Peter Adams, UK

Over the past 21 years, travel photographer Peter Adams has visited more than 80 countries. Peter has won numerous awards for his images and most recently he was runner up in the 2006 Observer Seeds of Change Photo Competition.

Photographs are available for design, advertising, books, calendars etc through his website or the photo agencies that represent his work. High quality limited edition prints can also be ordered via his website.

Peter wrote the recently published 'Start Taking Great Holiday Photographs'. This book examines all the technical and artistic elements that go into making the most evocative travel photographs.

In 2003 Peter Adams won the inaugural Travel Photographer of the Year competition. His winning images can be seen in the 2003 Winners' Gallery.

www.padamsphoto.co.uk

Biog to follow....

Jordan Banks, UK

Jordan Banks is a travel and documentary photographer living in the UK and working all over the globe. Jordan has worked on commercial and advertising commissions for a range of national and international company's and seen his worked published in books, magazines and newspapers. TPOTY finalist in 2007, Jordan has since gone on to shoot personal projects in Spain, India and Nepal whilst his commercial projects still see him travel the world. Jordan is currently working on a photo essay depicting the lives and environments of the people of England.

Currently represented by 4 Corners Images Jordan strives to push the limits of creative story telling through images. With a passion and a deep interest in the lives of the people and places around him he aims to produce thought provoking images that truly relate to his subjects and the masses.

www.jordanbanksphoto.com

Remi Benali, France

Remi Benali began his career in 1990. Since then, his journeys have led him to over 70 countries. Specialized in travel photography, his personal work celebrates the living remnants of a vanishing past, with a focus on traditional cultures and World Heritage sites.

An award-winning photographer, including a POY, an Award of Excellence by Communication Arts and a First Prize “Peoples & Cultures” at the TPOTY, Remi’s work has appeared in numerous international publications such as Time, Life, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, the Sunday Times, Paris-Match, Le Figaro Magazine, Stern and El Mundo. He has also photographed two expeditions in Africa for the National Geographic Society.

Remi Benali’s 2005 award-winning TPOTY Peoples & Cultures images can be seen in the 2005 Winners’ Gallery.

www.remibenali.com

Deborah Benbrook turned professional just 12 months ago after redundancy from her marketing role at a high street bank. Since then she has travelled to Iceland, Morocco and Kenya and has built up a collection of 4,600 images at various stock libraries. Her work is regularly used in travel brochures, magazine and publications around the world.

Deborah is a self taught photographic artist based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. She believes that being self taught gives her the advantage over other photographers because ‘it broadens the mind, you learn through experience and you’re allowed to experiment, rather than being told how things should be done.’

She doesn't believe a picture should be accompanied by the usual arty clap trap about why the picture was taken or what it means; a good picture speaks a thousand words by itself and that is what she believes she produces.

www.deborahbenbrook.com

Tim Bird is an English journalist and photographer based in Finland where he has lived for more than 20 years. He has written and illustrated several books about Helsinki and Finland. He also travels widely and frequently beyond the Nordic region, producing the images to accompany his own travel articles. He also contributes regularly to various corporate publications.

His most recent books are Living in Finland (text, with photos by Ingalill Snitt, Flammarion, 2005) and Faces of Finland (2006, text and photos). His articles and images have appeared regularly in the Finnair inflight magazine, Blue Wings, and in many other Finnish and international publications.

Tim Bird was Highly Commended for his Festival image in the 2006 Travel Photographer of the Year competition.

www.kolumbus.fi/timothy.bird

Born in Israel, currently based in Edinburgh where I am completing a BA in Photography, Film and Imaging. As a self taught photographer prior to university and throughout my studies, I have travelled and photographed out of a personal spiritual quest, observing the infinite unique variations of the one.

My travel photographs have been published in national and international travel and photographic magazines, and a few articles too, while I expand my collection to include performance and studio-based work as well.Within general destination imagery I am moving further into cultural studies, documenting changes in life as societies shift and reconstruct themselves with the times.

In the 2005/06 "Professional Photographer of the year" competition by
'Professional Photographer' magazine, I won first prize in the Landscape student category, and in TPOTY 2006 my portfolio of the French Alps was rated 5th in the Wild category.

www.kbolotin.com

I’m a freelance travel photographer originally from England and now based in Amsterdam.

I have a passion for travel and enjoy capturing places in an eye-catching and colourful way; from the bustling backstreets of Asia to the spectacular cities of Europe.

I have built a varied collection of images focused primarily on low light scenes; from iconic travel destinations to lesser known places and the people who inhabit them.
My work is represented by Lonely Planet Images and features in travel, editorial and commercial publications around the world.

www.shootingtheworld.com

Martin Chamberlain was just 10 years old when he won his first photographic competition. Since then he has travelled to over 70 countries capturing original, eye-catching images of life and the landscape.

He recently returned to the UK after seven years based in India and Nepal. Throughout these years he spent much of his time travelling around Asia photographing this vibrant and diverse continent. His latest project took him to some of the most deprived areas of Asia photographing the children and communities currently being assisted by UNICEF.

His award-winning photographs have featured in travel photography books, adventure magazines, and advertising features. His prints have also been exhibited in Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Australia, Nepal, Qatar and the UK. More of his work can be found on his website.

www.martinchamberlain.com

A fascination with natural light and a passion with nature, landscape and travel underpin Chris's photography and give a striking simplicity and graphic quality to his imagery.

