About

James Rushforth is a climber, mountaineer, skier, travel writer and guest speaker. An internationally acclaimed photographer and author who has worked with distinguished publishing houses Rockfax, Cicerone Press and FotoVue. James is amongst the world’s most awarded photographers, and was the Travel Media Awards Photographer of the Year in 2022, GTMA Global Travel Award winner and British Drone Photographer of the Year in 2020, the British Guild of Travel Writers Photographer of the Year in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, a double category winner at the International Photography Awards in 2018, and Epson Digital Splash Photographer of the Year, also in 2018.

In 2021 James authored ‘Photographing Iceland’ – a two volume set of photo-location guidebooks that would claim four prestigious publishing awards during 2022 – Travel winner at the Best Indie Book Awards, Guidebook of the Year at both the British Guild of Travel Writers and Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild annual awards, and Travel Guidebook of the Year at the Foreword INDIES awards.

His work frequently appears in national newspapers, guidebooks and magazines around the world; whilst on social media he is part of the National Geographic Your Shot photography team.

Based in the UK, James spends much of his time exploring the Italian Dolomites and Iceland, where he has authored a number of books to both regions. He has partnered with Wild Photography Holidays to lead specialist photography workshops to the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Romania & Italy.

James is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers, a Breakthrough Photography, Wilkinson Cameras & f-stop ambassador, is part of the Norrøna Pro Team and is kindly supported by Hilleberg.

If you would like more information on James’ work, are interested in joining him on a photography workshop or would just like to get in touch, please don’t hesitate to contact him.