DAN WELLDON PHOTOGRAPHY

Some landscape shots from a recent trip.

It’s an incredible island – full of contrasts – the black bleak volcanic interior that resembles a lunar landscape and then these incredible splashes of colour.

The hard sharp angular relief of lava fields suddenly leads to long soft luscious sand dunes.

Then the soft sand suddenly gives way again to cold hard black beach pebbles.

Many thanks to Steve at Probike in Lanzarote for his help!

If you ever need to rent a top class road bike or mountain bike

be sure to look them up and speak with Steve or Maria: probikelanzarote.com

A mad dash yesterday to the London Olympic Aquatics Centre at the last minute to see it’s first competitive event.

Thanks Henry for the spontaneous invite!

Only managed to stay for an hour but I wasn’t going to turn down a chance to see Zaha Hadid’s creation, or a spot of diving either…

We had a great time in the studio recently shooting a new ad campaign for the fabulous cosmetics brand ‘Filthy Gorgeous‘. It was a hectic 2 days but we came away with 7 different campaign shots showcasing their dazzling & different nail polishes going into the Festive period as well as their new Spring & Summer 2012 collection.

Here’s a sneak preview of a couple of the pics…

For more info check out their website

Every so often – though sadly not often enough – I stop off on the way to the studio at The Towpath Cafe. This morning was one of those beautiful crisp autumnal mornings and I treated myself to a granola with stewed apples courtesy of the ever cheerful Lori de Mori who never fails to brighten my day!

The Indian Summer collided with the German Oktoberfest in Shoreditch Park at the weekend…

Village of Division 33, Firestone Reserve, Montserrado, Liberia

One Wednesday in late June I was clearing up the studio from a shoot when the phone rang. It was Save The Children asking if I was available to shoot their Born To Shine campaign in Liberia. Barely 2 hours later I was sitting in Interhealth having all sorts of jabs in both arms.

Unpredictability – that’s what I love about being a photographer!

Garmai K. Beyan (Head Nurse – Pediatrics, C.H. Rennie Hospital, Kakata, Liberia)

The aim of the trip was to raise awareness of the number of children dying from treatable diseases – particularly pneumonia, malaria and diarrhea in order to raise money for Save The Children to carry on their fantastic work in providing medical care and support in rural areas of Liberia.

We heard some desperately sad stories and witnessed some tough events, none more so than Jacob who arrived with his aunt off the back of a motorbike as we were filming.

Jacob was suffering from convulsions, fever, anemia and malaria and was clearly in a serious state.

Later that day his father arrived to give Jacob a blood transfusion in a bid to save his child’s life.

Tragically Jacob passed away. We were fortunate enough to be invited by his family to the funeral the following day, which was a true privilege, as despite everything that they were going through, they were incredibly understanding of why we were there and the important work of Save The Children in making sure that we learn from these tragic events.

Jacob Edwin’s family and home, from L: Sumo Edwin (father, 37), Cooper (bro, 10), Sumo Jr (bro, 9), Corpu (sister, 5), Kemah (mother, 29), Mama Kollie (aunt, 48), & Miatta Mulback (aunt, 28)

Jacob’s family & siblings

Corpu Edwin

Cooper Edwin

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