Since turning professional in 1992, Chris has photographed landscapes, people, architecture, gardens, travel destinations and wildlife around the world. This ability and desire to capture such a diverse range of subjects and explore different types of photography is rare amongst photographers, but Chris finds shooting different subjects and styles both visually stimulating and challenging.

Most of his work is commissioned for specific advertising and editorial projects or for stock libraries. He has shot over 40 travel and coffee table books and has undertaken commissions for a wide range of major multinational companies. His images have been widely published in newspapers, magazines and books, and his book ‘The Art of Landscape Photography' is a widely-used reference work. Chris is current finishing a new book called 'Creative DSLR Photography' with co-author, Chris Weston.

He has presented photographic features for TV and he lectures on a variety of photographic subjects, including travel, landscape and stock photography, at numerous major international conferences. He has also written articles about photography for specialist photographic, travel and lifestyle magazines.

Together with fellow professional photographers and friends, Nick Meers and Chris Weston, and digital imaging expert, Terry Steeley, Chris runs the Photo Iconic series of photography and digital imaging courses in the UK and overseas, covering everything you need to know about photography to enjoy it as a hobby, as a profession or to get started as a new career.

In 2003, Chris founded the now prestigious international Travel Photographer of the Year awards.

www.chriscoe.com

www.photoiconic.com

British photographer Thornton Cohen has spent the last twenty years in almost perpetual motion, visiting more than 70 countries by air, sea and land. Previously, as a professional sailor he traversed and raced across many of the world’s oceans.

His photography career began by capturing North American yacht racing. He has long since turned his eye to his greatest passion, travel, though he still takes the occasional ocean passage.

With an eye for detail and a strong connect with his subjects, Thornton has produced refreshing and striking images that have been published and exhibited internationally. His marine photography has been featured by American sailing media. His stock library is used widely commercially and editorially.

Thornton is currently based out of his studio and gallery in the Costa Rican town of Tamarindo where he follows adventure travelers through the region, documents a changing lifestyle and tackles assignments for regional media when not traveling the nether regions.

www.nomadpics.com

As a travel photojournalist Juliet has launched a travel magazine and gone on assignment to over 140 different countries round the world. She has exhibited her work in three continents and on subjects as wide ranging as 'Where do we come from?' to ‘Hidden London – Secrets of the old City,’ ‘War in the Landscape’ to ‘Urban Street & underworld artists.’

Juliet has won numerous photographic prizes starting with the GLC prize for London’s Young Photographer of the Year at the age of 13 and then went on to be awarded the AGFA University of London’s photography prize for innovation in political photojournalism for her final years exhibition ‘Under fire’ held at Regent Street in the University of London oldest campus and home to London’s first photographic studio. She has also been awarded travel photographer of the year titles in Europe, and travel photograph of the year by the British Guild of Travel Writers in 2001 and 2004.

In 2005 whilst working as International Managing editor of Get Lost Travel Magazine in Australia she won Travel Photographer of the year at the Media awards in Sydney for her amazing imagery of Italy’s sumptuous Venice Carnival – Behind the Frame, which you can currently see on the back cover of the Lonely Planet City Guide to Venice. Lonely Planet in conjunction with Getty images represent Juliet’s work worldwide and have been doing so since 1997 when Lonely Planet’s photo library was launched.

www.julietcoombe.com

Phil was born on the edge of the English Lake District which probably explains his affinity with mountains. He began walking the fells at the age of 12 and climbing the crags whilst still at school.

A teenager in the 1960’s he soon learnt that you could travel just about anywhere at anytime. All you needed was a thumb and a friendly smile. As a student he hitch-hiked across the US on Route 66 and was later shot at in Canada trying to hop a freight train.

Since then his travels and his photography have taken him to all seven continents including both polar regions. Initially photography was simply an extension of his travels, then it became a means of financing further travelling, now he says “it’s just something that I do and don’t know how to stop”.

He is currently based on the edge of the North York Moors where he continues to be fascinated by wild county and ever-changing light.

www.philcornelius.co.uk

Peter Cox is one of Ireland's leading landscape photographers. He offers a unique view on the landscape, going beyond the postcard imageand connecting directly with the power and beauty of nature.

Peter's limited edition photographs are printed and framed with meticulous care and presented with a lifetime guarantee. He also offers a one year exchange or return policy on all his prints.

Inspired by the joy that teaching photography brings him, Peter has recently begun offering workshops from his studio in West Cork, deep in Ireland's wild south-west. Two-day intensive individual sessions are available, as well as a ten-day journey taking in some of the most spectacular scenery the country has to offer.

www.petercox.ie

Stephen is a part time photographer who only turned professional in the last couple of years. Nevertheless he has already been a finalist in several international photography competitions. Stephen had one image from his 2005 entry to the Travel Photographer of the Year published in the “Journey One” portfolio.

Stephen’s images predominantly show his passion for all things nature, although his collection is interspersed with a growing number of travel images. Stephen’s particular interest is in polar and sub-polar regions, with Alaska and Canada’s Yukon Territory being favourite destinations.

Images of these and Stephen’s other photographs have been published internationally and a small selection, typical of the images in his collection, are displayed on his website. These are available for purchase as fine art prints, or, along with the rest of Stephen’s collection, available for editorial purposes, calendars and books. A growing selection of Stephen’s images is also held by stock agencies.

Despite juggling his love of photography with a full time job, Stephen’s image library continues to grow as a result of exploring his local patch and through travelling around the world.

www.naturalworldphotographer.com

Chris Deeney was a finalist in the ‘Spirit of Adventure’ category of the inaugural TPOTY competition. A self taught photographer with itchy feet and an eye for detail, Chris aims to capture vibrant images of the natural world. His work has helped to promote projects home and abroad, from local wildlife trusts to the conservation of the Galapagos Islands.

