Profile and Website Information
I am a Wirral based photographer, tutor and lecturer. Afflicted with Wanderlust for 35+ years, I have visited over 66 nations and territories, N to S from the Geographic North Pole to Antarctica and E to W from Japan to Easter Island, to capture landscape, wildlife and travel images.
Photography is a ‘powerful medium of expression and communication’ and I use my images so children and adults can explore, experience and discover the amazing places I have been to, and the inspiring people I have met.
I work for a diverse range of clients including; schools, colleges, universities, cruise operators, adult groups and societies, delivering illustrated talks, courses and photo workshops.
I lecture and run courses on Photography, Wildlife, the Anthropocene, Our Changing World, Wilderness Exploration, the Visual Arts and the History of Early Photography.
I have presented to audiences throughout the UK, in Germany, Italy, Hungary, Cyprus, Spain and Finland. My images and articles have been published in travel brochures, international websites and UK photographic journals, exhibition brochures and lifestyle magazines, including Cheshire Life in April 2013. Download ‘The Really Wild Shots’ article here.
Wilderness Galleries
I visit and photograph remote, wilderness places. Visit my Antarctica and South Georgia portfolio with images from my 2003 and 2007 trips on the Professor Molchanov and Akademik Shokalskiy, and my 2009 and 2010 trips to the Falklands and Antarctica on the icebreaker ‘Kapitan Khlebnikov’, where we visited the Snow Hill Emperor Colony in the Weddell Sea. Visit the Arctic portfolio to see images from my 2011 expedition on the Russian nuclear icebreaker, ’50 Years of Victory’ to the remote Geographic North Pole and Franz Josef Land. Truly, a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience, on one of the world’s largest and most powerful icebreakers.
The Galápagos gallery images are from my 2012 expedition to this remote Pacific archipeligo with its endemic wildlife, which includes galápagos penguins, lava herons and marine iguanas. Or visit the Yellowstone portfolio with images of steaming geysers, white ‘bobby sock’ trees and roaming bison, from my 2013 trip to this geological ‘hotspot’. Finally, visit my 2019 portfolio from my trip to Chile‘s Atacama Desert and Altiplano, plus the awesome Rapa Nui (Easter Island) with its magnificent Moai figures.
Our Planet’s Changing and Getting Warmer
Travel, and particularly my trips to the polar regions, has given me an appreciation of our amazing planet, and a greater awareness of the various factors that now threaten significant environmental changes for us all. We now live in the Anthropocene era and I have a series of lectures & courses which look at global warming and ecosystem destruction as a consequence of mankind’s hydrocarbon exploitation, poaching, pollution, over- harvesting for food, etc. But most importantly, these talks also look at what can be done to minimise or reverse these anthropogenic effects over the next generation.
There is an increasing awareness of Global Warming and Ecosystem Changes in both Primary and Secondary schools as these themes are now covered in science and geography curriculums. I have presented to pupils on these topics from KS1 up to 6th Form level, and to BA Geo-politics students at university. Photography has the power to raise awareness of these key issues for children and adults, and I hope my images can do this in some small way.
Minicast of Radio Interview
You can listen to this 2.40 minute minicast, based on a December 2013 interview by Dave Ellwand, BBC North Radio Merseyside presenter, in which I explain the inspiration, focus and purpose of my photography, courses and illustrated talks that I present to school pupils and adults across the UK. Here is the link
Endorsements
Read some of the many comments and endorsements I have received from the public, school pupils, teachers, professionals and experts, including; Philip Dukes, International Viola player, Tom Murphy, Liverpool sculptor; Doug Allan, wildlife cameraman; Dr Jonathan Shackleton, cousin of legendary Antarctic explorer, Ernest Shackleton; HH Judge David Swift, from Liverpool; Fiona Barrick, primary school teacher; Emma McColm, public servant; John Clark, ex-Headmaster at Birkenhead School; Ilyas Patel, accountant, and many more. Endorsements come in many forms, and some of my favourites are from the young schoolchildren who take time to draw pictures to send to me. It is said, ‘a picture paints a thousand words’ and for me, these wonderful drawings mean more than any written words could express.
