Simon Townsley
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Simon Daniel Clifford Townsley[1] (born 31 July 1963) is an international photojournalist and photographer[2]. He has twice been British Press Photographer of the Year.
Life and work
Townsley was born in Wellington, New Zealand in July 1963. He began his career at the Dominion Newspaper[3] covering local and national news and in May 1987 was sent to Fiji to cover the first military coup[3]. He left New Zealand later in 1987 and has lived in London ever since.
Townsley arrived in London in 1987 and began working on Fleet Street, freelancing for The Times[4] and The Daily Telegraph[5]. He was offered a contract by the Sunday Times[2] where he worked as Senior Photographer for 14 years until 2000.
He covered numerous significant events for The Sunday Times including the election of Nelson Mandela, the handover of Hong Kong, Tiananmen Square, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He spent time undertaking conflict photography including the wars in the Balkans, the Siege of Sarajevo, rebellion in Sierra Leone and the first Gulf War.
In parallel with his photography Townsley founded and ran several business ventures including digital image delivery platform image.net in 1996 which was later sold to Getty Images[6], and co-founded Ready to Air in 2006[7]. He was acting Chairman at Rex Features.
After a two-year break Townsley returned to photography in 2002 and undertook the OILMAN project[8], a series of industrial landscapes exploring the oil industry.
Currently, Townsley works with the Telegraph Media Group Global Health Security Team[9] which highlights global health issues using long-form journalism and in-depth reporting.
Awards
- 1991: Photographer of the Year, The Press Awards[citation needed][10]
- 1995: Photographer of the Year, The Press Awards[citation needed][11]
- 1997 Nikon Photo Essay Award
- 2006Association of Photographers Silver Award
- 2022: Photo Essay of the Year, British Press Photographers' Association[12] for Afghanistan: The Taliban's new drugs hell[13]
- 2022: Highly Commended, Photographer of the Year, The Press Awards[14]
- 2022: Highly Commended, Photojournalist of the Year, Society of Editors Media Freedom Awards[15]
References
- ↑ Townsley, Simon. "The Telegraph". The Telegraph - Simon Townsley.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Kiwi photographer who's captured 30 years of world history". RNZ. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Scoop Review of Books » A Century Tailor-Made for Remembrance". Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ↑ Neary, Martin (2023-07-07). "How Elton John's Candle in the Wind became the soundtrack of a nation's grief". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ↑ "Simon Townsley". The Telegraph. 2023-06-17. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ↑ Getty Images#Acquisitions
- ↑ "READY TO AIR LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ↑ "Maracaibo's monuments". Upstream Online | Latest oil and gas news. 2004-12-24. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ↑ The Telegraph (23 March 2023). "Global Health". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "1990-1999-Winners".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The Press Awards".
- ↑ "The BPPA's Press Photographer of the Year 2022 Results – The BPPA". Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ "The Taliban's new drugs hell". Simon Townsley. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ "Press Awards winners". The Press Awards. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ "Media Freedom Awards Winners – Society of Editors". Retrieved 2023-03-23.
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