Biography
Gareth Phillips graduated from University of Wales, Newport, in September 2007, with a degree in Documentary Photography. That year he was accepted into the Eddie Adams Workshop in New York, in which he won the B & H Assignment Award in recognition of his work.
In 2008, Gareth became a freelance photographer, regularly commissioned by the Guardian, The Sunday Times Magazine, Financial Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal and the British Council. His photographs have also appeared in, Newsweek, British Journal for Photography, The Observer and The New Yorker.
Gareth’s work has been internationally recognized in exhibitions and awards, most notably the Ian Parry Award 2007, Welsh Livery Society Award for Photographic Excellence 2007, the Magenta Photography Awards 2008 and the British Council Open Cities Photographic Commission 2010.
Gareth is part of the MJR Photographic Collective based in New York and works out of London and Cardiff, UK.