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Geoff was born in Jesmond Dene and brought up in rural Northumberland, England. As a teenager countless nature forays along the banks of the River Wansbeck would often be rewarded by a fleeting glimpse of a kingfisher, a leaping salmon making its arduous journey up river; or watching tens of thousands of elvers from the stepping stones below the historic, Bothal Castle. These experiences nurtured a deep respect and passion for nature and one that has only increased over the years. During his formative years he took up water-colour painting as a hobby and drew inspiration from a number of wildlife artists, Keith Shackleton, Sir Peter Scott and J.C. Harrison. A chance meeting with eminent wildlife artist Charles Tunnicliffe only served to fuel his desire to capture natural history in one form of media or another. In 1995 he lay down the brushes in favour of the camera and the aspiration to work as a professional photographer was born partly out of a desire to reacquaint and document the various expressions of nature he had witnessed and to present his encounters to a wider audience through various forms of visual media. Geoff has been described in Practical Photography magazine as a photographer of outstanding ability and in both Digital Camera and Photography Monthly magazines as one of today's most inspirational nature photographers with an exceptional eye for detail.
He specialises in capturing evocative images of the natural world, with a particular interest in chronicling the biodiversity of ecosystems found throughout the British Isles and Iberia Peninsula. A committed conservationist and naturalist first and foremost with an in-depth knowledge of European diurnal Lepidoptera and Old World Chameleons. His travels todate have taken him from the remote Stora Sjöfallet National Park in arctic Sweden, the cork-forests and steppe plains of Alentejo, Portugal, the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Andalusía, Spain, the Bandi-Asahi National Park, Japan and to the remote upland rainforests of the Eastern Arc and Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. There exists many thousands of points in between, all endowed with incredible biodiversity, culture and natural beauty that inspires Geoff in so many different ways.
w h a t w e c a n d o f o r y o u
Geoff Simpson Photography is a professional business and distinguished resource for premier quality nature, wildlife and landscape images predominantly from the British Isles and Iberian Peninsula region of southern Europe. The image bank contains in excess of 85,000 images highly suitable for documentary coverage and editorial publication. Topical images relating to environmental issues, pollution, biodiversity, ecology, land management or maybe you are looking for the beauty of mother nature. To find out how we can help you with your latest visual media project, please do not hesitate to contact us where you are assured of a prompt response.
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2 May 2011 the Wye Photo & Art Gallery opens to the public. A collaboration with my business colleague William Bye and eminent landscape artist Heather Duncan. The gallery is located in the Tudor Building, Kings Court, Bakewell, Derbyshire. A comprehensive range of fine art prints, canvasses will be available to peruse and purchase. The ground floor shop offers comprehensive image processing and printing facilities and is open 7-days a week.
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Inspired by American natural history painter, John James Audubon and an entire genre of stylised Victorian natural history illustrators. This new collection contains over 9,000 images suitable for both editorial and illustrative purposes. Subject range includes common garden biodiversity, solitary bee, earwigs, slugs, snails to the vast array of wildflowers, orchids, fungi. Insects including many species of leaf insect, preying mantis, bee, wasp, dragonfly and tropical bug. Amphibians including all European species of salamander, newt, tree frog and a number of species of South American poison arrow frog. Reptile species include all the major locality morphs of Madagascan Panther Chameleon, Carpet, Fischer's, Parson's, Von Hohnel's, European, Africanus and various pygmy chameleon species including Rhampholeon acuminatus and Rhampholeon spinosum, leaf gecko, eye-lash pit viper, green cat snake, iguana, giant horned dragon and all British native amphibian and reptile species. Scorpions, seashells, crystalline minerals including andalusite, demantoid, kunzite, spodumene, tourmaline and zoisite make up part of this large and diverse collection.
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- 2010 - British Wildlife Photography Awards - The International Year of Biodiversity Category - Winner
- 2008 - Nature's Best - Windland Smith Rice International Awards - Wildlife Category - Highly Honoured
- 2005 - International Wildbird Photographer Awards - Birds In Britain Category - Winner
t e l e v i s i o n a n d r a d i o
- BBC 1 - Countryfile
- BBC 1 - North-West Tonight
- BBC Radio 4
- BBC Radio Derby
- BBC Radio Manchester
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- A former contributing editor with www.naturephotographers.net and founder in 2001 of the UKNP forum.
- Natural history multimedia resource ARKive "Images of Life on Earth" contributor.
- Profile showcase on Microsoft Media Expression website.
- Facebook - Geoff Simpson
- Twitter - Visionwild
- Visionwildblog
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