Photographer Philip Dunn
Philip Dunn has been a professional photographer and writer for 40 years. His first picture was published in the Manchester Evening News when he was just 14 years old. At 15, working with glass plate press cameras, he was an apprentice on a local newspaper. He was the youngest staffman ever to join the Daily Express, where he worked for 15 years before being invited to work for The Independent newspaper in London. He then joined the Sunday Times as their Travel Photographer – ‘the best job in the world’, he says..
Professional reputation
At The Sunday Times he gained a reputation for his photojournalistic approach to landscape photographs and gently humorous pictures of people. During his career, he’s photographed and written about everything from the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland, an elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka, the ethnic mix of Mauritius, the Bedouin of the Syrian desert, the origins of Wigan Pier and the Coconut Dancers of Bacup; and everyone from Prime Ministers to the Royal family – and even the children who live in the rubbish tips of Cairo (he says they were much more interesting than the Prime Minister).
Philip still believes that photography is great fun, and spend much of my time taking pictures for his stock library or just for enjoyment.
Philip has won a string of photography awards including two times Features section, and three times News section of The British Press Photographer of the Year Awards; Features and News sections of the Ilford Awards. He’s the author of two books, and during his freelance career he’s covered assignments all over the world for The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Good Housekeeping Magazine, The Radio Times, You Magazine, Saga Magazine, COI, Sunday Express Magazine and many more. He was one of the first photographers to join The Independent newspaper when it was launched in 1986. He has completed many major contracts to illustrate books for Oxford University Press, Readers’ Digest and other publishers. In the process, he’s built a huge collection of travel photographs.
For nine years have been running highly successful photography courses and holidays in Menorca and also in Kirkcudbright, Scotland.
Philip has had a passion for the countryside and its wildlife all his life.
Find out more about Philip Dunn’s Photography Holidays
A small selection of Philip Dunn’s clients:
The Sunday Times
The Times
The Times Magazine
The Independent
The Daily Telegraph
The Sunday Telegraph Magazine
Weekend Telegraph
The Guardian
Financial Times
The Observer
The Mail on Sunday
You Magazine
The Daily Express
The Daily Express Magazine
The Sunday Express
The Sunday Express Magazine
The New York Times
Los Angeles Times
Bild Zeiltung
The Mirror
The Sunday Mirror Magazine
Saga Magazine
Radio Times
Woman
Woman’s Own
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Oxford Universtity Press
Cambridge University Press
Readers’ Digest
The Forestry Commission
COI
BBC
Go to Philip Dunn’s PhotoActive Photography website
