Matthew Maran Podcast

Jasper is a multi award-winning photographer based in the Netherlands. After numerous outdoor trips with his parents who were keen hikers and nature lovers, Jasper began photographing at an early age. He studied biology to gain a better understanding of the subjects he wanted to photograph and at the age of 20 he tried his luck in a Dutch photography competition, entering the professional award as an amateur and duly won it. Fast forward nearly 20 years and Jasper’s images have been published

Stephanie Foote is a wildlife photographer and videographer with a first class degree in Natural History Photography. Based in the historic city of Cambridge, Stephanie hopes to bridge the gap between the science and arts, using her camera as a tool to bring people closer to nature and highlight the threats to wildlife and habitats around the world.

Andy Parkinson is one of Europe’s most awarded wildlife photographers, with over 100 awarded images across the major nature photography competitions. He was the overall winner of the Bird Photographer of the Year on 2016 and the most successful photographer in the history of the British Wildlife Photography Awards. He has three awards in each of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year and European Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Andy is also a feature contributor to National Geographic and his work

London born, Bristol based photographer Sam Hobson began his career in photography studying for a wildlife photography degree in Blackpool. The city, not exactly renowned for it's exotic wildlife, was an inspiration for Sam and he set about working with what he had in terms of basic equipment and subject matter.

Helen Gilks has been working in the field of natural history images for over 30 years. Her career began researching and editing children's natural before working briefly as an assistant editor on BBC Wildlife Magazine. In 1984 Helen took on the management of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competiton and Exhibitions, jointly organised by the Magazine and the Natural History Museum, London. Ten years later she was asked to set up a stills photo library for the BBC Natural History Unit and in

Eddie is a photographer, designer, writer, editor, bookmaker, mentor, workshop leader – basically the ideal guest for this podcast! Eddie got interested in photography while at University, photographing and writing for a student magazine. After moving to London in 1984 he signed up for a photojournalism course at the London College of Printing (now called the London College of Contemporary Arts) and began mastering the art of black and white printing. Fast forward a few years and Eddie set up his

Al graduated from Newcastle University with a First Class honours in Marine Biology. His love of music and skills as a DJ saw him move from science into publishing in 1999, cutting his teeth on the underground hip-hop magazine Fatboss, based in the offices of Blues and Soul magazine. Working in small team Al honed his skills in writing, interviewing and editing. His next job was an ambitious project for the clothing brand Maharishi, resulting in DPM: an Encyclopaedia of Camouflage, a two-volume, 944

Chris Ryan has been working as commercial photographer and film maker for more than 40 years and has photographed for some of the biggest brands including, Sony, Saatchi&Saatchi, Aston Martin and Guiness. His editorial clients include Vogue, Telegraph Magazine, Observer Magazine, The Times, Radio Times and Traveller Magazine. Despite reaching heady heights Chris rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most recognised and sought after commercial photographers in London and Europe. Chris