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Our most favourite photography websites
When I come across good photos and/or articles in the photography magazines I buy, or through online publications, I often visit the photographer’s website. I want to learn more about the photographer and, of course, see more of his/her work. If the photography moves me, I often send a mail to the photographer to compliment him/her with his/her work.
Through this post, which I intend to update regularly, I’ll include links to the websites of photographers I find remarkable. The text that I’ve included with each website below has been taken from the “about page” of the photographer.
The websites are truly worth a visit, showcasing beautiful photography. Please click on the thumbnail of the homepage and you will be directed to the website.
Hilina Abebe
Born and raised in Ethiopia, Hilina Abebe is a self-taught documentary photographer inspired by her father’s black-and-white family photographs from the 1960s and ’70s. Her work explores economic inequality, identity, faith, history, and the significance of memory through long-form documentary and portraiture. With a background in journalism and social work, she brings a nuanced perspective to her storytelling, exploring the complexities of human experience.
Hilina is an alumna of the Eddie Adams Workshop XXIX and has participated in the New York Times Portfolio Review (2016) and the World Press Photo East Africa Masterclass. She has also been nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass and PDN’s 30.
Her work has been published by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Guardian, Terra Mater Magazin, Departures, New Internationalist, as well as organizations such as WHO, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Fairtrade Germany.
Based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Hilina continues to document stories, driven by a deep commitment to visual storytelling and social impact.
Emily Garthwaite
Emily Garthwaite is a Photographer, Storyteller and Leica Ambassador.
Her photographic practice explores the intersections of coexistence, cultural memory, and environmental storytelling. Spanning expeditions, source-to-sea journeys down the Tigris River, pilgrimages across Iraq and walking with nomads in Iran, Emily’s work is rooted in long-form, socially engaged immersive projects. She is a Leica Ambassador, Forbes 30 under 30 and holds a Master’s in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism from Westminster University.
She co-founded the Zagros Mountain Trail, the region’s first long-distance hiking route, and has walked over 1,500km across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and continues to develop contemporary archives in partnership with Kurdistan Centre for Arts & Culture.
Emily’s storytelling includes photography, writing, public speaking, and documentary films. Her work has been recognized by Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Visa Pour L’Image Visa d’or Award, Prix Photo Terre Solidaire, the Goldziher Prize, and the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards, among others. She has been nominated for the Leica Oscar Barnack Award, BarTur PhotoAward, and the National Magazine Awards.
Her photographs and essays have been published by National Geographic, The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, GEO, The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, and Le Figaro, and her writing is featured in Best of British Travel Writing. Her work has been exhibited internationally, from the World Economic Forum in Davos and EXPO 2020 in Dubai, Visa Pour L’Image Festival, to the Natural History Museum, Somerset House, and Leica Mayfair Gallery in London.
Dolah Posh
Dola Posh is an award-winning photographer and storyteller living in England. Known for her evocative work exploring themes of self-identity, motherhood, and postpartum depression, Dola’s photography captures both the strength and vulnerability of her subjects. Beyond her personal projects, Dola brings her distinct storytelling approach to family portraits, intimate weddings, corporate events and commercial commissions, capturing the essence of her clients and the energy of professional gatherings. She uses soft imaginative visuals and compelling narratives to inspire conversations and celebrate resilience, infusing every frame with authenticity and purpose.
Expertise: Storytelling, portraiture, short films and design.
Back to the street – Jean Baptiste Pellegin
Jean Baptiste Pellegin is a photographer whose work is deeply inspired by the street environment. He began his photographic journey in 1987, initially working with black and white images influenced by renowned photographers such as Doisneau and Robert Frank. Over time, Pellegin transitioned to colour photography, embracing its possibilities. After spending more than two decades photographing people candidly, he shifted towards documentary filmmaking, creating two documentary films and several music videos. This period allowed him to focus on giving his subjects a voice and establishing a more direct connection.
In 2014, Pellegin returned to photography, but with a renewed approach shaped by his filmmaking experience. Notably, he spent over six months photographing migrants living in camps under the La Chapelle metro in Paris, developing a practice of posed street portraiture where he gave prints to his subjects. This method emphasised mutual respect and allowed his subjects to present themselves as they wished to be seen.
