Candice Farmer

Farmer gained a National Diploma and Higher National Diploma in photography at Plymouth College of Art and Design. The course included a module on underwater photography which she has since specialised in. She also studied business studies.

Farmer had her first exhibition in 2001.

She was the recipient of a Shell LiveWIRE award, an enterprise scheme to help support young entrepreneurs into business.

Farmer has worked commercially for British Airways[4][5] and provided fashion stills for a PBS documentary on "How Art Made the World".[6] She also worked for the department store Harrods, the skin cream brand Nivea, the supermarket chain Sainsbury's, the British retailer W H Smith, the British retailer FHM, and the fashion magazines Cosmopolitan, GQ, Harper’s & Queen, Vogue, Elle and Marie Claire.

In 2004 Farmer founded the clean drinking water initiative Fresh2o,[1] intended to raise awareness and funding for fresh water projects. As part of her campaign she has created a series of celebrity photographs to highlight the cause,[7] including as models Keira Knightley,[8] Kelly Brook,[9] Sir Nick Faldo, Nicko McBrain and Tamzin Outhwaite. Supporters also include Janet Jackson, Jay Kay, Will Smith, Ellen Whitaker, Bear Grylls, and Zac Efron.[2]

Candice is a professional diver and accomplished show-jumper, having competed in Switzerland for many years and now in the UK.[2]

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