Derrick Santini (born in 1965) hails from Scarborough, North Yorkshire and discovered his love for photography at the age of thirteen, taking pictures with his mum's old Agfa camera. He studied at Harrogate College and at the London College of Communication. Santini regards his images as slices of life, 'moments in between', as statements about the individual, society, culture and ultimately as an expression of the human condition.

 As an extension to his photography Santini creates lenticular lightboxes, works that are filmic, playful, sexy and provocative. With the confluence of ideas between fashion, beauty, photography, art and film Santini has a large presence in the contemporary art world.