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James Shannon
Photography and film from around the world. Based in the United Kingdom

In July 2017, Ahmedabad in Gujarat was declared India’s first UNESCO World Heritage City so later in the same year, I spent a few days taking a look around.

Every year, during November's full moon, the Sonepur Mela takes place where the Ganges and Gandak rivers meet. The mela is many things; a religious festival, Asia's largest livestock market and a vast funfair. Hundreds of thousands of visitors and traders from all over India travel to the fair which lasts around a month.

Sonepur Mela Asia

In December 2015, I spent seven days in Kolkata, walking around the city and photographing what I saw.

Seven days in Kolkata Asia

Street photography from a few days in the vast Indian mega-city.

Images from India's colourful Holi Festival.

Holi Festival Asia

Images from journeys in the Islamic world. This long-term project includes photography from Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Yemen.

Umma Middle East

Photography from the Esala Perahera in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Esala Perahera Asia

A short film for Sebastian Edge, who photographed Radiohead using a giant plate camera. View Sebastian Edge in high-definition on Vimeo.

Sebastian Edge Film

Images from the annual bull run in Gaucín in the mountains of southern Andalucía.

Running of the Bulls Spain

A short film I wrote and directed Toby Martin Hughes. Cinematography by Natalja Safronova. The cast featured Bianca Buha, Ivan Murphy and Robert Sharpe. View The Critic in high-definition on Vimeo.

The Critic Film

A short film from the Sonepur Mela in Bihar, India. View Where the Rivers Meet in high-definition on Vimeo.

Where the Rivers Meet Film

The wonderful Tamsin Greig generously agreed to have her portrait taken for the Climate Coalition's Show the Love campaign. And she kindly persuaded the rest of the cast of Friday Night Dinner – Paul Ritter, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal to come along too.

Friday Night Dinner Portraits

A montage from Tunisia. View Tunisia in high-definition on Vimeo.

A short film I wrote and directed Toby Martin Hughes. View Manhunt in high-definition on Vimeo.

Travel photography from Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula.

Yemen Middle East

Travel photography from Malaysia.

A short film from the 2017 Vautha Mela in Gujarat, India. View Vautha in high-definition on Vimeo.

Images captured on a road and rail trip from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Vietnam road trip Asia

A portrait of Michael Morpurgo, photographed for the Climate Coalition's Show the Love campaign. Morpurgo wrote the script for a short film the Climate Coalition commissioned from Ridley Scott Associates. The film starred Jeremy Irons and Maxine Peake.

Michael Morpurgo Portraits

Some images from a morning spent at the 2017 Vautha Mela, in Gujarat India. I also made a short film of the event.

Vautha Mela Asia

A short portrait of landscape photographer Toby Deveson. Filmed in Dartmoor, England. Music is “Trane” by Die Elektrischen (dielectricrecords.com). For more about Toby’s work, visit tobydeveson.com. View From Dark to Light in high-definition on Vimeo.

From Dark to Light Film

Travel photography from India.

William Hague speaking at a Conservative Middle East Council (CMEC) event in July 2009 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Knightsbridge, London.

William Hague Editorial

View Endless Love in high-definition on Vimeo.

Endless Love Film

A montage shot around twilight in London, England. View Twilight London in high-definition on Vimeo.

Twilight London Film

Photography from Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt.

Cairo and Alexandria Africa

Images from a very short visit to Gaziantep and Urfa (Şanlıurfa) in southern Turkey, near the border with Syria.

Gaziantep and Urfa Asia

The result of two days experimenting with timelapse around London. View Timelapse London in high-definition on Vimeo.

Timelapse London Film

Images from an unforgettable day I spent in Göreme in Cappadocia which is part of Turkey. I arrived in Cappadocia in a blizzard, but luckily the next day the sky cleared for long enough to allow me to capture these pictures. The next day the bad weather returned.

Winter in Cappadocia Asia

On safari in Kenya, Africa.

Safari in Kenya Africa

Images from the beginning and end Sarah Outen's epic four-year London2London expedition.

Sarah Outen OBE Editorial

In March 2011, I visited Leh in Ladakh, India with my friend Toby. The trip was a gamble: bad weather was a real possibility, but we were lucky and the sun was shining. We hired a couple of motorcycles and rode around taking pictures. A few days later we left the mountains to fly south in time for Holi Festival in Mathura. But that's another story...

London Protests Editorial

Travel photography from a ten day road trip around Morocco.

Moroccan road trip Africa

Travel photography from Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Asia

Travel photography from Iran.

Iran Middle East

Travel photography from Malta.

Travel photography from Lamu, Kenya.

Travel photography from Tunisia.

Images from Cai Rang Floating Market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

Cai Rang Floating Market Asia

Behind the scenes photography from The Keyhole, a short film written and directed by Dan Fernbach. The director of photography was Gareth Munden.

The Keyhole Behind the scenes

Travel photography from Syria.

Syria Middle East

Travel photography from Jordan.

Jordan Middle East

Travel photography from Peru.

An interior shoot of a rental property in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds.

Cotswold Cottage Interiors

Notting Hill Carnival Editorial

Travel photography from Italy.

Travel photography from Canada.

Canada Americas

Street photography from Pettah in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

View The Cotswold Table in high-definition on Vimeo.

The Cotswold Table Film

Travel photography from Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

Angkor Wat Asia

A short film of the Kingham Fireworks. View Kingham Fireworks in high-definition on Vimeo.

Kingham Fireworks Film