Natasha Hirst

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Freelance photographer and Vice President of The National Union of Journalists, Natasha Hirst tells the story behind one of her favourite recent photographs.

Part of Ffoton’s ongoing #OneImage series of stories behind photographs.

View more of Natasha’s work on her Tumblr Blog www.natashahirstblog.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @HirstPhotos

Image © Natasha Hirst and used here with permission of the photographer.

David Collyer

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David Collyer tells the story behind one of his favourite photographs taken during the Covid-19 pandemic.
In late 2021 David was named the Royal Photographic Society’s Documentary Photographer of the Year 2021.

Part of Ffoton’s ongoing #OneImage series of stories behind photographs.

View more of David work on Instagram @david_collyer_photographer and via his website www.davidcollyerphotographer.com

Image © David Collyer and used here with permission of the photographer.

Ed Worthington

Cardiff. Image © Ed Worthington

Ed Worthington tells the story behind one of his favourite photographs from his Cardiff series of photographs in his ongoing project titled "It's alright around here isn't it".

View more of Ed’s work on Instagram @the6millionpman and via his website www.the6millionpman.co.uk

Image © Ed Worthington and used here with permission of the photographer.

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Laurie Broughton

Helainer, 2019. Image © Laurie Broughton

Social Documentary photographer Laurie Broughton tells the story behind one of his favourite photographs made on a Loch in Scotland in late 2019 as the COVID-19 pandemic started.

View more of Laurie’s work on Instagram @laurie_broughton and via his website www.lauriebroughton.com

Laurie is also a founding member of the Police Kicking Kids Collective formed by several students studying on the Documentary Photography course at the University of South Wales. Follow them on Instagram @police.kicking.kids

Image © Laurie Broughton and used here with permission of the photographer.

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Andrew Pearsall

Elvis, 2014. Image © Andrew Pearsall

Photographer and course tutor at the University of South Wales, Andrew Pearsall, tells the story behind one of his own favourite street portraits made at the annual Elvis Festival held in Porthcawl, South Wales in 2014.

View more of Andy’s work on Instagram @andrewpearsall and his website www.andrewpearsallphotography.com

Image © Andrew Pearsall and used here with permission of the photographer.

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Jack Lowe

Tenby Lifeboat crew. From Jack Lowe’s Lifeboat Station Project. Image © Jack Lowe

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Photographer Jack Lowe tells the One Image story behind one of his unique images made at the RNLI Lifeboat Station in Tenby in 2016 as part of his larger Lifeboat Station Project around the UK.

The image is featured in an exhibition at The Riverside gallery in Haverfordwest until 23 April 2022.
More info on this show on our exhibition page. It is one of twenty-six of prints of the Welsh RNLI Lifeboat stations photographed to date for the project which are held in the National Collection at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth. It also featured in a four-page article on Jack’s LSP project prints and Wales in issue #007 of Offline Journal.

You can support Jack’s patron-funded Lifeboat Station Project via the website: www.lifeboatstationproject.com and follow its Twitter feed @ProjectLifeboat

Follow him on Twitter @mrjacklowe

Image © Jack Lowe and used here with permission of the photographer.

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Ron McCormick

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Waiting at the Night Shelter, Spitalfields, London 1972 © Ron McCormick

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The image as published in Ron’s book ‘Whitechapel Boy’

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Photographer Ron McCormick tells the story behind one of the photographs from his series shot in the Spitalfields area of London in the 1970’s where he documented the passing of the 'Old Jewish' Whitechapel during that period. The image features in his book ‘Whitechapel Boy’ which saw him collaborate with writer Chris Searle.

A selection of Ron's books are available on his website communimedia.bigcartel.com

Follow him on Twitter @RonMcCormick17

Images © Ron McCormick. Used here with permission.

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Huw Alden Davies

Seven (seven families _ seven years apart). Image © Huw Alden Davies

Carmarthenshire-based photographer and educator Huw Alden Davies recounts the story behind a photograph from one of his early series that he describes as being influential in his career going forward.

View more of Huw’s work on his website www.huwdaviesphotography.com
Follow him on Instagram @huwaldendavies and on Twitter @AldenHuw

Image © Huw Alden Davies and used here with permission of the photographer.

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