British wedding photographer and photo trainer, Damien Lovegrove, launched his first art book on March 30th, 2011 with a champagne party on Charing Cross Road, in the heart of London’s book district.

The book, “Chloe-Jasmine Whichello”, is a collection of the photographer’s images of model Chloe, accompanied by her words. It is designed and published by Damien and his team.

The launch party was attended by photographers, models and makeup artists from the UK pro photo community, as well as Damien’s own family and team. Signed copies of the book were available to buy, and a beautiful edition of prints from it covered the walls of two floors of the venue (The Gallery, Soho). Music was provided by a live jazz combo — and by Chloe herself, who sang to her father’s accompaniment on the piano.

[ Damien has a written a great blog post about the book publishing process here: http://www.prophotonut.com/2010/12/13/self-publishing-an-art-book-the-easy-way/ ]