Uncaged – Bird Poaching in China – New Film on The Guardian
I’m really pleased to share with you my new short film ‘Uncaged’, which has just been released on The Guardian. For this new film, I followed a young Chinese conservationist called Gu Xuan who has dedicated himself to protecting wild birds from poachers in Beijing. Facing abuse and intimidation, he single-handedly rescues birds and tries […]
Latest Publication – National Geographic – Shanghai
I’m pleased to share with you my latest editorial tear sheet, an image from Shanghai published with National Geographic online for their January 2019 article on Top 10 travel destinations for 2019. I’ve been lucky enough to visit Shanghai on many occasions and I never tire of the distinctive skyline in the Pudong area. For […]
UNESCO Climate Change Reporting Handbook
Late last year I was invited by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO, to present my work on climate change in Asia and sit on an advisory panel to help co-edit their new handbook for journalists reporting on climate change related issues. Their new handbook has just been released and I’m really […]
Meet The Journalist – Interview with the Pulitzer Center
In this new Meet The Journalist video for the Pulitzer Center, I speak about the making of my recent project on the rise of Exotic Pets in China. I discuss how the project was conceived and executed, providing a glimpse into the process by which one of my projects is carried out. “Sean Gallagher reports […]
Best Instagram accounts to follow this Earth Day – iMore
Looking for some Instagram accounts to follow to get you in the Earth Day spirit? Here are the best accounts that’ll have you falling in love with beautiful mother Earth! –iMore Follow Sean on Instagram an learn insights about his work and gain insights into his latest environmental projects. A man bathes in the Ganges, […]
Interview with Photo District News – Pulitzer Center
I was recently interviewed by PDN (Photo District News) about my collaborations with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting with whom I have worked closely with on many of my environmental stories over the past decade. The article discusses how potential applicants can best tailor their applications to increase their chances of receiving grants from […]
Exotic Pets in China Film – 250K Views on National Geographic YouTube Channel
Last summer (2017) I produced this short film for National Geographic, with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, about the rise in exotic pet ownership in China. It’s a subject that is little covered but is crucial to understand, as the industry plays a significant role in the global trade in wildlife. Lear more about […]
Everyday Extinction Featured on The Guardian
Everyday Extinction is a new Instagram feed that aims to highlight the causes, effects and solutions to the 6th global biodiversity extinction crisis. I founded this feed in late 2017 and am excited to see the feed grow and attention being drawn to this issue in the mainstream media. The latest publication to feature the […]
New Pulitzer Center E-book: ‘Toxic Planet: The Global Health Crisis’
The Pulitzer Center have recently released their latest eBook, ‘Toxic Planet: The Global Health Crisis’. I am please to have contributed to one of the chapters which features my work from India on pollution issues across the north of the country. The eBook is free to download via iTunes and Atavist. Please read below for […]
National Geographic “What We Liked”
A quick post today to show you a recent image feature on the National Geographic Creative website in the “What We Liked” section. Each week, editors from National Geographic pick their favourite images from those published by the agency on social media, mostly from the agency’s photographer’s Instagram accounts. As a contributing photographer to the […]
