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I have been immersed in documentary story-telling for over 20 years, primarily making internationally award-winning television documentaries. I’ve never stopped asking questions about the world but, despite having been lucky enough to tell an extraordinary range of stories around the globe, my television work hasn’t sated my curiosity.
Photography has always been an important means for me to enquire about the world. I try to shoot in the gaps – find the quiet moments, the glances and pauses that punctuate and give shape to the chaos of general life. More recently I’ve been working on a series of fine art abstract landscapes and developing a way of presenting them using encaustic.
At one point in my career I ran BBC Pictures, the BBC’s photography department which commissions and manages programme-related photography. My time there gave me the opportunity to develop my skills as a live performance photographer. It also inspired me to study for a Masters degree in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the London College of Communication during 2013. In October 2013 I was selected to join the prestigious Eddie Adams Workshop in New York, an intense and exhilarating 4 days where America’s photojournalism elite shared their experience and wisdom with 100 new professionals from around the world.
I’ve also worked with ActionAid International, gathering multi-media material for some of their advocacy campaigns. I’ve also worked with smaller NGOs in Ghana and Madagascar to help them build up their case-studies and image libraries.
I’m currently developing a range of photography and TV projects: a science ethics drama, a family history photography installation artwork, a fact-based historical drama series and a new photography series inspired by mindful walking, but my notebook is full of other thoughts, waiting for the time and space to allow them to to grow.
Thanks for visiting….
Danielle