About | Andrew Aitchison Photography

Andrew Aitchison is an independent documentary photographer working on social, cultural and political issues as both commissioned & personal projects. He works in a reportage & portrait style using the latest Canon digital equipment. His work covers a wide variety of events that can be seen on this site and has enabled him to travel throughout the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia. He currently lives in London, UK.

Photographic Achievements:

2011 2nd prize in the 2011 Michael H. Kellicutt International Photo Show, California, USA.

2011 Shortlisted for the Foto8 Summer show 2011 at Host Gallery, London.

2010 STARS Impact Awards exhibition at Forbes House, London.

2009 Orthodox Jewish Life exhibition at Madame Lillie gallery, London. Part of Photomonth festival.

2009 STARS Impact Awards exhibition at the Wallace collection, London.

2009 Short-listed for the CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year.

2008 Learning for Land & Life, celebrating 25 years of Kulika in Uganda. Exhibition at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), London

2007 to 2008 Prisoners At Work, exhibition at the Social science building, City University London.

2007 Coaching For Hope, exhibition at the Football Association headquarters, London.

2006 Prisoners at work, exhibition at the Candid art gallery with the Howard League.

2006 Selected for the Association of Photographers Document Award Daily life series

2006 Documentary Award, Festivities category in the Humanity Photo Awards at the China Folklore Photographic Association

2005 Winner of the reportage category of the Observer Seeds of Change photography competition Part of the winner’s exhibition at The Oxo Tower, London, UK.

2004 Winner in the Traditional Rites category at the Humanity Photo Awards at the China Folklore Photographic Association

2004 Coming Up Fast, Featured in the Royal Photographic Society Journal

2002 Established as a Freelance Documentary Photographer

2002 Picture editor, nb pictures, London. UK

2001 The 291 Gallery London. Group exhibition

1999 to 2002 Picture editor, Network Photographers, London. UK

1999 One to watch, Selected by the Ffoto gallery, Cardiff

1996 to 1999 BA (hons) degree in Documentary Photography. University of Wales

1994 to 1996 Staff photographer for the Newbury Weekly News, Berkshire

1991 to 1993 National Diploma in Photography, Reading, Berkshire.

Clients Include:

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