The magazine of the photo-essay
Nov / Dec 2020 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 at Canford School and 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 18
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 his latest book is
due to be release at the end of 2019.
Wayne Howes
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.howesimages.com
I’m a 40 year old engineer that also has a keen interest in photography that has
grown into a business (www.howesimages.com). I have been shooting for many
years but love wildlife and landscape photography, in fact I got back yesterday from a
trip photographing the Lake District. I also shoot tv/film sets and have quite a large
back collection of pretty much most films/tv shot in London over the past 10 years.
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, Rosie and Ted.
Christopher Jones
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.christopher-jones.net
Christopher Jones is a freelance editorial photographer, based in Bristol, UK and is
known for his creative feature and news coverage for quality newspapers and
magazines, which include the Daily and Sunday Telegraph (for whom he was a
contract photographer for some years), The Times and the Sunday Times, The
Guardian, The Observer, The Independent. He has also had work published in Time
Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine, The Telegraph Magazine, The Lady, Saga
Magazine, BBC Countryfile, New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Der
Spiegel, Stern, Sydney Herald and many other publications around the world.As a
photojournalist, Christopher also covers more specialised subjects including
environmental portraiture, reportage, interiors, architecture, food, travel and
investigative journalism. Most of Christopher’s images are available to buy from
Alamy and Shutterstock/Rex.
Thierry Clech
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.thierryclech.com
Thierry Clech is a photographer and writer based in Paris. He uses silver-based
photography and his pictures are exclusively black and white. Clech’s work from India,
Japan, Nicaragua, Ukraine, Havana, and Africa has been shown and published in
France and abroad.
Sirsendu Gayen
To commission him or to request prints of his work: sgayensrci@gmail.com
Sirsendu Gayen, an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Vivekananda College
Kolkata, is a passionate amateur photographer since 2006. Photography is his way
of feeling, touching and sharing the freedom that he sees through the lens. He
enjoys shooting different subjects with specific interest in travel, architecture, Nature,
fine art and people to capture the spirit of Mother India.This passion led him to
achieve many national and international awards and more than 400 of his
photographs have been exhibited in various national and international exhibitions.
Gregory Crewdson
Born in 1962 in Brooklyn, New York, Crewdson is a graduate of SUNY Purchase and
the Yale University School of Art, where he is now director of graduate studies in
photography.
His work has been widely exhibited and collected by museums including the
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Brooklyn
Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Smithsonian American Museum in Washington.
In Europe, he has recently exhibited his work at the Centre for Contemporary Art in
Toruń, Poland (2018), The Photographer's Gallery, London (2018) and FRAC Auvergne in
Clermont Ferrand (2017).
He has been represented by Galerie Templon since 2004 and this will be his fourth
exhibition with the gallery in Paris.
Pamela Littky
To commission her or to request prints of her work: www.pamelalittky.com
Los Angeles based photographer Pamela Littky has been producing award-winning, iconic images for over 15 years. In
between shoots of world-famous actors and musicians for top commercial and editorial clients, Littky pursues personal
projects that show a decidedly less glamorous but completely compelling side of American culture. Her work is held in
private collections and has been exhibited in galleries across the world.
Ethan Bird
To commission him or to request prints of his work: alice@lifeforcemagazine.com
Born in Dorset, England in 2004, Ethan Bird is just starting out on his career in
photography. He is a student of photography and is currently interested in and
concentrating on documentary.
