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Awards
1999 World Press Photo, Nature and the Environment, for picture story on Floods in Bangladesh
1994 World Press Photo, General News, for pictures of the ethnic conflict in Burundi
1991 Tom Hopkinson prize for UK Magazine Photographer of the Year
1983 The Observer - Christian Aid 'Facing the Future' award for work in Central America
In 2002 Acqua, a documentary project on water, was published by Motta in Italy. Promoted by his Italian agent Grazia Neri, Acqua was made into a major exhibition that toured Italy for two years and was seen by more than 100,000 people..
2003 'Cunningham Couture' ' documentary and fashion project on the work of fashion designer Neil Cunningham at the Proud Gallery, London ' solo show
'Beyond The Facade - 21 Years of Photojournalism from Network Photographers' at the Newsroom, London ' group show
1998 'NHS at 50' - a Network Photographers project on the UK's National Health Service - set of photographs on Birth. Exhibition at Photographers Gallery, London & toured nationally ' group show
1995 'Positive Lives' - Network Photographers project on Aids and HIV - picture set on religious response to HIV ' group show
1985 'Famine in Africa' - joint exhibition with Chris Steele-Perkins at the Side Gallery, Newcastle
1985 'British Eyes on the World' - Images from El Salvador and Eritrea, in a five-man show for the British Council touring Brazil for five years.
1982 'Agent Orange and 2,4,5-T' - a project paralleling the effects in the UK of the use in agriculture of the herbicide 2.4.5-T, one of the two ingredients in Agent Orange, with the effects of Agent Orange in Vietnam. The laminated exhibition toured the UK for two years ' solo show
Books
2002 'Acqua' published in Milan, Italy by Motta with introduction by Mikhael Gorbachev.
1993 'Daniel and the Mischief Boy' - children's photo-book set in Eritrea written by Paul Vallely, published by Harper Collins
1992 'Promised Lands' - book on land issues in the Third World with text by Paul Vallely published jointly by Harper Collins and Christian Aid.
1989 'Indus Journey' - photo-book with Imran Khan on Pakistan published by Chatto, London.
1985 'Fighting the Famine' ' photo project on famine in Africa and its causes with text by Nigel Twose, published by Pluto Press.
In 1981 together with eight others Mike co-founded photo agency 'Network Photographers'. Over the years the agency built an international reputation for photojournalism, documentary photography and corporate work of the highest quality.
Photo stories, assignments and projects have taken Mike to more than 70 countries and his pictures have been published in the major magazines around the world.
In 2002 Acqua, a project on water Mike had been working on for four years in conjunction with Grazia Neri was published by Motta in Italy. In 2003 Acqua was made into an exhibition that has toured Italy for two years and has been seen by more than 100,000 people.
Awards
2005 Pamada Photography Award for corporate work with Skansen Interiors
1999 World Press Photo, Nature and the Environment, for picture story
on Floods in Bangladesh
1994 World Press Photo, General News, for pictures of the ethnic conflict
in Burundi
1991 Tom Hopkinson prize for UK Magazine Photographer of the Year
1983 The Observer - Christian Aid 'Facing the Future' award for work
in Central America
Selected Exhibitions
2003 'Acqua' at Palazzo Reale gallery, Milan, Italy, and toured Italy
including Naples, Potenza, Genova and Rome March until end of 2004
2002 Beyond The Facade - 21 Years of Photojournalism from Network Photographers
at the Newsroom, London.
1998 'NHS at 50' - a Network Photographers project on the UK's National
Health Service - set of photographs on Birth. Exhibition at Photographers
Gallery & toured nationally.
1995 'Positive Lives' - Network Photographers project on Aids and HIV
- picture set on religious response to HIV.
1985 'Famine in Africa' - joint exhibition with Chris Steele-Perkins
at the Side Gallery, Newcastle
1985 'British Eyes on the World' - Images from El Salvador and Eritrea
included in a five-man show for the British Council touring Brazil for
five years.
1982 'Agent Orange and 2,4,5-T' - a project paralleling the effects in
the UK of the use in agriculture of the herbicide 2.4.5-T, one of the
two ingredients in Agent Orange, with the effects of Agent Orange in
Vietnam. The laminated exhibition toured the UK for two years.
Books
2000 'Acqua' published in Milan, Italy by Motta with introduction by
Mikhael Gorbachev.
1993 'Daniel and the Mischief Boy' - children's photo-book set in Eritrea
written by Paul Vallely, published by Harper Collins
1992 'Promised Lands' - book on land issues in the Third World with text
by Paul Vallely published jointly by Harper Collins and Christian Aid,
1992.
1989 'Indus Journey' - photo-book with Imran Khan on Pakistan published
by Chatto, London.
1985 'Fighting the Famine' - project on the famine in Africa and its
causes with text by Nigel Twose, published by Pluto Press.
