Monthly:August 2011

What Film Photography Still has to Offer

Spotted this interesting little video on CNN that I thought readers here would be interested in, titled “What film photography still has to offer”. I started out shooting film, although most of my practice now as a professional photographer has switched to digital. I miss it sometimes. I miss the feelings of anticipation you get before you get an exposed roll back from the lab. I miss using a loupe and lightbox and the feeling of discovering those one or […]

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New Archive Launched – Search Thousands of images from China

I’m excited to announce here on my blog the launch of my new Archive, which will be home to many of my images, created over the past 5 years whilst working in China. I hope that site can act as a resource for those looking for unique and illustrative imagery focusing on Asia, China and environmental issues. All the images within the archive are thoroughly captioned and keyworded to assist you in locating exactly the images you need. I will […]

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Development vs. Protection: The South-West’s Struggle – Pulitzer Center

China’s Fragile Forests – Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting – Post 3 “Is it always like this?” I ask one of the park wardens, as I weave my way through the hundreds of tourists, all shuffling to get into the regimented lines funneling them into the park’s gates. “Well, this is peak season. There could be up to 10,000 people going into the park today,” he replies. This is the definition of mass tourism and it is taking place before […]

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Eye of the Panda

A quick post for the weekend of one of my favourite images from the last week of shooting in Chengdu, Sichuan. As you can probably guess, this image is of a Giant Panda, taken at the Chengdu Panda Base in Sichuan Province. I was at the base this past week photographing the Pandas and interviewing scientists and staff as part of the next chapter in my ‘China’s Fragile Forests’ Series for the Pulitzer Center. The post will be coming soon, […]

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The Sustainable Forest – Pulitzer Center

Blog Post #2 for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting – China’s Fragile Forests Haze enveloped the mountains as our car pushed further up the steep valleys into northern Sichuan. The green hills that fluttered past our window were a patchwork of forests, cleared areas and fields of maize. The road wound through the vertiginous ravines as we climbed steadily higher, pushing further towards the small town of Pingwu, nestled deep in the mountains. I was travelling with a delegation from […]

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Dongting Lake Wins Press Photographer’s Year First Prize in Multimedia

Dongting – A Lake in Flux from Sean Gallagher on Vimeo. I am really delighted to share the news here on my blog that my multimedia piece, ‘Dongting: A Lake In Flux” recently won 1st Prize in the prestigious British Press Photographer’s Year 2011. These awards highlight some of the best wotk from British photographers working around the world, so am honoured to be included in their list of awardees this year. I am also especially grateful to the Pulitzer […]

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