Tag:education
I’m very pleased to share the news that I have been selected for this year’s Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship. I’ll be visiting Cape Cod, in the north-east of the United States during September and am very much looking forward to studying alongside seven other journalists from around the world who are interested in issues surrounding our oceans. I’ll be sharing updates, mainly on Instagram, about my travels to the US and while attending the fellowship, […]
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 for the scholarship, applicants must meet the criteria for standard entrance requirements. A strong portfolio and commitment to the area of study are of greater […]
I am pleased to announce that Luc Forsyth is the recipient of my 2017 Mentorship, a free tutorship which aims to give early career photographers and multimedia journalists an opportunity for feedback, critiques and advice on their work. Luc’s work focuses on social and environmental issues in both Asia and Latin America. His early work demonstrates a strong vision and clearly exhibits lots of potential in his future work. I’m looking forward to developing his projects over the course of […]
#Regram #RG @everydayclimatechange: Image by @sean_gallagher_photo A young Tibetan man embraces his yak on the shore of Qinghai Lake. The lake is China's largest inland body of water, lying at over 3000m on the Tibetan Plateau. The region contains the sources of the Yangtze, Mekong, and Yellow Rivers which feed water to millions downstream. As a result of climate change, temperatures are rising on the Tibetan Plateau faster than anywhere on earth outside the polar regions. As glaciers melt, grasslands […]
I was pleased to be invited back to speak on the Multimedia Week Podcast, talking with DJ Clark, Sharron Lovell and Cong Yan about some of the latest news and developments in the field of multimedia. For those of you who are not aware of the podcast, the weekly show discusses many aspects related to multimedia journalism from practical discussions about the latest equipment, to journalist interviews with leading practitioners and onto discussion about trends within the industry. The podcast […]
I am pleased to announce that Nathan Siegel is the recipient of my 2016 Mentorship, a free tutorship which aims to give early career photographers and multimedia journalists an opportunity for feedback, critiques and advice on their work. Nathan’s work focuses on environmental issues, geopolitics and business, with a heavy focus on issues in Africa. His portfolio shows a lot of promise and his writing is of a good quality too. A rare combination in our industry. I’m looking forward […]
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 to seeing you there. “Coal + Ice is a documentary photography exhibition featuring the work of 30 photographers from China, the United States, Canada, Malaysia, […]
Very pleased to announce the launch of my new short-film ‘The Toxic Price of Leather’, a feature which looks at the effects of extreme pollution on the people and environment in and around the Indian city of Kanpur. Here’s a brief outline of the story. On the banks of the Ganges River in northern India, lies the city of Kanpur. It has become one of the most important cities in India as its leather industry has grown and it is […]
If you’ve been following me on Instagram or Twitter recently, you’ll probably have seen updates from my travels as I have been travelling in the US, visiting numerous schools and universities giving presentations about my work on China and India. It has been another amazing experience and I just wanted to share some of my thoughts here about education outreach and how it has now become one of the core parts of my life as a photojournalist. You missed out […]
Are you in Washington DC on Thursday March 27? If yes, please join me and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for a talk and presentation about my work in China and India, taking place at George Mason University from 12-1 p.m. Here is more information from the Pulitzer Center website: Gallagher’s starting point in India is the country’s rapid growth and breakneck development over the past 30 years juxtaposed against the extensive pollution from a range of industries. Chromium […]