In the last 24 months, Chris has travelled to South America, Africa and SE Asia. In addition to TPOTY, he was shortlisted and 'highly rated' in the 2008 Holiday Photographer of the Year competition.

His work has been published widely in guidebooks, newspapers and magazines. Clients include National Geographic and the BBC.

www.itchyfeetphotography.com

Guylain was born in Magdalen Islands, Canada, in 1969. During the late 90’s, he started to be really interested in photography. Soon after, he quit his “real job” and began to travel extensively. He is now full time travel photographer based in Saguenay, Quebec. His work is more and more published in many countries for magazines, books and internet use. Part of his work is currently distributed by Age Fotostock.

TPOTY 2006 was his first contest ever. One of his images won a ‘Judge’s Favourite’ award, and has been published in the TPOTY ‘Journey Two’ book.

www.guylaindoyle.com

I was born in Katowice, south of Poland in 1975. During my studies in Technical University in Gliwice I discovered my first passion - traveling. After a few years the second passion - photography, followed the first one. Up until now I have spent most of my free time traveling around Europe.

I specialize in landscape photography and prefer the cold beauty and wilderness of northern lands Scandinavia. I started with analog cameras, nowadays I continue with digital cameras and using new techniques giving more possibilities in landscape photography (HDR, panoramas stitching etc) I exhibit my photographs in Poland and write articles about landscape photography and post-processing of digital images for various European photo magazines.

www.lonelywolf.pl

I developed my passion for photography at a early age growing up in the Scottish Highlands. It was here going on expeditions in the mountains with the ever-changing light and dramatic landscape that I became keen on photography.

I moved down to London working as a fashion and location photographer. Clients include Berghaus, Reebok, Regatta, Conde Nast travel magazine, photolibrarys and commissions by top advertising agencies where I have won various awards.

High quality limited edition images can be ordered from my website. Travel photography inspires my creativity maintaining new and fresh work. Hobbies include windsurfing, snowboarding and flyfishing.

Latest assignment I travelled to China and captured the spirit of the Tibetan people.

www.paulfosbury.com

Since 1989 Daisy Gilardini has visited more than 55 countries with camera in hand. She fell in love with Antarctica during her first trip there in 1997 and since then she has regularly visited the Polar Regions; a passion that has become her specialty.

For Daisy, photography means extreme adventure:

“Travel for me is synonymous with adventure. In my mind, logistical or physical difficulties pale in comparison to the beauty of the places I visit.”

Her images have been awarded in the most prestigious photo contests as the “BBC wildlife Photographer of the Year”, the “Travel Photographer of the Year” and the “Nature’s Best Photo contest”.

In 2004 Daisy Gilardini won the Living Planet category in TPOTY. Her winning images can be seen in the 2004 Winners’ Gallery.

www.daisygilardini.com

Steven is a New York-based photojournalist specialising in documentary and travel photography.

After wandering for the past 15 years, I now call New York City "home." Born in England, raised in Bermuda and educated in America, I have spent the last 15 years clutching both camera and passport. Although trained as a lawyer, with an Honors B.A. from the University of Florida and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, photography and travel remain my inspiration. There are few things that offer such experiences and it is through the viewfinder of a 35mm and digital SLR that I have seen much of the world. From spectacular sunsets in the Sahara to the advent of dawn over the Indian Ganges to Rajasthani bar-room brawls, my camera has fueled my vision-quest. Photography has made of me a more earnest traveler. Through it, I have learned patience, humility and compassion. These virtues, I seek to convey through my work.

My work has been displayed in San Francisco, New Orleans, Miami, London and New York. I am currently an intern at VII Photo Agency and continue to do freelance work.

www.stevengreaves.com

Martin Hartley specialises in documenting the most inaccessible parts of the planet. His sustained commitment to capture the beauty of unadulterated landscapes and remote communities has taken him to some of the most isolated and challenging locations in the world.

Martin first gained public recognition at the age of 17 as Runner-Up in the Young Wildlife Photographer of The Year 1987 and has worked as a professional photographer ever since. His reputation for medium-format photography in wild places has earned him numerous adventure travel assignments and invitations as expedition photographer. His work has been published worldwide in international press and journals. Recent commissions include Adventure Ecology Top of the World Trans-Arctic Expedition, and Brazilian Beaches and Frankincense Trail (Yemen & Oman), both for National Geographic.

"Hartley's capacity to capture powerful geographical imagery in the most difficult of conditions, has become his hallmark...making him one of the leading geographical photographers of our day." Nigel Winser (Director Earthwatch and formerly Deputy Director Royal Geographic Society with IBG)

His work has been published in National Geographic publications, The Times, The New York Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC, ITV, NBC, ABC, CBC, Geographical, Hotshoe, Food & Travel, Outdoor Photography, British Journal of Photography, Practical Photography, Digital Photography; and exhibited at the Royal Geographical Society, Christie's (Annual Polar Sale) and Iniziative Culturali, Trieste, Italy (Solo Exhibition).

In 2003 Martin Hartley won the Spirit of Adventure category in TPOTY. He was second in that same category in 2004 and in 2005 he won the Human Spirit category. His winning images can be seen in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Winners’ Galleries.

www.martinhartley.com

Martin Harvey worked for the National Parks in Zimbabwe and Natal Parks Board in South Africa before eventually becoming a professional wildlife and travel photographer in 1993.