Illustrated Talks
With 44 Illustrated Talks, I present to Schools, Adult Colleges, Universities, Professional and Social Groups. My audiences are broad and varied, from 5 year old school children up to 6th Form pupils, and adults of all ages, including a lady and gentleman in their nineties. My three Illustrated Talks brochures can be downloaded by visiting the Schools and the Illustrated Talks pages. All my talks are based around the wildlife, landscapes, buildings, art works and peoples I have encountered on trips, my passions and personal experiences.
‘I do not give talks on places I have not been to, or on topics that I have not studied, experienced or been involved with at first hand’.
My 2022/23 Illustrated Talks Brochures for Schools, Social and Professional Groups, plus sample images are now available on free and convenient USB flash drives.
To request your free andersonimages USB flash drive, please phone, e-mail us or leave a message on the Contact Me box on this website.
USB flash drive content can be bespoke to suit your requirements, for eg; sample images from a particular talk or portfolio. Tell us your preferred content.
Illustrated Talks Leaflet
Launched to market my Illustrated Talks and Courses across the UK. The A5 leaflets have been distributed in libraries and schools and are also available at my talks and courses. A copy can be downloaded here.
Photography and other Courses
During 2022/23 I will be running Photography Courses & Workshops at Marlborough College Summer School in Wiltshire; Westhope College, an Adult Residential College nr Craven Arms in Shropshire; and at Wilmslow Guild, an Adult College in Cheshire.
Have a look at some of the fantastic images created by attendees of my Dillington workshops on this You Tube video.
For more details of my 2022/23 Courses please ring, email or message via this website.
I will also be running 1 2 1 Photo Tuition Courses with adults and visiting Photography Clubs/Societies giving talks on my photography work and techniques now that Covid rules have been relaxed throughout the UK.
My Favourite Quote
‘The camera has always been the companion of my travels’ is a quote by the Edinburgh born photographer, John Thomson (1837-1921), but one I’d like to think applies to me also. Thomson was an intrepid traveller in the Far East (China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Saigon) during the 1860‘s. Upon returning to Britain in 1872, his work among the poor and destitute street people of Brixton in London cemented his reputation. His London work is regarded as a classic instance of social documentary which laid the foundations for modern photojournalism.
Recent and Forthcoming Talks, Courses, Articles and Events
Covid-19 restrictions had a significant effect on bookings in 2020/21 but things are improving now. I am now taking bookings for talks and other events from Spring 2022 onwards, although presentations will still be available online if preferred by clients.
* Wanderlust – a strong desire or impulse to travel and explore the world. Originating from the German wandern (to hike) and lust (desire), it became an English term in 1902 as a reflection of what was then seen as the German predilection for wandering that can be traced back to German Romanticism and the German system of apprenticeship (the journeyman), as well as the adolescent custom of the ‘Wanderbird’ seeking unity with Nature. Regarded by Romantics as an ‘affliction without a cure, except travel itself’.
There are 193 countries and 66 territories in the world, I have visited a fraction of the total. But travelling is not about ‘ticking off’ destinations and I have been lucky to be able to visit some of the world’s most exciting wilderness places, including the Polar regions, Tierra del Fuego, Galápagos, the Falkland Islands and deserts in Jordan and Egypt. Prior to Covid, I visited Japan in 2018/19 and Chile and Easter Island in Spring 2019. In May 2022 I hope to travel to Peru, Bolivia and Chile.
Wanderlust is not just about visiting different places, it is also about seeing the wildlife, experiencing the cultures, meeting the wonderful and amazing people who live in or also travel there. I try to capture the essence of these places, landscapes, wildlife and people in my images.
Copyright : All images in the portfolio pages of this website are the property of Brian Anderson. Posts and blogs on this website may occasionally include ‘free use’ material from external sources for the purposes of limited private and educational use, as defined under the 1988 Copyright Designs and Patents Act (UK). External material is never used for commercial purposes, and where available, the source of such material is clearly stated.