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Lewis Whyld

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About Me

I'm a photographer for a national news agency, covering news and sport worldwide. I'm based in London but used to live in Derby, Aberystwyth, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Bristol and Plymouth - in that order. My pictures appear in the national papers in the UK and other papers and magazines worldwide, at least when I get it right they do!It's widely regarded that the future of news is online so i'm dipping my toes in the water here. I'm posting a blog on some of the more interesting things I come across during my job and I have some of my pictures posted on here. I'm definitely up for some discussion.

My Blog

Back from Iraq....

Im back from Iraq, will be posting a full account of what the situation is like, in the meantime here are some photos...A young Iraqi girl watches soldiers as they pass in an armoured Bulldog on patro...
Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 09:58:00 GMT

Iraq, on operations...

Insurgents fire rockets and mortars into the military base at Basra. I went on patrol on Leaf Island with 5 Rifles to try to find those responsible. Here Rifleman Goodban has a cigarette during a rest...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:29:00 GMT

Iraq, what's it really like?

I am currently in Iraq, will be posting a new blog soon asking the question im always asked, what's it really like?A lynx helicopter fires flares after it detects potential incoming ground fire as it ...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:02:00 GMT

London Fashion Week

I've never understood the over-importance London Fashion week is given, or any fashion week. Probably why im never in fashion, though i have been noticing my clothes have been getting more in fashion ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:55:00 GMT

Young Afghan boy on the front line

A young Afghan boy tries to catch sight of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown through a security barricade in Musa Qala, Afghanistan. The Prime Minister was visiting troops on the front line only a d...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:52:00 GMT

canon, i need this!

It's time we moved on from the classic exposure modes of av,tv, etc and added a new one. Here is my idea, and I'd love to see it on the next canon... Firstly its set up either in camera through menus ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Lightning over London

Here are some photos I took of a lightning storm over South London, happening around the time of the Olympics opening ceremony fireworks display...natures lightshow competing with a man-made one... ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:20:00 GMT

The Prime Minister in Baghdad. (With a machine gun...)

This was not the scene I expected after I ran across the tarmac at Baghdad International Airport to photograph Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Sat in a super puma helicopter, behind a machine g...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:20:00 GMT

Alleged suicide bomber in custody...

Nicky Reilly (centre) from Plymouth with cuts to his face and with his hands and arms heavily bandaged after the bomb went off by accident in a cubicle at the Giraffe restaurant in the Prin...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:14:00 GMT

A word about Sharon Stone and karma...

Sharon Stone has recently said the earthquake in China was the result of 'bad Karma' due to their policy in Tibet. I heard similar things about karma being said when I was covering the tsunami. These...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 09:57:00 GMT