Based in South Africa he has photographed in over 50 countries around the world, from the Arctic regions of North America to the deserts of Australia.

His photos have been published in magazines and books throughout the world and is frequently commissioned to photograph travel destinations and environmental issues.

Martin has received numerous photographic awards and commendations in both the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Agfa Wildlife Awards. He has also had several wildlife and travel books published.

www.wildimagesonline.com

"Since the age of twelve, photography in many forms has dominated my life and a previous career was as a UK network broadcast television cameraman and lighting director.

Now I am a professional travel photographer and have been to many countries, most recently Japan, Argentina and Chile. In London, Tokyo and Kyoto I have had photographic exhibitions of Japan, Taiwan, Cook Islands and Tonga.

What I look for in a picture is a combination of the light and how it plays on the subject as well as a dynamic composition but mostly a visual story that reaches out and involves me.”

www.jeremyhoare.com

“As a photographer who specialises in the area of concerned documentary, both my personal and professional lives merge into one. My work is for the public to view but highly personal.

At its best documentary photography is a dramatic and dynamic medium which can define the human condition. It is a vital and exploratory medium that records today what will be history forever.”

In 2005 Glen Howey won the ‘Travellers’ Tales’ category in TPOTY. His winning images can be seen in the 2005 Winners’ Gallery.

www.glenhowey.com

Swiss-born Felix Hug has gone from winning trophies as a professional basketball player to winning awards as a professional travel photographer for some of the world's best-known airlines, hotels and resorts.

His awards include Second Prize at the 2007 Travel Photographer of the Year awards (Thrill category), First Prize at the International Photography Awards (IPA) in 2005, a Gold Award & Best of Show selection at the Australian Professional Photography Awards in 2005 and the Asian Geographic Nikon Grand Prize in 2004.

Felix brings to photography the same dedication, professionalism and work ethic that carried him into the top rungs of Europe's professional basketball leagues. As a result, he is sought after by the world's top travel brands. His list of blue-chip clients include Lonely Planet Library, Singapore Airlines/Silk Air, Raffles Hotels and Resorts, Silversands at the W Retreat and Spa in Maldives, Bank Julius Baer Singapore and Universal Resorts in the Maldives.

His work as a travel photographer is imbued by his philosophy. He says, "You have to get away from just documenting reality. The job of the photographer is to capture and trigger emotions as well. Positive images and compassion will inspire and change the way we look at things."

Another reason he is highly sought after is because he is customer-focused. When it comes to working with clients, he believes that his job goes beyond taking photographs. Says Felix, "The photographer is a problem solver who has to understand what his client needs." He works with a team that offers complete solutions, incorporating art direction, design, copywriting and printing.

Now based in Singapore, Felix conducts workshops around Southeast Asia for aspiring travel photographers as well.

www.eyesonasia.net

As a zoologist Nicola Jenner specialises in photographing wildlife and remote ecosystems. She is fascinated by natural light and combines this with an intimate understanding of a species' behaviour and ecology to create images which convey the character of a species and the beauty of the natural world.

Nicola Jenner is currently London-based and has more recently extended her portfolio to include fashion photography and human encounters in both urban and remote landscapes. She continues to travel extensively, with most experience in sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2005 Nicola Jenner won the Natural World category in TPOTY. Her winning images can be seen in the 2005 Winners' Gallery.

www.jenner-photography.co.uk

“Having studied photography at The Arts Institute in Bournemouth and winning first prize in the Streetlife category of the 2006 Travel Photographer Of The Year, I continue to photograph with my compelling interest in people and the reality of life around them.

My photography has evolved to encompass three main genres; Documentary, Fine Art and portraiture.

I have a particular interest in street photography, within which I work both in black and white and colour. On my travels I often use the panoramic format to capture the reality of life and express the culture of the world around me.”

In 2006 Judith Jones won the Streetlife category in TPOTY. Her winning images can be seen in the 2006 Winners’ Gallery.

www.judithjonesphoto.com

“Over the centuries, the inhabitants of the province of Groningen, The Netherlands, have reclaimed their land from the sea. It is a man-made world. New land is reclaimed outside of the dikes that keep the sea at bay, and as new land is formed, the original dikes lose their function. Farmers create passages through the dikes. It is an unforgiving world, where farmers work hard to earn a living from the land. Stray sunflowers, grown from spilled cattle feed, are totally out of place. But on an early winter morning with a bit of hoar frost, the landscape takes on an eerie beauty

As a travel and landscape photographer, I try to define what makes a particular landscape unique, what sets it apart from others. This is my homeland; it is flat, almost featureless. Folks that live here don't much care for trees. But here you can breathe. The vast expanse of sky envelopes you and gives you a sense of freedom. That's how my most successful image to date came about - the image of the jumping lamb that won me a trip to the Bahamas, as winner of the TPOTY 2005 Single Image category - 'A Moment of Freedom'.”

Gerard Kingma’s 2005 Single Image winning shot can be seen in the 2005 Winners’ Gallery.

www.kingma.nu

Rene Koster has been working as a professional photographer since 1996. His work concentrates mostly on travel photography and portraits. He has contributed a great deal to many national magazines in the Netherlands.

As a well-respected photographer, Rene Koster always strives after high quality in his work. Every assignment is approached with the care and attention it deserves, and the results are always characterised by this photographer’s personal style.

