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James Rushforth is an experienced and professional 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 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 and 2020, a double category winner at the International Photography Awards in 2018, and Epson Digital Splash Photographer of the Year, also in 2018. 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, Romania & Italy.
James is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers, a Breakthrough Photography and Wilkinson Cameras 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.
Read more about James on Wikipedia.