Outdoor Focus Winter 2018 | Page 21

Xe Bang Fai, Laos Chris accepting his award from OWPG’s chair, Peter Gillman About Chris... Chris is a freelance photographer and author who concentrates on outdoor sports, natural history and the environment throughout the world. He is a specialist in cave and mine photography, including the history of underground and flash photography. Chris has a Zoology degree, has a worldwide digital photo library of nature and travel pictures, and is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. www.wildplacesphotography.co.uk Xe Bang Fai, Laos The Photography Award is sponsored by Conway. An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Conway publishes books that open up the world through tales of contemporary and historical exploration and adventure. winter 2018 | Outdoor focus 21