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Yale Environment360 Publication – Cambodia Rubber Plantations

One of my drone video clips was used by Yale Environment 360 in their recent article “How Mounting Demand for Rubber Is Driving Tropical Forest Loss”. This clip was shot in 2020 as part of my Pulitzer Center sponsored project titled ‘Cambodia Burning’ which focused on the causes and impacts of deforestation and forest fires in Cambodia. The Beng Per wildlife sanctuary has been almost completely replaced by rubber plantations. We were denied access to the plantations but I was […]

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Opening Ceremony of New TV Documentary ‘Road to Carbon Neutrality’ China

Photos from last week’s opening ceremony for the China release of ‘Road to Carbon Neutrality’, produced for National Geographic TV. China has committed to peaking carbon emission by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2060. It is an ambitious target, but the world needs China to achieve these goals if the global community is to prevent some of the worst effects of the climate crisis. Will they be able to achieve these goals in time? In episode 1 of this […]

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Beijing Street Photography – New Videos

In this new series of videos, I want to give you an insight into what it is like photographing with me on the streets of some of Asia’s most interesting cities. We start in my home city of Beijing, China. My work has evolved over the years. In my coverage of the climate crisis, I now use drones, shoot documentary films, incorporate portraiture etc., but the routes of my photographic approach lie in documentary and reportage photography. This means capturing […]

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Images from Beijing Floods – China – Typhoon Doksuri

Typhoon Doksuri brought havoc to large swathes of China recently, as consecutive days of heavy rains brought widespread floods. According to Reuters, “Typhoon Doksuri battered northern China this week with extreme rain, breaking Beijing’s 140-year rainfall record and dumping volumes of rain that normally fall in a whole year in the populous province of Hebei…Dramatic swings between extreme heat and intense rainfall are testing China’s ability to cope with increasingly wild weather, as high temperatures challenge power grids and water […]

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Images from Tuvalu Published in The Guardian

If you were reading the Guardian recently, you may have seen two of my images appear in the article “Facing Extinction, Tuvalu considers the digital clone of a country”. Have you heard of Tuvalu? If you’ve followed my work over the past few years you have surely heard of it. But for those who are unfamiliar, Tuvalu is the world’s 4th smallest country by land area, with a population of only 11,000 people spread out over a number of islands […]

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Photos from Beijing (China) during 2023 Record Breaking Heatwave

Temperatures recently were again close to 40C (104F) in Beijing. The Chinese capital has seen waves of heat descend on the city, breaking records and providing more warnings of the changing climate in Asia. “Last weekend the mercury soared past 40C (104F) for three consecutive days, the first time that the city has endured such prolonged heat since its weather station started recording temperatures in 1951. Surrounding areas also issued “red” weather warnings, indicating that the temperature could surpass 40C […]

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Photographers in China – Documentary – 镜像中国 – 摄影师在中国

‘Time Through Lenses’ is a new TV documentary that profiles photographers who have documented the changes to China over the last 70 years. I was pleased to be one of the small group of photographers selected and spent a few days with the crew to share and talk about my work documenting the country’s environmental challenges. I spoke extensively about my long-term work on desertification and climate change impacts across the country. I also discussed my life and career as […]

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Behind the Story – Cambodia Burning – Pulitzer Center

In this ‘Behind the Story’ featurette, produced for the Pulitzer Center, I discuss the making of my recent story, Cambodia Burning. I discuss how the project idea was conceived, the main challenges in carrying out the work and what I think the future holds for the forests of Cambodia. To learn more about this project, see the project page on the Pulitzer Center website HERE. SIGN-UP TO SEAN GALLAGHER’S NEWSLETTER FOR UPDATES ON NEW WORK, PRINT SALES, WORKSHOPS & EVENTS.

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New Images on National Geographic – Cambodia

This past week National Geographic published their new story, “Cambodia’s biggest lake is running dry, taking forests and fish with it” and I am pleased to have a selection of my images supporting the article. Followers of my work will know I spent time in Cambodia earlier this year, documenting the challenges facing the country’s forests, as part of my project Cambodia Burning. The ecosystems of the country are intertwined and the loss of forests across the country is having […]

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China Milk Feature in the Guardian

Happy to share with you this recent publication from the UK’s Guardian Newspaper. This story focuses on the rise in popularity of milk in China and the potential environmental consequences this is going to have for the world. It’s an important and significant story and I was pleased to be able to provide some of the visuals that went with this story. “China’s leaders have championed milk as the emblem of a modern, affluent society – but their radical plan […]

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