In 2006 Rene Koster finished second in the Iconic category of TPOTY, and another of his images was chosen as a Judges' Favourite. His award-winning images can be seen in the 2006 Winners' Gallery.

www.renekosterphotography.nl

Born 1974 in Seoul, S.Korea and is currently living in Oslo, Norway.

Seung Kye Lee is focusing on the magic of nature in forms of grand landscapes, wild mountains, coastal sceneries, forests, waterfalls and keeping an eye for the small details often overlooked as well.

The key element in Seung Kye Lee`s work is the ambient light. Especially the unique sub-arctic winter light leaves a certain signature on his images and many of his images are captured during hikes (trekking, skiing/snow-shoes), spending a great amount of time around his subjects.

His work has been sold worldwide, published and used in various magazines, photo publications, calenders etc. in U.S., Asia, Europe and Norway and has won several photography contests.

www.leeseungkye.com

www.seungkyelee.wordpress.com

Born in Nairobi, schooled in India and with a degree in Economics from Birmingham University, Karoki Lewis took to photography professionally in 1992. In 1997-98 he took a postgraduate diploma in photojournalism from the London College of Printing. Married to the photographer, Poppy Berry, he now divides his time between Brighton, Delhi and travelling worldwide.

A mixture of travel and reportage, his work is featured in a number of photographic books on India, as well as in newspapers, magazines and websites internationally, such as Geo, The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times Travel, Harpers & Queen, Condé Nast Traveler, Time and the BBC. Since 2001, Karoki has been engaged on a long-term project documenting the act of pilgrimage around the world using photography as well as audio.

In 2006 Karoki Lewis won the Single Image category in TPOTY. His award-winning image can be seen in the 2006 Winners' Gallery.

www.karokilewis.com

Andre Lichtenberg's photography is difficult to categorize. After a three years degree in Photographic Science (followed by a MA in Photographic Studies), Andre now comfortably switches between a varied range of projects. One moment he is traveling in remote locations capturing strong, unusual and beautiful images for one corporate or travel client... and the next he is in a studio creating images with highly controlled lighting for another. This amazing ability to quickly adapt to different situations has won André many travel & advertising commissions in the past few years. Some of his latest clients include: Vodafone, Tatler magazine, Sunday Times Travel, Sunday Times Magazine, Royal Ascot, Lexus, Zest, Reebok, Thomson TUI, City University, Mandarina Duck, Sovereign, Premier Media & First Choice.

Andre lives with his family in Hove, UK, and spends his time between commissions and personal projects. His images are often used as billboards, magazines editorials, book covers, company brochures as well as exhibited in galleries and museums in UK & abroad.

In 2006 Andre Lichtenberg won the Wild category in TPOTY. His winning images can be seen in the 2006 Winners' Gallery.

www.photoandre.com

Douglas Ljungkvist is a New York based travel photographer originally from Sweden. His specialty is photographing urban destinations from a local perspective and off the beaten path. He uses his observation and anticipatory skills to create visual portraits of destinations he visits that have a strong sense of time and place. His photographic voice is urban, graphic, vernacular, and quiet.

Douglas has won several accolades in prestigious photography contest with his travel photography including the International Photography Awards and Prix de la Photographie Paris Px3. He is also a quickly emerging fine art photographer that has exhibited with his personal work at Bridge Art Fair in Miami during Art Basel, Peer Gallery in Chelsea New York, among other venues.

Douglas is available for editorial, corporate, or commercial assignments for customers on both sides of the Atlantic.

www.DouglasLjungkvist.com

The two greatest passions in Larry Louie's life are travel and photography. “Both broaden one's view of the world. Travel helps us develop tolerance and appreciation of others and ourselves. Our world and all the people are interconnected - we are individually all different and yet the same. My photographs documents my journey in life and allows me to share with others the diversity and beauty of the world I see.”

Larry’s love for photography and travel had developed at a very young age with his first National Geographic Magazine. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Edmonton, Canada, Larry Louie was educated as a doctor of optometry. His journey into photography started right in his own backyard. He would photograph the “down and out” people of his home city Edmonton – like his series of Homeless Men. He would even monitor police frequencies so he could run out to photograph burnt buildings. And of course, his love for nature and the outdoors brought him and his camera to the Rocky Mountains of Alberta quite frequently.

After optometry school, Larry experienced a renewed enthusiasm and appreciation for photography, especially black and white photography and photojournalism after viewing an exhibition in New York’s Guggenheim Museum of Josef Koudelka’s work. He also discovered another problem: he likes his profession as an optometrist, but also likes to travel and photograph. He, therefore, has decided to split his time between his optometry practice and his passion for travel & photography.

Larry takes several trips a year to many different places around the world. His special interests are in places far off the beaten path where the indigenous people and their culture and practices are rapidly becoming extinct. Over the years, Larry had received many awards and recognition for his work, including, in October 2007, a Lucie Award for his series in the Tibetan Grassland.

www.larrylouie.com

Winner of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2006 and voted runner-up Professional Photographer of the Year by Wanderlust magazine, Julian Love's work is highly regarded. The judges praised his "crisp, clean, graphic images" demonstrating "a fresh eye for composition, good use of light and a sense of timing".

Inspired by the adventure photography of Galen Rowell, the sensitive portraits of Steve McCurry and the colourful and irreverent photography of Martin Parr, Julian's versatility is one of his great strengths. He is equally at home shooting the wild landscapes of the Sahara or the streets of Cairo as he is lending a fresh eye to the familiar in his home city of London. Julian's work has appeared in a number of magazines, books and brochures.

