Giles Clarke is a photojournalist focusing on capturing poignant moments of current and post-conflict global issues.
Clarke began his film and photography career in West Berlin as a 16mm camera assistant at the height of the Cold War during the mid-1980s before switching to a successful professional black-and-white photographic printer career in London and New York. In 1997, Clarke worked in the Richard Avedon darkroom in New York on some now-iconic fashion campaigns. From 1998 to 2008, Clarke moved to Los Angeles, where he worked with Channel 4 on film-based content stories and directed and produced web content for clients such as Budweiser, Hummer, and Cadillac. In 2007, Clarke began reporting from Bhopal, India on the ongoing toxic legacy of the Union Carbide gas disaster in 1984. In 2013, Clarke was signed by Getty Images Reportage and continues today to syndicate news/feature work through Getty Images as a contributor. In 2016, Clarke traveled with Mr. Ban Ki-moon to over 40 countries documenting the UN Secretary-General’s final year of tenure.
Clarke was awarded numerous recognitions in his career such as 1st prize by the National Press Photographers Association, a Lucie Statue at Carnegie Hall, a Gold Award by PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris, the ‘WARS Photography Award’ created by ‘Associazione 46 Parallelo / Atlante delle guerre, and the Sharjah Government Communication Award.
His work was extensively published in magazines and newspapers and it has been exhibited worldwide.

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