Peter Snow, Broadcaster, Historian, Author

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Steve has been inspired. His work on two of our books, magnificently illustrated accounts of the battle of Waterloo and two further books on British and World history with pictures on every page, was a massive achievement. His intricate research, instinctive professional judgment and skill at negotiating delivered beautiful products. He has been a joy to work with and has a natural flair for contributing imaginative ideas to editorial discussions. He will make an invaluable member of any team in the publishing business. 

 

Amalie R. Rothschild, Photographer

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Steve is one of those rare photo editors willing to do more than one-stop shopping with a big agency and to go the extra distance to find the best stuff to illustrate the books he’s working on. How can you not give him kudos for that? I’ve always found him easy and great to work with! And I look forward to meeting him for a drink and/or a meal the next time I get to the U.K.

 

Ben Jones, Picture Editor & PicEd Media

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I was lucky enough to work with Steve when I was the Picture Editor of Action Images. He is hugely talented with a fantastic eye for an image, well-organised and with an enviable 'little black book' of contacts in the photographic industry.

 

Mobeen Azhar, Journalist, Film Maker & Author

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Pictures of Prince are like gold dust. We started with an ambitious brief : to find images of the artist that had not previously been published. We also wanted images that would pierce through the enigma Prince had built up through his career. 

Steve hunted out and delivered great images from every phase of Prince's career including exclusive, previously unpublished photographs. 

He's a skilled researcher with an eye for detail and the pictures he found meshed with the text seamlessly. 

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Clare Baggaley, Creative Director, Art Director, Book Designer & Packager

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I worked with Steve for over 15 years. He is conscientious, clever, solves problems and never appears to get stressed. He overcomes issues with professionalism and kindness, never leaving an issue handing. He cares about the teams mental health, is an outstanding manager and cared about the success of the business, coming up with money saving plans and getting the best deal. Steve is one of the treasures every company should have.

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Luci Gosling, Head of Sales and Research at Mary Evans Picture Library & Freelance Writer

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Steve is the consummate picture person and has always been a pleasure to work with. As a client, he's always been engaged and interested in finding out about new image content and has always consistently ensured picture permissions are streamlined and up-to-date (a godsend for me). He's worked on both sides of the industry, at picture libraries and as an image buyer for publishing, and consequently has the confidence and experience to tackle any picture research job, large or small. Creatively speaking, he's got an excellent 'eye' for a picture, has an in-depth knowledge and appreciation of image sources, a sound general knowledge after years of working on non-fiction titles and above all, is a thoroughly decent and dependable individual. 

 

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Jake da’Costa, Art Director, Intrepid books Ltd.

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I’ve worked with Steve Behan for over 15 years, he is a highly motivated and superbly capable Picture manager utilising his creativity to find the perfect image to budget. He combines his professionalism with humour and is always cool under pressure. 

 

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Glen Marks, Director, Cover Images Limited

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I had the honour of employing him in his second job as a picture researcher at Rex Features back in the day. Steve then, as he is now, was friendly, personable and dependable.  He has remained a loyal colleague and friend and over the years has become a highly respected picture professional with a fantastic wealth of experience and advice.

 

Dagmar, Photographer

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Steve has been consistently friendly, professional and very helpful providing information, keeping promises and following up on various projects we tackled together over several years.

 

Lauren Orsini, Author, Journalist and Blogger

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Steve and I collaborated on a book where I was the author and he was the picture researcher. Although we were separated by several timezones, Steve was more communicative and quick to respond than some researchers I’ve worked with in my own time zone! He was patient with my barrage of questions, and made our collaboration smooth and effective.

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Linda Alaniz, Photographer, Alaniz Photography

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I had the pleasure of working with Steve on the Madonna book. I found him to be very professional and easy to work with. He was friendly, efficient and knew what he was looking for. I liked his style and can highly recommend him for any endeavor he should choose.

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Darren Jordan, Design Director, Rock Jaw Creative

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Having worked with Steve for the past 18 years as both a colleague and client, his professionalism has never dipped below awesomeness! A highly motivated individual with immense passion for photography and dedication to his research is unrivalled.

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Toby Hopkins, Sales Director, Shutterstock

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Steve is a very competent picture manager. He is friendly and funny, he works collaboratively to solve any issues that come up and he continues to be excited about pictures and getting the best possible illustrations for the books he works on. He has his eye open for opportunities, whether it’s a great image set or the best way to source media and clear rights for a new publishing format, and does the legwork to turn opportunities into success stories. Steve sets the tone for his team, so it is always a pleasure to work with Carlton’s picture desk.

 

Vanessa Daubney, Editorial Director, Arcturus Publishing

 

I have worked with Steve Behan as both a full-time colleague and as a freelancer for more than 12 years and have always found him to be an excellent researcher and manager. Not only has he been unfailing in his ability to tackle challenging projects, but he has contributed hugely with ideas for unusual and rare sources of material, as well as handling negotiations with suppliers extremely successfully and with great poise and diplomacy. It is always a pleasure to work with him.

 

Tim Harris, Sales Manager, Nature Picture Library

 

It’s always been a huge pleasure to work with Steve at Carlton Books. He’s great on communication and extremely pleasant and professional to deal with, co-ordinating his picture team and sources with great humour.

 

Roland Hall, Editorial Manager, Welbeck Publishing Group and Writing and Editing Consultant 

 

Steve is a great guy to work with. He puts in the extra effort to make a project hit the targets set and is almost always under budget because he’s such a good negotiator. Brilliant for morale as well.

 

Hat Margolies, Director, Lucid Representation 

 

Steve worked as a freelance picture researcher/editor for me at Good Housekeeping on a number of occasions and he was always reliable, hardworking and very capable of dealing with a busy picture desk. He was a pleasure to work with and I have no hesitation in recommending him either as a freelancer or permanent member of staff.