Pellegin’s ongoing project, ‘Backtothestreet’, involves pasting his glass-framed photographs on city walls in locations such as Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Arles, New York, London, Tokyo, and Lisbon, blending photography with street art to return imagery to the public space from which it originated.
Pellegin’s approach to street portraiture is characterised by his willingness to engage directly with his subjects, allowing them to choose their own poses and focusing on capturing their individuality without judgement. He considers careful selection of both subject and background essential to his creative process. His work is documented on Backtothestreet.com, a photographic journal that showcases his unique fusion of photography and street artistry.
Alessandro Bergamini
My name is Alessandro Bergamini, and I was born in 1986 in Finale Emilia, Modena. For more than ten years, I have dedicated myself to documenting the lives of tribal groups and ethnicities in some of the world’s most remote places, seeking to reveal extraordinary cultural diversity and portray these people in their authentic beauty.
I have received numerous awards, including third place at the National Geographic Italia competition in 2015, the Monochrome Photography Awards in 2020, first place for Best Photographic Book at the IPA International Photo Awards in New York in 2021 with Humanity, and the Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) in 2021.
In 2023, I achieved third place at the World Water Day contest, dedicated to the United Nations World Water Day established in 1992, and was among the photographers selected for the Dubai photo festival XPOSURE.
In 2021, I took part in a TEDx Talk with my presentation “Photographing Diversity: A Journey into the Beauty of Humanity.” In 2022, with a solo exhibition, I was a guest at the Riaperture Festival in Ferrara and the Treviso Photofestival.
Also in 2022, together with art curator Valerio Ballotta, I launched an important project involving an expedition to Peru to photograph the peoples of the Andes. From this experience came my second book, Q’eros: Beyond the Clouds, and a series of limited edition works exhibited in several prestigious art galleries, including the renowned Ceribelli Gallery in Bergamo and the II-Ħaġar – Heart of Gozo Museum in Malta.
The partnership with Valerio Ballotta continued in 2023 with a challenging expedition to Zanskar at the end of January. We undertook the Chadar Trek, one of the most dangerous treks in the world, walking along the frozen river of the same name to reach Buddhist monasteries and isolated local populations during the winter. From this reportage came the volume The Ice Way, curated by IKOS, Architecture of Communication and coordinated by GBK Malta-Culture18fineart, as well as the photographic exhibition held in Modena at the IKOS headquarters.
From late 2023 into 2024, I have continued the Humanity Project with journeys to Papua New Guinea, Peru, and South Sudan. Alongside those from previous journeys, photographs from these latest destinations led to the exhibition “Beauty in Diversity,” curated by Valerio Ballotta, Arialdo and Marta Ceribelli, at the Ceribelli Gallery in Bergamo.
The collaboration that began in the summer of 2023 with Save The Duck, the famous Milanese fashion brand, and the Indonesian NGO The Sumba Foundation, gave rise to the project “Nothing Like Water.” The exhibition of 30 images, to be held in 2024 in Piazza Castello in Milan, shares the same name. The photographs are featured in the book Nothing Like Water, curated by Wise Society, coordinated by Valerio Ballotta GBK Malta-Culture18fineart, with texts by Vincenzo Petraglia.
I work for the prestigious photographic agency Grandi Viaggi Fotografici, where I lead photography courses for small groups of travelling photographers, sharing with them the wonders of the world and techniques for capturing them.
Nick Brandt
The themes in Nick Brandt’s work always relate to the destructive impact that humankind is having on both the natural world and humans themselves.
In the East African trilogy, On This Earth, A Shadow Falls Across The Ravaged Land (2001-2012), Brandt established a style of portrait photography of animals in the wild similar to that of the photography of humans in studio setting, shot on medium format film, attempting to portray animals as sentient creatures not so different from us.
In Inherit the Dust (2016), Brandt photographed in places in East Africa where the animals used to roam. In each location, life size panels of unreleased animal portrait photographs were erected, setting the panels within a world of explosive human development. It is not just the animals who are the victims in this out of control world, but also the humans.
Photographing in color for the first time, This Empty World (2019) addresses the escalating destruction of the East African natural world at the hands of humans, showing a world where, overwhelmed by runaway development, there is no longer space for animals to survive. The people in the photos are also often helplessly swept along by the relentless tide of ‘progress’. Each image is a combination of two moments in time shot from the exact same camera position, once with wild animals that ente frame, after which a set is built and a cast of people drawn from local communities.
