Most safari game drives last only a few hours so what can you reasonably expect to be able to photograph? On a safari in Wilpattu National Park in Sri Lanka, we go in search of leopards but find so much more.
Category: Stories
Words have always been a powerful way of relating stories but visual story-telling through imagery is arguable stronger as it crosses language barriers. Here we look at both visual narratives as well as the stories behind the images. In the ‘Stories’ section photographers and travellers reveal their approaches to life and their work, their photographic vision, motivations and personal projects.
Aerial Perspectives
In Part Two of perspectives on wildlife, we take to the skies. Photographer Silke Hullmann photographs looks at how an aerial perspective changes our perception of both animals and the environment, and how it can create more artistic images…
Perspectives on Wildlife
In this two part series, German wildlife photographer Silke Hullmann shares her experiences on photographing wildlife from ground level, low level and from the air. In Part One, Sike looks at shooting from ground level and low level,
The Power of Dance
The power of dance shouldn’t be under-estimated as a way to transform our lives and build self-confidence. It’s used as a therapeutic tool. The movement is very liberating, as well as being good for health and fitness. For the photographer, capturing dance is also a challenge so through salsa we look at both.
Last of their kind – Ovahimba
The remote North Western corner of Namibia is home to the Ovahimba people whose origins ostensibly come from the Bantu somewhere in central west Africa. As a result of migrations they have come to settle in Kaokoland in Northern Namibia but are also found in Southern Angola.
Dinner with the Queen
Don’t you just hate endless social media posts of what people had for dinner? Well this is the story of a dinner with a difference after a chance meeting led to an exquisite taste experience with perhaps a touch of royalty thrown in
Legacy of War
Film maker & mountaineer Hans Ertl left a legacy with his inventions in photographing movement despite his involvement in the World War 2. His innovations still underpin the images of swimming and skiing which we see today
Toy Story
What is the connection between a plastic toy and the plight of so many species in the wild? Can the former help to save the latter or will rampant commercialism and human greed win.
The Wodaabe – Gerewol
The Wodaabe as well known for their unusual Gerewol ceremony where they choose a partner. Trevor Cole visits this festival to meet and photograph these otherwise reserved and modest nomads.
The last of their kind
The world is changing rapidly but for many indigenous people this means the impending end of their long-lived cultures and traditions. Trevor Cole starts a new series with a look at two tribes from North East India.
Same planet, another world -Gaza
The world is an angry place. Conflicts spill over into destinations affecting the travel industry but, more importantly, decimating people’s lives. Nowhere more so than in Gaza and Israel. Whilst western media report on what’s happening there, they do so whilst excluded from Gaza. Civilians are caught in the middle of the conflict. Feeling abandoned by the world, one Gazan describes life in a place without hope.
Photography with a conscience
We often hear people talk about responsible photography but there is more to it than what you do when you’re travelling or out shooting. It starts with your camera gear and considering buying in the secondhand market is an easy way you can make a difference.
Photography by design
Find a photographic style is something which usually takes time, but for Linda Wride it has developed from her love of art, shape and form; something which was present from a very young age and is now coming through in her images.
Celebrating difference
Melania Sinibaldi is a photographer with a different perspective on photography and the world around us. Her vision of the things she photographs is all about connection and communicating the feelings they evoke.
Capturing character in people photography
How do you make more than just ordinary portraits and people shots? How do you approach people photography on your travels to capture your subject’s character? Irish travel photographer Trevor Cole works with indigenous people around the world and here he give some insights to his approaches to capturing people’s character in his photos
Dinner or deadly – foraging for fungi
Nature’s larder is abundant with fruits, plants and fungi. In the woods you’ll find lots to eat, lots to avoid and many things with medicinal properties so it’s time to go framing for fungi. With a bushcraft expert, an adventure in autumn woodland proved to be a fascinating experience.
Podcast – Tiffany Coates
Some people are born for adventure and Tiffany Coates is one of them. A motorcycle journey to India started adventures around the world, many solo, and she’s now the world’s foremost female motorcycle adventurer. Here she talks to Newton & Coe about her life, how she discovered motorbiking and the many adventures it’s taken her on.
We’re fishing ourselves out of existence
With COP28 fast approaching, what is the real state of our planet now? Not the sanitised version which our politicians would have us believe as an excuse for their inaction, but the reality. In the third in this series on environment, climate change and conservation, Martin Hartley looks at the current state of our planet and how climate impacts are being felt today around the world.
Climate photography today
A tale of two oceans. Photography is at the forefront of documenting changes in our climate. Both the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans are important markers of both change and the rate of change. In the second feature in this series, Martin Hartley takes a look at the contrasting way these two oceans have been and are being documented.
Our planet – earth in focus
Martin Hartley is an adventure and expedition photographer. In the course of his work he visits some of the most extreme and fragile parts of our planet, often with scientists, anthropologists and climate journalists. For him, climate change is real and evident. In this series he examines the issues around climate, conservation and the people and environments affected by it.
Responsible Photography in Conservation
Travel and wildlife photographer Matthew Williams-Ellis talks about photographing wildlife in a responsible way in Kenya’s Masai Mara in support of the Mara Predator Conservation Programme