Julian's award-winning images can be seen in the 2006 Winners' Gallery.

www.adventurephotographer.net

"T.S. Elliot once said" the journey, not the arrival matters", which embodies how I've felt for the past eight years while leading photography tours to some of the most interesting places on our planet.

I have led tours to most of Southeast Asia - Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar. In 2007 I added the recently completed 'Semana Santa' workshop in my hometown of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and will be adding Peru as a new destination for 2008.

Exploring, learning and sharing have not only made me a better photographer, but a better person."

In 2003 Michael Matlach won the Colour & Passion category in TPOTY. His winning images appear in the 2003 Winners' Gallery.

www.michaelmatlach.com

Biog to follow...

Charles "Chad" Meacham was born outside of Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, and began traveling immediately after high school. He later earned a degree in Special Education.

Over the last 10 years he has traveled in countries ranging from Iceland to Bolivia, and has lived for long periods of time in Belfast, Ireland and Taipei, Taiwan.

In 2003 he was awarded First Place in National Geographic Traveler's 15th Annual Photo Contest. In 2005 he earned a second National Geographic award, ranked 11th in The Travel Photographer of the Year Competition, the slide show Enduring Ethiopia was a finalist at the Palm Springs Photography Festival, his work was nominated a total of 5 times in The Color Awards, and earned 4 Merit Awards in the International Photography Awards. He has been a featured photographer by Outdoor Photography Magazine and Agfa Film. His images have been seen internationally in almost every medium.

When not traveling he can or cannot be found riding his motorcycle in the mountains of Taiwan. He is currently working in India on his new project "Being Sikh".

www.charlesmeacham.com

Alexander "Sandy" Nesbitt is a native of Newport, R.I. With his childhood split across the Atlantic his taste for travel got an early start as well as his eye for local cultures and all things exotic. His dedication to documentary photography is at the core of his vision. Striving to connect his images with the reality - the tangible truth - of a situation gives his work an unmistakable authenticity.

In 2004, Sandy won the "Spirit Of Adventure" category in TPOTY. His Egyptian desert scene was selected for the cover of the April 2005 National Geographic Adventure Magazine and his dramatic shot of a kite boarder in Nantucket featured as a double spread in the July 2005 issue of Outside Magazine.

His most recent work in northern Brazil became a feature story in the August 2007 issue of Kiteboarding Magazine. A double page spread of a kiteboarder in Cape Verde was also published in the June/ July 2007 issue of National Geographic Adventure. Sandy has traveled on assignment for Men's Journal and he is currently wrapping up his first product campaign shoot in Guatemala and Belize for Eagle Creek travel gear.

His widely published, dramatic body of images from the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, Central & South America, Europe, Mexico, and one of the largest Newport collections can be ordered in limited edition, fine art prints on his website. Stock images are also available on the website or through select agencies. His two boutique galleries in downtown Newport showcase his work framed and unframed, as well as the work of several other local artists.

www.nesbittphoto.com

Andrew was born in 1978, in Shropshire, England. For many years he had a desire to express his creativity and tried his hand at many different art forms. It was only after returning home from his first around the world trip with some mediocre pictures, that he decided to study photography.

His first camera was a Canon EOS 300 S.L.R and after some experimentation, undertaking a few courses to learn the fundamentals and teaching himself the rest, his ambition was to combine photography with his love of travelling. It has taken him to many beautiful, interesting and cultural locations around the world, with every trip providing a new challenge; creatively, physically and emotionally.

Although he has an extremely diverse style of photography, his passion is in capturing the first or last light on the landscape, but is equally happy shooting street life, people and details in crowded, bustling markets. He shoots primarily for stock and is represented by image libraries around the world. His work is used for anything from editorial to advertising and has been published in books, magazines and travel guides worldwide. Andrew's dream, along with every other travel photographer's on the planet, to work for National Geographic, has finally come true, now that he has been added to their list of active travel photographers.

www.andrewnewey.com

Kasia Nowak is a London-based stock photographer shooting a wide range of subjects from cityscapes to wildlife.

Kasia developed her passion for photography through her love of travel. She has travelled extensively in Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, Scandinavia and Japan. Her next major trip will be to New Zealand and she is also planning another visit to Japan. “That is my favourite place at the moment”.

In the last year she made 15 trips abroad in search of stunning images but she is equally happy exploring her local patch. One of her award-winning pictures was taken in London – 12 minutes’ train journey from home.

Kasia was awarded a Commendation for her Festival image in the 2006 Travel Photographer of the Year competition.

kasia@kasianowak.co.uk

Chris Parker is a British photographer and photojournalist based in the historic Cinque port of Hastings on the East Sussex coast. After graduating with a degree in Fine Art Chris decided to combine his enthusiasm for Expressionist painting with his love of the British seaside by working for a leading national postcard company as a cartoonist and photographer. This connection helped to formulate Chris’s distinctive view of contemporary life where his keen eye for detail is encapsulated in his photography delivering a mixture of social comment and satire.

He has won a variety of awards for his travel photography and was profiled on the Radio 4 series “Consuming Passions”.

In 2004 Chris won the Essence of Travel category in TPOTY. His winning images can be seen in the 2004 Winners' Gallery.

www.parkerphotography.co.uk

Australia-based adventure and travel photographer, Andrew Peacock first began to look seriously through a camera lens while working as a medical doctor on voluntary assignments in Nepal and India in 1996.

An active climber, paddler and mountaineer, he is a contributor to Lonely Planet Images and the outdoor adventure collection at Aurora Photos. His work features in numerous Lonely Planet titles and has been published in the magazines Rock and Ice, Australian Geographic, Outdoor Australia, Outer Edge, Action Asia and Climbing. When not enjoying life on the road Andrew lives on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.

