Matthew Maran Podcast

Britta Jaschinski is a German photojournalist living in south London, England. After studying her BA in photography in south England she quickly gained notoriety scoring her first publishing deal with Phaidon.

Sandra Bartocha is a multi-award winning nature photographer living in Germany. She is a self-proclaimed lover of the seas and the trees, and of good coffee! Sandra gained notoriety for breaking the mould, using exquisite technique to capture trees, flowers and landscapes in beautiful colour and light in a unique style. She moved away the formulaic methods of pin-sharp, hallelujah light, landscape...

Steve Backshall is a naturalist, author and presenter best know for BBC’s Deadly 60 – a programme aimed at young people that features Steve and his camera crew attempting to find the ‘most deadly’ animals in the world.

Chris Packham is a broadcaster, naturalist, writer, photographer, filmmaker, conservationist and campaigner. He presents BBC’s BAAFTA award winning Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch series and numerous other natural history documentaries for the BBC, National Geographic and The Discovery Channel.

Jo-Anne McArthur is a multi award-winning photographer, author and speaker. She specialises in photographing the ‘invisible animals’ - the animals we eat, wear, test on and confine, yet rarely see. Over the past 20 years Jo has worked tirelessly to shine a light on the suffering of billions of animals exploited for human consumption. Her investigative work has seen her travel to more than 60 count...

Jo-Anne McArthur is a multi award-winning photographer, author and speaker. She specialises in photographing the ‘invisible animals’ - the animals we eat, wear, test on and confine, yet rarely see. Over the past 20 years Jo has worked tirelessly to shine a light on the suffering of billions of animals exploited for human consumption. Her investigative work has seen her travel to more than 60 count...

After nine years working as the Senior Picture Editor at National Geographic Kids magazine Karine Aigner ventured into the world of freelance photography. Drawing on her wealth of knowledge as an editor, Karine’s body of work is powerful, varied and tells creative stories with her images with a focus on animals and their relationships with humans.

Roxy - AKA ‘Roxy The Zoologist’ - is a wildlife biologist, photographer, activist, filmmaker, and presenter. After graduating with a first class honours in Zoology, Roxy landed a ‘dream’ job as a wildlife guide in the west of Scotland. Things didn’t turn out as planned but this didn’t stop her pursuing her dream of creating visual content, using both moving and still images to tell stories about p...

Staffan is a founding member of the Wild Wonders of Europe – an initiative that celebrates Europe’s natural wonders through photographic exhibitions, books and printed media. It started 11 years ago and became one of the biggest conservation communication initiatives in the world. To date, the project can boast reaching 800 million people worldwide with incredible images ranging from Scandanavian...

Bertie is a wildlife filmmaker, photographer and presenter who at the age of 25 already has three online series under his belt for National Geographic as well as presenting his work to huge audiences on the National Geographic Live tour across North America. He has filmed extensively for the BBC including their landmark series Planet Earth 2, Wild Cities and Seven Worlds, One Planet.

After graduating with a Masters in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London, Josh Kempinski’s career in conservation has seen him work in countries including Liberia, Mozambique, Greece, Belize, Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. He has worked on a number of projects fulfilling a variety of roles as a Field Conservation Advisor, Protected Area Management Specialist and a Senior REDD+...

After running a successful PR agency in London, Margot Raggett’s career took a new direction as she followed her passion for wildlife photography. A regular visitor to Kenya, in east Africa, her interest in photography, which began as a hobby, quickly flourished into a full time career. Margot now produces high quality images that are published worldwide. She is a category winner in the prestigiou...

My guest today is Pete Cairns. Pete is a professional photographer and the founding director of The Wild Media Foundation, a social enterprise, which includes initiatives such as SCOTLAND: the Big Picture – an organisation that informs, inspires and influences fresh thinking around the potential for a wilder Scotland. He also co-founded the Wild Wonders of Europe project, which brought together 70...