiment, spanned a variety of disciplines. A giant Community Artwork measuring 20 square metres, composed of 3,500 photographs revealing a smiling face was unveiled in the town square. Read more
The Points of Intersection | Future Business Centre | 2015
A new commission from Acuity Arts and Allia Ltd in their new Future Business Centre in Cambridge. The People’s Picture was commissioned to produce the main piece of art in the atrium of the Future Business Centre, made up of over 4,500 photos… Read more