In 2008 Andrew won the Call of the Wild category in TPOTY.

www.footloosefotography.com

Tony Pick specialises in images that portray the characteristics of the Suffolk Coast and depict the warmth and isolation through the seasons, with subject matter including boats, atmospheric landscapes, seascapes and the inevitable stormy North Sea. After a successful career as a press photographer, Tony relocated to the Suffolk coast in 1991. It was here that he fulfilled his dream of opening his own gallery selling his own seascape and landscape work.

"The coastline around Aldeburgh is the most beautiful stretch in the country, in my opinion. It has given me marvellous scope for some truly stunning images which I have loved taking".

Working on the East coast and as part of a strong community led Tony to become a volunteer member of the Aldeburgh lifeboat crew. He has taken some beautiful images of the boat, in particular of a 'rough weather' launch, and donated 20% of all the sales from this image to the RNLI.

All Tony's work can be found on his website, or by visiting the gallery at 127 High St, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England.

www.coastalimages.co.uk

I was born in India and graduated as a doctor before coming to UK in 1997. Currently I am working as a Neuroradiology Fellow at the The Walton centre in Liverpool. My interest in photography started 10 years ago and I specialize in landscape and travel photography.

In 2000 I won my first competition, which was the landscape category in the practical photography magazine. In 2005 I won the “Go Beyond” category in Travel Photographer of the Year and in 2006 the Amateur Photographer of the Year, UK.

My current project is to try and document the landscape and way of life in the southern state of Kerala India. For this I go to India twice a year. I have also had photographs published in magazines such as Outdoor Photography, Practical Photography, Amateur Photographer and Photo Monthly.

www.maniputhuran.com

Lorne Resnick was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. His passion for travel and photography keeps him moving around the globe exploring different cultures and countries, capturing unique moments with his camera.

He began his career photographing rock concerts in his home town of Toronto, capturing peak moments in the all-consuming fire and flash that is live rock and roll, featuring performers from Bruce Springsteen to Madonna. These images were published in his first book: “Live in Concert – 10 years of Rock and Roll”.

Resnick’s striking commercial and fine art images have been exhibited in galleries across Europe and America, and have been used commercially for annual reports, billboards, television, web sites and for worldwide advertising campaigns.

From his first book of photographs, “Live in Concert: 10 years of Rock and Roll”, published in 1987, to his latest work-in-progress, Cuba Dreaming, scheduled for publication in 2006, Lorne Resnick has always strived to create images that probe beyond the everyday facade to capture the essential meaning and character of his subjects.

Resnick lives and works in Los Angeles as a commercial and fine art photographer - when not being nibbled on by small baby tigers, elephants and his newborn son.

www.resnickfineart.com

Travel Portraits is the work of UK travel photographer Jason Ricks. Set up in 2007, the travel photo agency and its showcase website www.travelportraits.co.uk specialise in country-specific, high quality photographic portraiture from around the world. The style of photography is focused around capturing unique, intimate, colourful images of people in their natural environment. From South East Asia to Central America, Europe and Africa, the Travel Portraits country collections offer a fascinating insight into the different cultures and people of the the world. Travel Portraits is dedicated to Carbon Neutral Travel Photography by offsetting the carbon footprint from flights to and from travel photography projects. A percentage of sales from every Spotlight Exhibition is donated to established reforestation projects in partnership with carefully selected climate care partners.

In 2008 Jason started Travelblography, a multimedia travel blog documenting real life experiences, images, and observations from different countries around the world. Never far from something unexpected, Travelblography is a great mix of the funny, serious and interesting encounters during life on the road as a travel photographer.

www.travelportraits.co.uk

Ian studied for the City & Guilds general Photography certificate on leaving school at 15, and then worked in various london studios as an assistant and then photographer. Needing some fresh air he took to travelling and became interested in languages. He ended up with a degree in French and Spanish and is working on Arabic. He got a job as a Tour Leader for an adventure tour operator and used the opportunity while working in Europe, South America,North Africa and Yemen to build up a stock of travel pictures. He completed his formal education with a Postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism at the London College of Printing and now works on brochures for tour operators and on stock images for his own online library.

He has a particular interest in the festivals around the world, with a few examples shown here.

www.picturesofplaces.co.uk

A love for meeting and seeing people and places (which he reckons covers just about everything) led him to start recording it all on film. He’s at his happiest when in the middle of some wild festival with his camera. Charlie has published his photography and written articles for magazines and newspapers in the UK and worldwide, picking up the occasional award along the way and was included in the inaugural TPOTY ‘Journey One’ book as a ‘Judges Favourite’.

While Charlie now enjoys photographing weddings (a different sort of festival but also wild at times) and general commercial photography, he is still out exploring the world through his lens every chance he gets.

www.charlieroundturner.com

De Silva, Sanjiv (Sri Lanka) Based in Sri Lanka, Sanjiv is an aspiring travel and documentary photographer in addition and as a complement to his original interest in wildlife photography. He began his photographic journey seeking to explore the rich photographic possibilities offered by his native Sri Lanka's cultural and ecological diversity. More recently, he has begun to cover other parts of South and Southeast Asia, and is open to taking on photographic assignments as a stepping-stone to making photography his full time occupation. 

