Photography

Shooting animals from a platform rocking about on water offers interesting challenges compared to doing from the security of dry land. No matter whether you’re sailing down the Amazon river, braving a midge-infest Scottish loch or traversing the lake at Longleat Safari Park (like I was). The first consideration is safety, for both your body parts and your camera equipment. Always make sure that…

It was a case of first time lucky several times over for Marc James at the Event Photography Awards 2026… the US-born photographer topped two categories, and bagged the Event Photographer of the Year crown. James’s ‘Headless Chicken’ photo (pictured above) won the Behind the Scenes category while ‘Old Friends’ was judged to be the best Conferences & Corporate…

Some of the best photographs are spontaneous: the result of being in the right place at the right time. But at the other end of the spectrum, there are photographs that are purposely, meticulously staged. And that’s the common theme uniting two new solo shows at CPW in Kingston, New York right now. On the face of it, these pictures don’t seem to have anything in common. In Pixy…

Today in Afghanistan, under the rule of the Taliban, women and girls are systematically denied education, employment, free movement and basic human rights. It’s a horrific situation, and as you’d expect, most photographic projects drawing attention to these facts lean towards the miserable and depressing. But even bad news stories usually have a positive side, if you look hard enough.