Harry Skeggs Profile
● London-based wildlife photographer Harry Skeggs has travelled to more than 100 countries photographing wildlife and wild landscapes across all seven continents.
● Before taking up photography, he studied fine art and art history at Cambridge, with intentions of becoming a painter.
● In 2016, he was a finalist in the National Geographic Photographer of the Year and a category winner in the Sunday Times Travel Photographer of the Year contests.
● Since then, Harry’s work has been recognized with further accolades, including a gold award in the 2021 World Nature Photography Awards.
● Harry is an ambassador of the Nikon Creators scheme and one of only two photographers represented by the Clarendon Fine Art group of galleries. skeggsphotography.com
In preparing for this interview, I now know that I will never forget my first meeting with Harry Skeggs. Although the opening night of his Beyond print exhibition and screening of the documentary Dare to Hope was a stellar success, there was an added poignancy to the evening because of that day’s momentous headlines: 8 September, 2022, the death of Queen Elizabeth II. After the screening, there was a brief announcement of Her Majesty’s passing and acknowledgement of her lifelong support and patronage of the arts, but Harry says there was never any doubt that the opening would proceed. “She would not have wanted us to have stopped,” he says. “It was unfortunate timing, but it was nice to celebrate as well.”
The venue was Clarendon Fine Art, in Mayfair, the heart of London’s wealthy art scene. Judging by the glitterati squeezing for space to view the large prints on display, the patrons and collectors of Harry’s work were in no mood for mourning. Clarendon Fine Art has more than 30 galleries across the UK, as well as aboard the Cunard cruise ships Queen Elizabeth,
