Brian Jaquest started his photographic career in the 1960s as a tea boy and messenger for a busy London studio. He was given the opportunity to work in the darkroom and eventually assisted one of the photographers. Finally he was allocated his own space and clients, shooting fashion both in the studio and on location. After a few years' experience he went freelance, sharing a space in Hampstead. Then in 1970 he moved into his own studio in Portobello Road, West London and has lived and worked there ever since, mostly on commissions for advertising agencies as a still-life photographer.