Louis Leeson Photography

Louis Leeson Photography Documentary photographer & filmmaker reporting on international human rights. London based, represented by Eyevine. Twitter/Instagram:

Louis Leeson is an freelance documentary photographer and filmmaker based between London and The Gambia. His work focuses on human rights, migration, and the consequences of war. He has worked extensively in Africa and the Middle East, with editorial publications, news channels, NGOs, and brands to tell stories visually. Louis also works as a speaker and educator with a focus on the ethics of phot

ography and the representation of trauma: its effect on the image maker, the viewer, and the person photographed. Louis has completed an accredited hostile environment and first aid course with SEPAR International. He is represented by Eyevine in London and holds a degree in Photojournalism from the University of the Arts London.

For some reason this photo came up in conversation today so I'm posting it here for posterity: baby me.📷:  — view on Ins...
02/06/2021

For some reason this photo came up in conversation today so I'm posting it here for posterity: baby me.

📷: — view on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CPod0oDnN6d/

My friend and designer Cai Zhang made this, you can see her work and support her via her website      — view on Instagra...
18/03/2021

My friend and designer Cai Zhang made this, you can see her work and support her via her website — view on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CMksu3mHPJQ/

The Pope today visited Mosul which, only 4 years ago, was the centre of the so-called Islamic State, to give a prayer fo...
07/03/2021

The Pope today visited Mosul which, only 4 years ago, was the centre of the so-called Islamic State, to give a prayer for peace and religious coexistence among the remnants of the cities churches destroyed by the terror group. "A mother and daughter beside a destroyed apartment block in West Mosul, the area of the city which saw the fiercest fighting to rid it of Islamic State, Nineveh, Iraq. Dec 2019." — view on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CMHcmFgHDd9/

Stumbled across this while in the archive looking for something else. From a personal project a few years back photograp...
21/02/2021

Stumbled across this while in the archive looking for something else. From a personal project a few years back photographing the loyalists of ousted dictator and former President of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh. — view on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CLjdToEnHvr/

4 years ago I was in DC with my Gambian friends for a press conference, shortly after the election but before the inaugu...
20/01/2021

4 years ago I was in DC with my Gambian friends for a press conference, shortly after the election but before the inauguration of Donald Trump, when we learned of the end of the dictatorship in Gambia by phone. My friends, who'd never known another president, burst into tears. History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes. — view on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CKSJiucntqK/

My 93 year old grandad received the Oxford vaccine at 11am this morning. He told me on the phone he was very happy to re...
16/01/2021

My 93 year old grandad received the Oxford vaccine at 11am this morning. He told me on the phone he was very happy to receive it but it did interrupt his breakfast. Relief doesn't begin to describe it. — view on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CKHCzclH8Gm/

This time last year: new arrivals in Bardarash refugee camp, Iraqi Kurdistan. In November 2019 thousands of Syrian Kurds...
30/11/2020

This time last year: new arrivals in Bardarash refugee camp, Iraqi Kurdistan. In November 2019 thousands of Syrian Kurds were displaced into Iraq after a Turkish offensive in North East Syria.

Another out take from Uganda: A young woman in a school in Bidi Bidi refugee camp for people displaced by the fighting i...
21/11/2020

Another out take from Uganda: A young woman in a school in Bidi Bidi refugee camp for people displaced by the fighting in South Sudan. July 2019. — view on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CH3KzFSno8C/

From the archive: In northern Uganda young boys wear face paint in the classroom of a school for refugees fleeing the co...
19/11/2020

From the archive: In northern Uganda young boys wear face paint in the classroom of a school for refugees fleeing the conflict in neighbouring South Sudan. July 2019. — view on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CHw7gJiH6_E/

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