© Hannah McKay

We hope you can join us at Ffotogallery on Wednesday 28 June from 6pm for a special ‘in conversation’ event between Reuters photojournalist Hannah McKay and Chair of The BPPA Paul Ellis. This event is part of a series of talks taking place alongside the current exhibition ‘Assignments 23’ in partnership with the British Press Photographers’ Association.

Hannah McKay is a staff photographer for Reuters based in London. She covers a variety of news, sport and features. Hannah completed a BA (Hons) in Photography at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in 2009 before gaining industry experience as an intern for The Coventry Telegraph newspaper. In 2012 Hannah moved to London as a photographer for a regional photo agency before freelancing for international wire agencies. Joining Reuters in 2017, Hannah has had the opportunity to work on assignments worldwide, including; an Olympic Games, the Fifa World Cup, the Migrant Caravan, a Royal Wedding, Funeral and Coronation, the US Presidential Election and the Queen’s Funeral. Hannah was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the Rohingya Refugee Crisis. She won The Guardian’s Agency Photographer of the Year and her work has been recognised by the British Journalism Awards, The Picture Editors’ Guild Awards, The British Press Photographers’ Association (The BPPA) and the International Photography Awards (IPA).

Paul Ellis has been an Agence France-Presse staff photographer in the north of England for 17 years covering pretty much anything and everything that happens. A lot of sport, but often breaking news, royal visits and political events in this country and abroad. He is the chair of The BPPA. A role that he is incredibly proud of ensuring, the association’s commitment to promoting photojournalism and press photography. He studied photojournalism with the NCTJ in Sheffield more than 25 years ago, working at weekly and regional newspapers, local and national press agencies, as a freelance for national newspapers and internationally with The Associated Press and now AFP.