Photography is truly a passion for Sanjiv who readily admits to being enchanted by nature's endless diversity and the human form. He believes in keeping his approach to image making as simple as possible, using color, light, movement and expression to provide a window to the world around us.

http://www.photographersdirect.com/buyers/search.asp?library=24430

Gordon Sinclair has been travelling and making photographs for the past 26 years. In 2005 he turned professional travel photographer shooting stock for The Travel-library.co.uk and Alamy. His photography has been used for everything from book covers to national news editorials, and education to travel advertising. "Being a photographer is for me being a channel through which other people can see". Earlier this year he visited Mexico, Argentina and China and now intends to provide archival fine prints for galleries, and individuals through his website.

www.gsinclair.com

Martin was first inspired to photograph landscapes with his first, Russian, camera in the seventies. His early work focused on the UK and Europe but as he travelled further a field he became and remains more fascinated by the exotic and the unseen.

In the mid-nineties, inspired by some of Australia’s finest landscape photographers, he developed an interest in world panoramas. Since then he has embraced the power of digital imaging to powerful effect. In his recent work, subjects have ranged form the eerie icescapes of the High Arctic, through the rusty cars of Route 66, to the urban landscapes of central Havana and the indigenous tribes of remote Africa and Oceania. By his own admission his work covers some of the world’s most and least famous places. Although self taught his work is starting to create an impact with artists, galleries and other art buyers.

In recent years and through his company World on Film he has built up a base of satisfied clients. World on Film operates out of a converted farm building at Wrotham Business Park just outside Barnet in North London.

www.worldonfilm.com

Paul Strawson is a UK based travel photographer who from an early age had an unquenchable wanderlust – at the same time his love of photography, particularly portraiture, became an obsession. It was therefore inevitable that he would have spent the last 25 years combining these two parallel passions. To date he has visited over 60 countries, many of them repeatedly – his particular favourites being India and south east Asia.

His work is featured in editorial, book, travel and commercial publications all over the world. Photographs are available via his website as limited edition prints and for publication via the photo agencies that represent him.

His work covers all aspects of travel photography but it is portraiture that predominates above everything else. His connection and empathy with his subject is obvious in his work – “people and their cultures are endlessly fascinating” – “young or old, every face is a map and each of them has a story to tell” – “joyful, sad, and everything in between, every face is endlessly fascinating”.

www.paulstrawson.co.uk

Mugged, arrested, and held at gunpoint for eight hours by bandits armed with machine guns and hand grenades, is all in a day’s work for travel photographer Jane Sweeney,

It was while competing internationally as British Ladies Gymnastic (Tumbling) Champion that Jane developed her interest in photography and her love of travel.

Photographs she took on a South American trip came to the attention of Encounter Overland, the company she travelled with, which resulting in an offer to be official photographer for them and their sister companies, Sundowners and Himalayan Encounters. Soon her images were noticed by other travel companies and she was offered assignments ranging from one week for Explore Family Adventures to five months on an Exodus South American Overland trip. More recently, Sundowners commissioned Jane to capture unique moments whilst travelling on the Trans Siberian / Trans Mongolian Railway, The Silk Road and the Caucasus

Jane has now travelled in 117 countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and North Korea. Her images are represented by leading photo agencies. High quality posters are available directly from her website.

www.adventuretravelphotos.com

Richard Taylor is a freelance photographer based in London, UK, specializing in worldwide travel and lifestyle reportage. Richard produces eye-catching imagery for magazines, travel features and brochures, and regularly shoots stock for 4Corners Images and photo essays for solomango.com

Richard welcomes enquiries about his work, and is happy to undertake editorial assignments and commissions. For contact details and further information please visit the website.

www.richardtaylorphotography.co.uk

"I have been interested in photography for 40 years, starting out with an early Agfa camera. Nowadays Canon, Hasselblad and Olympus have replaced that model. I am keen on all genres of photography, landscape, travel, natural history and cityscapes being some of my favourite subjects. I am a member of the Royal Photographic Society and hold an Associate (ARPS) qualification. I am also a Master of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (MPAGB).

I have exhibited nationally and internationally, and had four exhibitions in Essex. My next will be in January 2008, so is a work in progress. I still shoot exclusively film, Fuji being my preferred stock. I enjoy the taking of images, and the feeling of anticipation when waiting for films to return. Photography has the ability to change our world - it's a very powerful tool in the right hands."

In 2006 Ron Tear was Commended in the North of 30 Degrees category in TPOTY. His images can be seen in the 2006 Winners' Gallery.

www.ronandmaggietear.co.uk

Curtis Welsh is a travel and event photographer based in the Scottish Borders where he is surrounded by open countryside which gives endless opportunities for landscape photography!

Over the past 20 years he has built up a collection of images on film and digital media largely in Scotland but he has made journeys off the beaten track to many Asian and Africa countries.

His work has featured in books, magazines, calendars and postcards together with images in local newspapers on a regular basis.

Entering photographic competitions is one of his pastimes which has resulted in achieving success in Practical Photography, Outdoor Photography, and Wanderlust magazines. Also success has been achieved in the annual TPOTY competition.

Always with a camera to hand he enjoys the outdoor life recording landscapes at dawn and dusk as well as attending events where people are gathered to capture candid shots and portraiture.

www.curtiswelshphotography.co.uk

Chris Weston is a professional wildlife photographer with a passion for all things dangerous and furry. He has written numerous books on wildlife and the art and skills of photography, and his work appears regularly in the international press. In 2003 Chris was elected to Canopy, a US-based conservation-specific NGO, in recognition of his ethical approach to wildlife photography and his work in conservation-based photography.

www.chrisweston.uk.com