Steve Best
- Stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Steve Best is Britain's clowntographer
Last year, comic/photographer Steve Best published Comedians, an extraordinarily classy collection of his photos of, you guessed it, comedians. Now he is about to publish a sequel - Comedians 2.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 20th September 2023Comedians, by Steve Best review
This is, quite simply, a gorgeous book: embossed, Bible-black cover and 236 heavy, glossy pages rich with atmospheric, monochrome images of comedians at work and backstage: nervously waiting to go on, or relaxed in the company of their comrades once the battle has been won.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th December 2022Picture gallery: Through the comedian's lens
Steve Best starred in stand-up before turning to photography. He gained intimate backstage access because it is where he belongs.
The Times, 29th November 2022Steve Best makes his comedian photos availables as NFT
Stand-up and photographer Steve Best is getting into the NFT craze - selling certificates linked to his digital portraits of fellow comedians.
Chortle, 26th May 2022Steve Best: The photographer comedian
Comedian Steve Best is going to publish his third book of photographs this summer. His two previous books - Comedy Snapshot in 2014 and Joker Face in 2017 - comprised photographs of comedians plus brief anecdotes/jokes. The new book - Comedians - is a big departure.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 30th March 2022Steve Best's book goes behind the scenes on the UK stand-up circuit
Steve Best goes behind the curtain with Harry Hill, Jo Brand and more to capture the joy, nerves and sense of community among comics before they take the spotlight.
Alex Hickson, The Independent, 20th March 2022Steve Best publishes book of classic comedy shots
Photographer Steve Best is to publish a brand new book featuring unseen candid pictures of some of the comedy circuit's greatest performers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd February 2022Gallery: Comics onstage and backstage exhibition opens
Photographer Steve Best has taken pictures of some of the finest comedians of recent years. He has a new exhibiton in London downstairs at the Observatory Photography Gallery in Russell Square.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st November 2019Barbara Nice gets nice response from BGT judges
Comedy circuit regular Mrs Barbara Nice has appeared on Britain's Got Talent and impressed the judges. Fellow comedy stalwart Steve Best was on the same show but did not fare quite as well.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th April 2019Comedians share their best one-liners
In Steve Best's new book Joker Face, stand-ups pick some of the funniest gags they've told. Here are 10 of our favourites.
The Guardian, 5th October 2017