Author:sgallagher
In 2009, I was approached by the Canadian national newspaper, The Globe & Mail, to travel undercover into North Korea. The brief was to travel with their East Asia correspondent, Mark MacKinnon, and report on what we found during a 5-day tour of the most secretive country on earth. It was one of the riskiest assignments I have taken but ultimately we were able to get a rare glimpse into this secret nation and undertake a journey that very few […]
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If you’re in NYC this month, check out the Pulitzer Center’s exhibition ‘GLOBAL GOODS, LOCAL COSTS: FASHION’S TRUE PRICE’ at Photoville 2014 which will run from Sept 18-28. I’m really pleased to have my recent work from India included in this exhibition along with two other grantees, Jason Motlagh and Larry C. Price. Here is an outline of the exhibition: “Global Goods, Local Costs: Fashion’s True Price is a visual exploration of the human lives affected by the production of […]
A quick post today to let you know of a recent interview and article with Capitaland Inside Magazine. I’m one of the judges on their upcoming ‘Building People‘ Competition. In this interview we talk about photo-tips and ways to improve your photography. “Photographers are people-watchers. We watch people to anticipate how they might react in a certain situation, where they might come from, or when they might walk into your frame,” reveals six-time Pulitzer Center grant recipient and National Geographic […]
I’ll be at the Today Art Museum in Beijing next weekend to give a presentation title ‘Environmental Storytelling: Using Imagery to Spread Awareness‘, about my work documenting environmental issues across Asia. We’ll be discussing the role of photography in communicating environmental issues in the modern media landscape and I’ll be showing images from my work in China, India and Indonesia. The talk will take place from 15:00 on the 2nd Floor of Building 2 of the museum. It’s free to […]
I’m very pleased to share the news with you that my recent short-film, ‘The Toxic Price of Leather’, has been named the Atkins CIWEM Environmental Film of the Year, at a ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society in London. The winner of the Atkins CIWEM Environmental Film of the Year is awarded to @gallagher_photo. Congratulations Sean! https://t.co/9zZUNqjarX — EPOTY (@EPOTYcomp) June 24, 2014 This film was made with the help of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting who sponsored my […]
Another quick post today to share with you the news of a new Q&A with online travel magazine Roads & Kingdoms. I recently spoke with their team about the making of my recent project ‘The Toxic price of Leather‘. Here’s the first part of the interview… In the villages around Kanpur, in the north of India, an eerie foam moves across water canals, engulfing farmland. Laced with highly toxic and acidic chemicals, the froth comes from the area’s 300 tanneries. […]
I recently contributed a guest post to the popular News Shooter (formerly DSLR News Shooter) blog. Below is an excerpt of an article I wrote about the ‘symbiosis’ of photography and video and how both now play a major role in the way that photojournalist’s are telling stories. Be sure to check out the whole article on the News Shooter website. ————————————- For many photojournalists, the transition into shooting video has been a path paved with slight trepidation and hesitation. […]
“The Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year competition is an international showcase for the very best in environmental photography and film. Honouring amateurs and professionals of all ages, it provides an opportunity for photographers to share images of environmental and social issues with international audiences, and to enhance our understanding of the causes, consequences and solutions to climate change and social inequality.” Very pleased to share the news with you that my short-film ‘The Toxic Price of Leather’ has […]
A quick post today to share with you a video released this week of an interview I recently did with DJ Clark, from the Word Press Photo Academy. In this short video we talk about my recent Pulitzer Center sponsored project in India and discuss my transition into shooting video over the past few years. If you haven’t seen the series already on Youtube, there is a host of great interviews with many figures from the photography world. There are […]