Glenn Edwards is a photojournalist based in Cardiff with clients throughout the UK and beyond and is a former UK Press Photographer of the Year.
He has worked on over 100 foreign commissions, 80 plus in 18 African countries for clients including The Independent, Oxfam, Computer Aid, Concern Universal, The World Food Programme etc. Other countries worked in are Chile, Ecuador, India, Albania and Bosnia
Until its recent demise he was a regular contributor to The Independent group of newspapers in the UK.
He continues to work as a freelance photographer for a wide range of clients including South Wales Police, The Millennium Centre, Fair Trade Wales, The Thomson Foundation, Linc Cymru, etc as well as continuing to work on foreign assignments
He is a part time lecturer on Photography at South Wales University and has led photography workshops for The Thomson Foundation in The Maldives, Nigeria, Malawi and Gambia.
He is founder and Director of The Eye International Photography Festival.
His work is always of the highest professional standard but it is his respect for his subjects that is most impressive.
Whether we were working with earthquake survivors in Chile, in urban slums in Liberia or disabled people in Ethiopia, Glenn always had the human warmth to make people feel respected and comfortable while using his photographic talent to capture their stories in striking images".
Tony Roberts Ph.D
Research Fellow, Gender Tech Lab
United Nations University, Institute on Computing & Society. Macau, China.