David White
Senior lecturer, press and editorial photography.
I am a senior lecturer in press and editorial photography at Falmouth University. I started my career as an NCTJ junior press photographer on the Leicester Mercury in 1989. Upon gaining senior photographer status I left the newspaper to work freelance. Since then I have travelled the world in pursuit of stories and features, having had my work published in over 80 countries. I have been represented by various agencies over the years, from Rex to Polaris, Eyevine to Katz. I am the only photographer to have been a contributing editor to Marie Claire UK, for my reportage. I have some of those awards things, including a World Press. I co-founded duckrabbit and recently became course leader of the press and editorial photography BA(Hons) degree at Falmouth university. I now am a senior lecturer on the same course, pursuing my research interests and trying to find effective ways for students to communicate across a new media landscape. I'd love to hear from you.
Chief trainee cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov at Star City, Russia's centre for cosmonaut training. Yuri is pictured in his 'space underwear', a suit which is filled with fluid to help regulate his body temperature when in space. Personal commission, widely published.
Kursk submarine disaster...Funeral in St.Petersburg…a widow of a kursk sailor at his funeral, 18 months after he was killed. The delay in recovering his body was due to the Russian government concerns over secrets aboard the stricken submarine. For M magazine.
Image © David White .------------------NO UNAUTHORISED USE-------------------------.MODEL RELEASED>.Doggers in a car park near you. For Marie Claire magazine, widely published.
A 12 year old former child soldier on the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka. He was recruited by the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) to fight,and then rescued by UNICEF and placed in a rehabilitation camp inside rebel controlled territory, where this photo was taken. He hopes to return to his family if they still exist and can be found..This photo was taken during the ceasefire which has recently ended. Once he leaves the camp UNICEF cannot guarantee that he will not be 'recruited' again. His face is hidden at UNICEF's insistence..Picture taken 2005, Jaffna, Sri Lanka..For Marie Claire magazine.
Bhutan was the last country in the world to accept television. Here, the lead monk of Bhutan plays his flute as the 'move for health' walk marches on down Helella mountain, through a cloud of incense pouring from a nearby bonfire. the purpose of the march was to try to persuade people away from their sofas and televisions, and get them to take more exercise. For the Guardian magazine.
