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Cambodia Burning Awarded *Special Jury Mention* at Social Impact Media Awards

I am pleased to share the news with you that my film, Cambodia Burning, has been awarded a Special Jury Mention at the Social Impact Media Awards by SIMA Studios. SIMA is a US non-profit that seeks to highlight and share documentaries that highlight some of the most important social issues facing the world today. It continues to encourage me when I see this film receive so much attention in recent months. The story of what is happening in Cambodia […]

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Social Impact Media Awards – Cambodia Burning Named Finalist

Cambodia Burning [4K] កម្ពុជាកំពុងឆេះ from Sean Gallagher on Vimeo. I am pleased to share the news with you that my film, Cambodia Burning, has been named a finalist in the Social Impact Media Awards by SIMA Studios. SIMA is a US non-profit that seeks to highlight and share documentaries that highlight some of the most important social issues facing the world today. It continues to encourage me when I see this film receive so much attention in recent months. The […]

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Pulitzer Center – Year in Stories 2020

I’m honoured that the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has chosen my story, Cambodia Burning, as one of their highlighted projects of the year. “…despite the difficulties of the past year, Pulitzer Center grantees published 1,046 (and counting) stories on a wide range of topics in outlets all over the world…Our staff managed to narrow it down to just 33 stories that we consider to be the highlights of the year.” I am deeply appreciative of the continued long-term support […]

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Pulitzer Center – Year in Photos 2020

Thank you to the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for including one of my images from Cambodia in their ‘2020: A Year in Photos’. The Pulitzer Center have been long-term supporters of my work and I am deeply grateful for their continued faith and belief in my work. Without their support, I would not have been able to work on so many of the stories I have covered in the past decade and many of these issues may not have […]

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Cambodia Burning Film Wins Earth Photo Award

Cambodia Burning [4K] កម្ពុជាកំពុងឆេះ from Sean Gallagher on Vimeo. I am delighted to share the news that my film Cambodia Burning has won the Short Film Award in this year’s Earth Photo Competition, hosted by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and Forestry England. I am pleased that this award will bring even more attention to the plight of Cambodia’s forests and those brave local conservationists and citizens trying to save what is left of the country’s biodiversity. — You […]

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Cambodia’s Last Forests – Shortlisted for British Photography Awards

I am happy to share the news that one of my images from my recent project ‘Cambodia Burning‘ has been shortlisted for the British Photography Awards 2021. The image selected is the one above and depicts two recently cut trees lying in the Beng Per Wildlife Sanctuary, in northern Cambodia. The image was taken by drone and it was my aim to communicate a new way of viewing the dramatic loss of forests in Cambodia. I am pleased that the […]

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Google Earth Satellite Timelapses Reveal True Scale of Deforestation in Cambodia

Followers of my work this year will know that I have spent a lot of time sharing work from my recent project, Cambodia Burning. This work, supported by the Pulitzer Center, was carried out in February 2020 and highlighted the impacts of rampant deforestation and forest fires on the people and landscapes of the country. The project was featured in both Yale Environment 360 and with National Geographic, with a short film also released with the same title. In recent […]

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Inaccuracies in Phnom Penh Post Article Reporting Criticism of Cambodia Burning Film

I am writing this post in response to the publication of an article, in print and online, in the Phnom Penh Post on 3rd November 2020 titled, Prey Lang documentary wins awards, draws ministry’s criticism, written by Phnom Penh Post journalist, Khouth Sophak Chakrya. The article contains a number of inaccuracies that I believe need correcting, so that anyone interested in this story and this issues it covers have a true and accurate account of my film and its production. […]

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New Royalty Free Video Footage from Tuvalu Available on Pond5

Video clips from my project Tuvalu – Beneath the Rising Tide are now available for licensing through Pond5. View the collection HERE Taken in early 2019, these unique aerial clips show the fragility of the world’s 4th smallest country. The clips are suitable for editorial and commercial usages and are available in both HD and 4K. They are some of the only available aerial clips of this tint Pacific island nation. More information about Tuvalu – Beneath the Rising Tide: […]

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Interview on L’Oeil de la Photographie – Cambodia Burning

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Alison Stieven-Taylor from the Photojournalism Now website, discussing my recent work in Cambodia, as part of her In Conversation series. This conversation was recently shared on the L’Oeil de la Photographie, or Eye of Photography, website. Read the feature on the L’Oeil de la Photographie website HERE and watch the YouTube conversation I had with Alison discussing my Cambodia Burning project and other stories I have been working on […]

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