Ambassadors

Jennie Ricketts

With over 30 years experience, Jennie Ricketts is an independent photography editor, curator, consultant and mentor. For 17 of those years she was a picture researcher and then picture editor at The Observer Magazine, commissioning and editing photography which attracted international recognition and widespread publication. She launched the Jennie Ricketts Gallery in Brighton in 2006 while writing and lecturing and now operates from County Wicklow, Ireland as an online space representing international photographers. She is currently a Trustee for Autograph ABP, The Martin Parr Foundation and a member of the Advisory Board for PhotoIreland, Dublin.

Ian Sam James

Ian Sam James is an American-born British photographer and multidisciplinary audio and visual storyteller.

He spent his childhood in the former Soviet Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, the San Francisco Bay Area, California, London, UK and the Black Forest in Southwestern Germany. These experiences greatly influenced his globally aware, transnational perspective.

After graduating with a degree in Media & Communications from Goldsmiths College, University of London, Ian worked in radio, television, music and film, before shifting into documentary photography and photojournalism. His interests are social and humanitarian stories and the effects of climate change on our planet.

Tom Price

Tom Price is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker based in east London, with over a decade of experience working on commercial, editorial and not-for-profit projects for organisations such as the NHS, Airbnb and Save the Children. 

His distinctive style of photography specialises in portraying compassion, humanity and community – Tom has a unique ability to depict the kindness in humankind, regardless of the subject. His portrait work has featured subjects from diverse backgrounds, including the England Rugby team, a senior director at Apple and porters from Asia’s largest wholesale market.

His work focuses on telling important stories and highlighting social phenomena – previous short-form projects have ranged from documenting the largest dance festival in the world to critical humanitarian crises, such as food insecurity in South Sudan and typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. 

His work has been exhibited in Latin America, Europe and the USA; projected onto the side of the Tate Modern in London and presented at the UN headquarters in New York. 

Awarded first place and ‘photographer of the year’ at All About Photo awards 2021.

Fiona Freund

For over 20 years, Fiona has been shooting the great the good and the glittery, all around the world, for Vogue, The Weekend Guardian and Observer magazines and many more.  

Recently she has created the campaigning exhibitions and books #MotherWorks and #CorporateQueer, which celebrate diversity and encourage employers to invite everyone to bring their whole self to work. These exhibitions have been shown in The Houses of Parliament, Broadgate London, Brixton Library Gallery and many workplaces in the City of London and beyond.

Fiona’s work is always about the story and capturing the lived experience of her subjects she creates images that empower, inspire and initiate change.

Juanita Richards