Tag: Organ Donation
The Legacy of Photography – Creating Work with Purpose
As a photographer I’m always striving to create meaningful work with purpose. But how do you measure meaning? What constitutes purpose? How do you define the legacy of photography?
A fantastic thing happened to me recently while I was shooting a campaign that really got me thinking about the meaning and purpose of the photography I produce. What will my legacy of photography look like?
Shadow & Light Monthly #2
Shadow & Light is a list of curated photography stories, features, techniques, news and inspiration that I’ve come across this month.
This month sees stories about professional photographers shooting on toy cameras, sliced and diced cameras as art projects, portraits from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and an incredible story about how one man photographed his own transplant team 17 years before they saved his life.
The Daily Express coverage of my cystic fibrosis book
I’m in today’s edition of the Daily Express newspaper here in the UK, talking about my book project.
The Daily Express came to visit us the other week to talk to me about my book 47 / A Life With Cystic Fibrosis, our lives as parents to a young boy with CF and the ongoing campaign for access to specialist CF medication here in the UK.
Nine Lives Saved – The Transplant Gallery exhibition at Leeds City Museum
I recently wrote about Nine Lives Saved – The Transplant Gallery that I was asked to shoot for Yorkshire’s ‘Be A Hero’ organ donation campaign.
Nine Lives Saved – The Transplant Gallery for Yorkshire’s Be A Hero organ donation campaign
It’s been a real privilege to work with Hatch Communications and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this week on Yorkshire’s ‘Be A Hero’ organ donation campaign.
Each one of us has the ability to save up to nine lives and this week I’ve been shooting portraits of nine inspiring individuals who have been gifted a second chance at life with an all-important organ transplant.
Shooting Rosie – An inspirational young athlete representing GB at the World Transplant Games
This weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Rosie – an inspirational 9 year old girl who a few years ago was incredibly poorly with leukemia. After a successful bone marrow transplant she’s now fighting fit and training hard as she prepares to represent Great Britain at the World Transplant Games 2019 in Newcastle and Gateshead during 17-21st August 2019.
Available now – 47 / A Life With Cystic Fibrosis: New photography book explores the reality of living with cystic fibrosis.
I’m incredibly excited to announce that following a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign, my book 47 / A Life With Cystic Fibrosis is available to buy now!
Kickstarter campaign for ’47 / A Life With Cystic Fibrosis’ smashes target
THANK YOU!
The Kickstarter campaign for my upcoming book ’47 / A Life With Cystic Fibrosis’ has now ended and I’ve been absolutely blown away by the response. A huge thank you to everyone who helped to make this happen.
Now live on Kickstarter: ’47 / A Life With Cystic Fibrosis’
Kickstarter page is now live. Pre-order the book now!
For the last 8 months I’ve been working on a personal photography project called ’47 / A Life With Cystic Fibrosis’ – a series of intimate portraits of people living with CF and offers an insight into their attitudes to life and their condition up to and beyond the median predicted survival rate of 47.
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I'm Simon Wiffen, an award-winning photographer, husband, dog owner, record collector and dad of three.
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