I am delighted to announce the launch of a new safari company, Armstrong Fortescue…

We have decided to enter the NFT fray with our debut collection; “Sentient Beings”

I am incredibly exited to announce a new creative collaboration for 2021 with David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. As an organisation I have long admired it is a real privilege to work with such a dedicated team, focussed on using art to generate vital funding and awareness for wildlife conservation.

There will never be a time like this again in the Masai Mara. Usually one of the most visited game reserves in the world, I have had moments of despair in the past as the animal to human ratio skews heavily in favour of two legged tourists. Now though, it is different. While so many are unable to travel, be it through government restrictions, confidence in travelling or inability to finance a previously planned trip, I have been incredibly fortunate to spend the last three months in the Mara.

This year has, admittedly, been a bit rubbish (this may be an understatement). As a result since the UK went in to lockdown on March 23rd I’ve regularly been posting conservation and community fundraisers on my Instagram page. The response has been fantastic and I am truly touched by how many people got involved, donated and shared the efforts on their profiles.

Nature’s World Cup. The Greatest Show on Earth. A Natural Wonder of the World. Chaos. All of these terms are used, often, to describe The Great Migration. Every year it fills natural history documentaries, attracts the world’s greatest photographers, draws in hundreds of thousands of tourists and generates Kenya’s lodges, parks and communities many, many millions of dollars. But why?

This is the closest I have ever come to perfectly executing a plan. I’m not sure whether it’s possible as a photographer to ever achieve an image exactly how you imagine it initially, but this is as near as I have managed, so far

For any travel, wildlife or photography enthusiast seeing a gorilla in the wild is surely an ultimate bucket list moment. It certainly was and is for me and in May 2019 my wish to photograph them became a reality

Seeing an African wild dog, just like seeing a gorilla, had been atop my bucket list since my first safari as a photographer in 2012. Thanks to the Fitzjohn family this wish became a reality in April 2019