This January, I embarked on a self-assigned photo story on the Canary Island of La Palma. The island gained international attention in 2021 with the eruption of its Cumbre Vieja volcano, which lasted a staggering 85 days. The most extensive in the island’s history, the lava flows entirely engulfed the town of Todoque, destroying an estimated 3,000 properties and hundreds of acres of banana plantations, known locally as fincas.

Beyond the now-familiar images of molten red lava that saturated the internet, I wanted to capture a different perspective – La Palma’s present reality. Fueled by curiosity, I spent a week on the island, camera in hand, immersing myself in this transformed landscape.

See my full gallery of La Palma’s post-eruption story here. All images are captioned:  https://www.jonbrowning.co.uk/lapalma 

Its great to see my work published today in leading Dutch newspaper, below is the dps in print and also a screengrab of the online gallery.  ( online piece. )  

I was recently asked to make a portrait of former tennis star and invester Navroz D. Udwadia, the co-founder of Alpha Wave Global for Harvard Business School at his lovely home in London. Below is a screenshot of the image they decided to run with. Here is the link to the piece: https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-impact.aspx?num=9384

Here are some recent editorial / environmental portraits taken at a farm in Kent for NFU (National Farmers’​ Union) for a story about the importance of farming apprenticeships. I photographed Timothy and Dave, who both decided to change their careers through an apprenticeship scheme this farm offered. They now help manage a large vineyard which saw a bumper crop in 2023 due to the long hot summer. I learnt that Champagne producers now buy vineyards in SE England and ship the juice back to Champagne for vinification.

A recent portrait of Dr Bastian Giegerich, the Director-General and Chief Executive of The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) at their offices in London.  These are the guys that hold the Shangri-La Dialogue every year.  It was a classic portrait and interview assignment with Germany’s Der Spiegel, meaning some quick portraits before or after (usually) the interview and then some engaged shots during the interview, such as the below. 

Jack Edwards

Jack Edwards

A shoot for Dagens Industri weekend magazine. A portrait of ‘bookfluencer’ Jack Edwards, taken in his garden. Jack is an influencer promoting and reviewing fiction, he was a pleasure to photograph.