“No one understood why I would wanna be behind the camera, not in front of the camera, and so no one took me seriously, and people said, 'Oh, well, this is just a hobby isn't it?' and I said, 'No, I really love this. I wanna make this my career,' and I did not have a lot of support at all for many years. People just kind of thought it was a joke.”

British photographer and media personality

Amanda de Cadenet is a British photographer and media personality based in Los Angeles. She began her entertainment career in the 1990s and first came to attention as a presenter on the British television series The Word and The Big Breakfast. She later moved to Los Angeles and briefly pursued acting before turning more fully to photography in the 2000s. She also hosted an interview series on Lifetime that carried her name, and has remained a familiar public figure across media and photography.