D J Clark has worked worldwide as a photojournalist for more than 15 years. He specialises in working with international development NGO's to highlight social, political and environmental issues through long term photography projects.

D J Clark researches and writes about photography as a vehicle for social change, the subject that drives both his photographic and academic work.

BIOGRAPHY - DJ Clark

DJ Clark graduated from Lancaster University in 1984 and went on to work as a photojournalist. In 1989 he took a job in Ramallah, West Bank, which led to a new interest in working for aid agencies. By 1991 he had established himself as a freelance photographer working for both news publications and aid agencies worldwide.

Returning to the UK he established Folly, an agency producing still and moving images for aid agencies. Folly developed into a public media arts centre and continues to thrive. DJ Clark started lecturing in Photography, first at Lancaster University and then as course leader on the BA Photography and Video degree at The University of Bolton, In 2005 he set up a new MA in International Photojournalism, Documentary and Travel Photography that runs both in Bolton,UK and Dalian, China (where he is now based) .

D J Clark continues to work as a freelance photographer for publications worldwide and is represented by Panos Pictures in London. He also researches and writes about photography as a vehicle for social change, the subject that drives both his photographic and academic work. In 2003 he was awarded a Winston Churchill Trust Fellowship for his research, presented by the Queen in 2006. Also in 2006/7 Clark ran workshops for The British Council in Croatia and World Press Photo in the Philippines.

DJ Clark on assignment in Siberia