Simon is a former TV executive turned award-winning travel & portrait photographer.

Based in London, he’s a fluent Spanish speaker and is passionate about travel - his photographic journeys to over 75 countries have taken him to some of the most beautiful but demanding locations in the world – everywhere from Antarctica to Pakistan, Kashmir to Afghanistan.

Also a published writer, one of Simon’s specialities is tracking down photo stories which give a fresh new angle on a destination or country. The resulting copy and images have appeared in spreads for ‘The Guardian’, 'Sidetracked’, ‘Traveller’, and ‘Lonely Planet Traveller’. 

On location he regularly combines street casting with location scouting to produce powerful, naturally lit, portraits, which have not only appeared in the pages of his editorial clients but have been recognised in international awards in Europe, the USA and Asia by the likes of Nikon, the Royal Photographic Society and the Association of Photographers. 

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