Henry Ridgwell is a journalist.

I am a video producer and shooting director driven to tell stories with a humanistic focus, using film and photography as a medium to broaden minds.
As a creative lead for many years, I’ve worked on short documentaries, social media campaigns and creative brand contents. I write, produce, shoot Read moreand edit, using my array of producing and filmmaking experience to deliver insight and production work in new and interesting ways.

Having started gathering experience at fashion magazines from the age of fifteen, Amira has always had both a passion for writing and the publishing industry. Internships at GQ Style and River Island, both styling, writing and discussing strategies fuelled this interest. The last year was spent Read moreworking at WIRED and GQ magazines, part of The Conde Nast Publications, as her experience was branched out. Editing the retail page of WIRED UK and also writing online, her love for writing and both her writing about design, innovation etc., as well as her skill set, developed. This, combined with working on WIRED and GQ events, led to a strong network of PR and brand contacts, which she maintains today. In addition to this role, she was also Advertising Assistant for both WIRED and GQ, becoming very familiar with editorial credits for brands and how the editorial and commercial teams of a magazine liaised with one another.

Since leaving WIRED and GQ in April 2018, Amira has embarked upon a freelance venture, writing for publications such as Stylist magazine, Refinery29 and Fashion Beans. She also writes for HERO, Oracle of Time and Discovery. Amira is always looking to expand her repertoire and believes she has both the skills and passion to add to your team, should you need a freelance journalist. Focusing on writing about fashion and lifestyle, Amira is qualified and experienced in writing about fashion, beauty, technology, food, drink, travel, amongst other topics. She is also confident in interviewing high-profile individuals, having spoken with Vivienne Westwood, Poppy Jamie and the co-founders of Revolve.

Claudia De Meulemeester is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom. She has a background in radio, print and online publishing with a focus on financial news reporting.

Millie Kerr is a London-based journalist focused on wildlife conservation. A former lawyer (securities and media law), Millie has been working as a freelance multimedia journalist since 2010. Her written work has appeared in a wide range of magazines and newspapers, among them the Economist, Read moreNational Geographic Traveler, the New York Times, Popular Science, Scientific American, Travel + Leisure, and the Wall Street Journal. Her style is adaptable: she's written everything from humorous personal essays to hard-hitting news pieces. She's also published chapters in two books and is currently writing several books of her own. Nearly all of her written work lives on her website, **********. 

Millie is also an avid photographer, with her photos often accompanying her articles (her photo stream is on Instagram @millieckerr). She has video production and presenting experience, too, and has been on live radio and television. Although she loves reporting and writing articles, Millie is equally enthusiastic about film, television, and radio opportunities. Her sizzle reel is available on Vimeo.

Richard Parsons is a Photographer who also shoots footage, he is based in London, United Kingdom, & has been shooting stills for over 20 years with great experience in Automotive, Interiors and travel. 

In the last 6 years he has also ventured into shooting footage again for clients ranging from Read moreAutomotive to Restaurant trades.

He works closely with editors on the footage side, but does not take on editing himself. 

Stills wise he's more than happy to supply raw files or on request and with approved budgets supply retouched still images.

Kieran White is a multimedia journalist with over 12 years of experience. Working from a young age in the fast-paced news industry and studying Media Skills at London’s Kingston University, he is used to short deadlines and challenging assignments.
With a passion for storytelling and an Read moreintelligent yet accessible style, White has been able to cut through the noise to capture content that is both factual and innovative using a mixture of mediums to document the stories he follows. As a proud member of the ‘National Union of Journalists’ and the ‘International Federation of Journalists’, he upholds the union’s code of conduct and ensures journalistic ethics are at the forefront of his work.

Darko Labor is a journalist based in Milano, MI, Italia.
I have been working in media for over 20 years - most of the time in Zagreb, Croatia. My last job before moving for personal reasons to Milan, was producing and editing evening news programms on croatian public service television - hrt. Read moreBefore that i worked at the BBC as well as the Associated Press office in Zagreb. Beside journalism I have been enaged with photography with 2 expositions so far in Milan.

Francesco Broli is a Photojournalist :

Francesco Broli was born in Como, Italy on the 5th of October 1966, After completing high school he enrolled at the Riccardo Bauer Institute, formally Umanitaria, in Milan, when after a two- year photography course he began working at the Barbera Read morephotography studio in Milan. meanwhile he started to work freelance with various Italian daily and weekly newspapers : Corriere Della Sera Il Giornale, Famiglia Cristiana, and Epoca. He joined the De Bellis agency in Milan and in june of the same year he left on his first official assignment to Somalia during the war. After a few years in Milan he moved on to the Olympia agency and then on to the Contrasto agency in 1997 after several features in Rwanda, Southern Sudan, Liberia and Sierra Leone. In 1999 he left Contrasto and moved to Nairobi where he began to work with international publications like The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time, Der Spiegel, The Daily Telegraph, Liberation, The Indipendent, Globe & Mail and UN just to mention a few. He left Africa in 2007 and actually he lives in Spain.

Countries visited : Italy, Suisse, England, Ireland, France, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Albania, Croatia, USA, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Colombia, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisi, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, Gambia, Somalia, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Repubblica Democratica del Congo, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Malawi, South Africa, Congo, Nepal, India, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Republic of Palau.

Gignouxphotos is a documentary photography and web documentary company focussing on socio-political and environmental issues around the world.

Our commitment is to recording the effects of occupation and displacement on communities around the world. Long-term photographic projects have taken us Read moreto the Middle-East, North Africa, Canada, and beyond. Along the way, we’ve worked with NGOs such as Oxfam, CARE, and the British Council.

More recently, Gignouxphotos has documented the environmental and social legacy of the industrial exploitation of natural resources in North America and post-Soviet Russia.

We’ve covered environmental controversies, such as oil sands extraction in Alberta, Canada and mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia.

Our team brings together a group of highly skilled professionals – making fine art photography, photographer’s books and zines, multimedia web documentaries and touring photography exhibitions.

For more info on the Gignouxphotos team and what we do, head to the Workshops page.

Meet Alan Gignoux

The founder of Gignouxphotos, Alan Gignoux, has been working as a professional documentary photographer since 2000, with photographic agencies such as Reuters, and independently. He also works as a cameraman on documentary film projects.

Alan has completed residencies with the NCAA in Russia, and The Rucka Centre in Cesis, Latvia. His award-winning work has been exhibited all over the world.