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 […]
Environmental Photographer of the Year – Shortlist
Happy to share with you the news that an image of mine has been shortlisted for the Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year competition. This image was taken as part of my recent project ‘Exotic Pets in China‘, supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. This is the second year running one of […]
Multimedia Journalism MA – Scholarship Application Open for 17/18
The University of Bolton is offering two 50% reduced tuition fee scholarships for the Beijing, China based postgraduate degree; MA in International Multimedia Journalism for the 2017/18 academic year. Recipient’s tuition fees will be reduced by half meaning scholarship students will pay £3,250 instead of £7,500 for the single year degree program. To be eligible […]
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
17th June marks the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. This is a topic I have spent much time covering during my career, most notably in my two projects ‘Desertification in China‘ and ‘The Broken Land: Drought in India” which was a short film and photo-essay. As outlined by the UN‘s website: “Desertification is […]
Photographic Museum of Humanity Feature
Bearing the Cost of Environmental Degradation The past decade has witnessed an exponential increase of environmental damages; public awareness has grown at a slower pace but has finally reached the point of dialogue and action. And this, thanks to the contribution of early voices such as photographer Sean Gallagher. I spoke with the Photographic Museum […]
Giant Panda – National Geographic Creative Collection
It’s a good week to be a Giant Panda. News has just broke that the species has been upgraded from ‘endangered’ to ‘vulnerable’ by the IUCN (the International Union for the Conservation of Nature), the organisation responsible for assessing and monitoring the status of the world’s animal and plant species. In 2011 I did a […]
Environmental Photographer of the Year Shortlist
Very pleased to share the news that I have been shortlisted for Environmental Photographer of the Year, for an image in my series ‘Beijing: The Masked City’ taken early last year. Thanks to Atkins CIWEM – The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management who also selected my film ‘The Toxic Price of Leather’ as […]
Climate Change in Images – Earth Hour Blog
From the official Earth Hour Blog this week… 25 April 2016: Often viewed as barren, we like to think the resilience of the desert is something to learn from. In the absence of flora and fauna, we often think of deserts as a vast plain of inhabitable and harsh land, and while landscapes of these […]
Presentation at Coal+Ice Exhibition in Shanghai – 20th Feb
If you’re in Shanghai this weekend, I’ve been invited to speak about my work documenting climate change issues in Asia at the Coal+Ice Exhibition, a project of the Asia Society’s Center on US-China Relations. I’ll be presenting my work at the Vanke Xuhui Center (55 Ding An Road, Shanghai, China) from 14:00-15:30. I look forward […]