Ian Gavan
Ian Gavan is an accomplished photographer who has established his base in London, England. He holds a B.A. Honours degree in Visual Communication, having pursued his studies in Photography at both the University of Illinois in the USA and The University of Wolverhampton in the UK.
Over the years, Ian has built an impressive portfolio, shooting assignments for globally recognized brands and organizations such as Apple TV+, Amazon Prime, Guerlain, UNESCO, Nikon, Honda, DeBeers, The English National Ballet, Rolls Royce, and Leica. His work spans a diverse range of subjects and styles, reflecting both technical expertise and a creative vision that resonates in the world of contemporary photography.
Pierrot Men
Born in November 1954 in Midongy-du-Sud, on Madagascar’s east coast, Pierrot Men lives and works in Fianarantsoa, where he runs the city’s largest photographic laboratory, “Labo Men”. His relationship with photography dates to 1974, when he opened his first laboratory. Yet, at that time and for many years thereafter, photography was nothing more than a simple means (both artistic and financial) to support his primary passion, painting. Between ID photos, baptisms, and weddings, this situation lasted for 17 years, until the day a friend spoke candidly and changed the course of his artistic activity: she bluntly told him that the photographs he used as the basis for his paintings were far superior to the paintings themselves. That was the turning point; he abandoned the easel to devote himself solely to photography.
The results were swift: in 1994, he won the Mother Jones competition (San Francisco), the prize for which was a Leica camera that he has never parted with since. This was the beginning of recognition that now extends well beyond the borders of the Great Island. Honoured with several prizes (the Jeux de la Francophonie in Madagascar in 1997, the UNEP/Canon award in 2000…), Pierrot Men’s photographic work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications.
It is difficult to sum up this work in just a few words… His oeuvre (for it can rightly be called that) is part reportage, part artistic photography; it is imbued with humanism and allows us to feel all the dignity inherent in his subjects. Carefully composed, always discreet, his images display a remarkable ability to continually marvel at his surroundings, Madagascar. Although his photographic world extends well beyond the Indian Ocean, Pierrot Men’s work is inseparable from the Great Island, and he himself admits: “I never photograph as well as when I’m photographing what I know.” Indeed, moving away from pure reportage, he manages, in these glimpses of life, to capture the very essence of a country and to offer us a breath of fulfilment and emotion, like a whiff of fresh air… preserving the authenticity, the soul, and the unity of a people.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Daniel Ochoa de Olza is an award-winning independent photojournalist based in Madrid, and CDMX, Mexico.
A native of Navarra, Spain, Daniel has been assigned to cover history-shaping events and documented people and cultures.
His work has been recognized with various World Press Photo: Portrait series in 2013 for ‘A bullfighter’s come back’ and in 2016 for ‘la Maya Tradition’. These are some of several honors his photography has earned including 11 Pictures of the Year International, various National Headliner Awards, NPPA, CHIPP, amongst others.
Son of a writer and a History of Art teacher Daniel Ochoa de Olza was born in Pamplona, on October 22, 1978. His interest turned from painting to photography in 2001 when he started studying Artistic Photography at the Pamplona’s Art School and later on in Barcelona’s University. From 2004 Daniel was based in Madrid as a staff news photographer with The Associated Press. As of July 2017, Daniel embarked upon a independent career to focus on a combination of long-term personal projects, breaking news and client assignments. Daniel has led master classes, workshops and conferences in several Universities and education centers in Spain, Mexico and Chile.
Raffaele Monepaone
Raffaele Monepaone was born on May 5, 1980 in Vibo Valentia. Since he was a little boy, he has been fascinated by the world of photography. When he was 12, he started to attend classes at a family photo studio, where he mostly got involved into technical and theoretical aspects. When he first took a 35 mm camera in his hands, his talent started to show at its fullest and he embarked on his path of professional growth and research.
He eventually turned to the genre of reportage and anthropological photography, humanitarian research becoming his specialism. His first project, on which he continues to work, is a real hymn to life.
Life is the project, in which he tells us his story through his characters’ eyes, faces, hands touched by time, in which he shows us old Calabria and its beauty full of dignity.
La Repubblica newspaper noticed him immediately and dedicated an online photo gallery to this project. For about ten years, he has been cooperating with such local titles as the Calabria Ora and the Quotidiano della Calabria.
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