The magazine of the photo-essay
September/October 2022 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 20
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.
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 five dachshunds: Jessie, Rosie, Ted, Dot and Daffodil.
Tommy Walker
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.tommywalkermedia.com
Tommy Walker is an award-winning journalist who has predominantly reported within
the Asia region. Originally from the U.K, Tommy has been living overseas for nearly
a decade. As of April 2022, he has been reporting in Eastern Europe amid Russia’s
war in Ukraine.
In 2019 and 2020, Tommy covered the Hong Kong anti-government protests and
news on the national security law. As well as reporting from the frontline of dozens of
street demonstrations, Tommy has interviewed now-jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai
and high profile activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, Tony Chung and Lee Cheuk
Yan. In addition, Tommy’s photography work of protests and political figures in Hong
Kong has been published by leading media outlets worldwide.
In 2021, Tommy partly relocated to Taipei, Taiwan, a city that has a rapidly growing status as a media hotspot in Asia.
But amid Myanmar’s military coup during the pandemic, Tommy was based in Thailand to cover the anti-coup revolution.
He has interviewed key politicians, activists, journalists and soldiers of Myanmar’s rebel armies. Tommy worked from
Bangkok and Mae Sot to cover the events.
While in Bangkok, Tommy has reported on Thailand’s continuing anti-government youth movement that began in 2020. He
has attended several heated clashes between demonstrators and police in the city’s Din Daeng suburb.
Press freedom has been a key focus of Tommy’s reportage. For The Telegraph, he interviewed Indonesian journalist Veby
Mega Indah – blinded by a rubber bullet in 2019 – during Hong Kong’s anti-government protests. Tommy has also worked
closely with Voice of America, reporting about press freedom in Asia, while he has interviewed 2021’s Nobel Peace Prize
Winner Maria Ressa from the Philippines. In November 2021, Tommy was a part of the VOA Press Freedom team that won
the inaugural Media Freedom Award at the Association for International Broadcaster (AIB) awards.
Russia’s war in Ukraine in early 2022 saw Tommy report on the ground, filing both text and images with newspapers,
broadcasters and media agencies. Tommy worked at the Poland border before reporting in Ukraine, covering news
throughout the country including from the frontlines in Kharkiv,
Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv.
Anthony Blasko
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Andrew Zappin and Duncan Stafford
Andrew Zappin is a filmmaker, photographer, and former punk musician. His film
work has been nominated for a Special Jury Prize at Tribeca Film Festival and his
photography has been widely published online and, in print, in the Los Angeles
Times, Rolling Stone UK, and in the London Times bestseller, Ten Thousand
Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure. He is currently editing his
documentary, ‘Utter Bliss: Lost in America with the Fat White Family.’
www.andrewzappin.com
Duncan Stafford is a freelance music and portrait photographer. A lifelong
photography enthusiast, he made the leap to professional music photography in
2012. Since making the move his work has appeared online and in print for many of
the world’s established music magazines including, Rolling Stone, Mojo and Clash.
His work has been exhibited in London, New York and Paris. Born and raised in
Scotland, Duncan now lives with his family in Sheffield.
www.duncanstaffordphotography.com
Simon Phipps
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.simonphipps.co.uk
Pascal Mannaerts is a freelance photographer based in Brussels. Blessed with an
artistic bent and wanderlust, he discovered photography during his student years.
Sharing and recording his travel adventures became a priority. A first visit to India in
2000 revealed a deep admiration for the Subcontinent. This is the first of many
return engagements.
Travelling to Asia, Africa, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East during the
last 10 years has given Pascal the opportunity to portray humanity in its strongest
forms. Curiosity and a passion for images have been fused with a profound
attraction to the human element.
Pascal has publication credits in National Geographic, BBC, Geo, The Guardian, Le
Guide du Routard, Lonely planet, Médecins Sans Frontières and in many
newspapers and magazines worldwide. Several exhibitions of his pictures were held
in Paris, Belgium, Brazil and India by, among others, Alliance française, Amnesty
International and Les Maisons du Voyage.
Pascal Mannaerts
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.parcheminsdailleurs.com
Horst A Friedrich
To commission him or to request prints of his work: www.horstfriedrichs.com
Horst A. Friedrichs is a renowned documentary and portrait photographer based in
London, celebrated for his book-length photographic studies of various subcultures
Discovered by creative director Lars Harmsen in 2008, Friedrichs has since been
awarded the prestigious Gold Lead award for best documentary photography. He
has been exhibited internationally and published many books including his latest one
Bookstores with Stuart Husband.
Simon Phipps is a photographer and sculptor. He is the creator of the New Brutalism collection on Tumblr and
Instagram (30,000 followers). He graduated from the Royal College of Art and grew up in Milton Keynes where his
parents were architects involved in the design of the city. This is his fourth book after Brutal London, Finding
Brutalism, Concrete Poetry and Brutal North. @new_brutalism simonphipps.co.uk
