Photojournalism nominee

Wildlife's only chance of survival is to coexist with 'man', I travelled to the arctic to explore how iconic polar bears live alongside the innuit.
After days of exploration we found 2 bears, what happened next was beyond anything I could have expected.
A mother polar bear and cub have their scent picked up by a huge male bear. The cub makes a rapid exit as the potential danger of a male bear is well understood. The mother stays and greets the male, the male displays fresh battle scars, he had earned the right to court the female. They walk, rest and move around the sea ice as the courtship develops. When they finally settle for a prolonged rest we retire to camp, -20C is too cold for us to remain indefinitely. The following day, to our delight, we spot them. Joy turns to horror as we see that the female has been shot, 2 gun cartridges are nearby. The male had not left her side for a day. Despite our presence, his only focus was his dead mate. The bear mourned, clinging to the blood-stained body. A cub has also lost a mother

Major Awards
2022
Sony World Photography Awards, Wildlife & Nature, Shortlisted (‘Final Frontier’ collection)

2021
Sony World Photography Awards, Wildlife & Nature, 2nd place (‘Eight Feet’ collection)

2020
The Greatest Masai Mara – Photographer of the Year: Finalist (‘Expression’ collection)

2019
Best Black & White Photographers 2019 – Dodho (‘Eight Feet’ collection)

2008
Overall Winner – ‘Open Competition’ by British Deer Society Photographer of the Year

Publications & Exhibitions

2023
Geographical Magazine – Feature of Alaska Bear story – October
Royal Geographical Society: Explore Symposium – Main stage speaker and workshop leader for ‘Storytelling in the Field’ - November

2022
Bare Essentials Magazine – Feature on Eight Feet collection - October

2021
Sunday Times Magazine – Final Frontier Underwater image - April
Dodho Magazine – Featured Artist – June
Dodho Monochromatic Awards Finalist – August
Remembering Wildlife – Bears – Featured image - September

2021
Black & White Photography Magazine (Front Cover) – May
BBC website (feature article) - May
The Sunday Times Magazine (Sony World Photography Awards)- April
Published in Amateur Photography, Front Cover (‘Eight Feet’) – February
The Daily Telegraph newspaper (Sony World Photography Awards) – February
Express Online (Sony World Photography Awards) - Feb 2021
The Times