Born in England, Simon Harsent studied photography at Watford College and assisted some of London's top photographers before moving to Australia in 1988.

Whilst living in Australia, Harsent worked on some of the country's most awarded advertising campaigns, winning numerous national and international awards including Cannes Lions, One Show, Clio, D&AD, Association of Photographers, ACMP, London International, and Australia's first Grand Prix at the Cannes Advertising Festival.

Harsent's work has also been featured in many magazines and books such as Archive, Campaign Brief, Creativity, Communication Arts, Capture, Graphis, Photo, The D&AD Art Direction book and Photo District News.

Harsent has also been included in both editions of Archive magazines 200 Best Advertising Photographers Worldwide.

His work is included in the permanent collection at the Queensland Art Gallery.

Since 1997 Harsent has been based in New York where he continues to work on award winning campaigns for some of the worlds top advertising agencies.