The magazine of the photo-essay
March 2019 back issue
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film maker
Damian Bird
To commission him or to request prints of his work: damianbirdphotography.com
Damian Bird (born London, 1972) is a photographer, photojournalist and lecturer
with many years of experience, working in war zones and trouble spots around the
globe.
He was educated in Photography at the Surrey College of Art and Design and at the
London College of Communication where he studied for a post graduate degree in
Photojournalism.
In 2011 he founded Life Force magazine with his business partner and wife of 16
years, Alice. As well as Editing Life Force magazine, he is currently engaged in
photographing a series of photo-essays on English culture and has recently returned
to Afghanistan.His first book Seabird was released in November 2017.
Eugenio Grosso
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.eugeniogrosso.com
Sicilian born Eugenio Grosso moved to Milan at the age of eighteen to study his
Bachelors in Design and Fine Arts at the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, and
graduated in 2007 with honours. He has worked as a part-time commercial
photographer since 2007 and as a full-time photojournalist since 2009. He is a
regular contributor to Italian publications and his work has been featured in
international publications like the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Financial Times, the
BBC and the Washington Post.
He continues to have his work published in national and international newspapers and magazines including The Times,
the Telegraph, the Express, the Observer, GQ, Esquire, Daily Mail, Dazed & Confused,The Face, Country Life, Coast and
Geographical magazine. He lives in Devon, England with his wife, four children and his dachshunds, Jessie and Wilhelmina.
Polly Braden
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.pollybraden.com
Polly Braden is a British documentary photographer whose work examines the
relationship between people and the environment in which they find themselves.
This is her fifth photography book. Her square mile series was shot between 2007-
2018.
Rajib Singha
To commission him or to request prints of his work: email
Rajib Singha is a self-taught photographer and a teacher by profession who lives in
West Bengal, India. Rajib has contributed to multiple citizen journalism sites such as
Reuters Your View, Yahoo News, BBC Your View and others, along with national
news dailies. As well, Rajib has won multiple photography competitions nationally
and internationally.
Iain McKell
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.iainmckell.com
Born in Dorset England, McKell studied graphic design at Exeter College of Art
1974-79 before moving to London in 1980 where he now works in fashion,
advertising and social documentary. During the 80s, McKell photographed a
completely unknown Madonna for her first magazine cover. She went to number one
in the British charts the following week.He spent four years 1995-8 directing
commercials and winning awards but returned to photography in 1999 to
concentrate on personal work. During this time he made a short film documentary
about the underground Rave scene called Quest and directed pop videos. For the last
6 years, McKell has run Photo Salons from his studio in west London co-hosted by
photographer Alice Hawkins and curator Flora Fairbairn and at the same time, Salons
at the Whitechapel Gallery and the Serpentine gallery.McKell published his first book
in 2004 entitled Fashion Forever, documenting British and American youth movements
from Hip Hop to Trance Jungle parties. He has most recently shot a fashion story with Kate Moss, and horse-drawn
travellers in Somerset England for V magazine.Contributions to: Italian Vogue, luomo Vogue, Cassa Vogue, English Vogue,
French Vogue, Dutch fashion magazine Zoo, Tank, Italian Flair, New York V magazine, The Face, i-D, Vice, The Observer,
Sunday Times, Independent, New York WSJ, The Telegraph, British GQ, and 125 magazine.Features on Books Saturday
Times, The Sunday Times, The New York Times Hot Shoe, BJP, Professional Photo and many more. Commissions: Levis,
Wranglers, JigSaw, Max&co, Red Stripe, Vladivar, Tia Maria, Mercedes Heineken, Kit Kat, Carlsburg.
McKell lives in London with his daughter.
David Hicks
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.hixposure.co.uk
David’s business Really Good has long established itself as a leading supplier of
fun and humorous cards and gifts. Full of ideas which fell outside of the brand values
they had become known for, in 1997 David also launched Soul, a much more
design-led, card, stationary and gift company. Soul has also flourished, and today
the brands are responsible for producing many of the gift sector’s bestselling
products – Really Good’s ‘Man Tin’ has sold more than 700,000 units globally.
Since college, David has always been engrossed in photography using it has his
creative outlet, and David has long been photographing whilst successfully running
both Really Good and Soul. David has travelled to over 90 countries, and when
travelling he finds unique and different ways to photograph everyday life. Searching
towns and streets, David captures the moments showcasing how we live, collecting
moments of how different cultures go about their everyday lives.
