Fascinated by the power of the collective, Lorna’s journeys have taken her around the globe to document humans in many configurations of gatherings, examining how, where and why we group together, and most importantly to look at the potential power of mankind connecting in big numbers to influence one another and our environment.
Lorna also has a very deep affiliation with animals and their ecosystems, sensing the urgency and importance of humans collaborating to apply our creative ‘genius’ to the expansion and protection of wild habitats for the countless species with whom we share our planet, who’s futures rely entirely on human commitment to conservation. Cleaning up the mess we have made in recent centuries is the battle of our generation, and Lorna has volunteered her camera as a tool with which to contribute to the causes that are having the greatest impact at grass roots level.
From the plains of sub-Saharan Africa to the islands of Indonesia and now the jungle of Costa Rica, Lorna has lived for seventeen years around the circumference of the Earth. She has worked alongside journalists and top conservationists, photographing on assignment for renowned publications as well as on private expeditions. She intermingles personal projects of discovery with commissions and investigative stories.
Spiritual and tribal ceremonial events have drawn the focus of Lorna’s cameras to look at the ancient traditions of our species and the integration of those in our modern world. How has our society learned from past practices, how much wisdom have we gained and, more crucially, how much have we forgotten? Lorna is largely driven to capture photographs as time capsules, and as windows into places, spaces and events far removed from those familiar to her audience.
If you would like to find out how you can get involved, apply your own skills and make a huge difference on the ground in conservation projects around the world, please do contact Lorna. She will be happy to connect you to the best of the people she has worked with, in whatever field calls to you most.
personal history
Born in 1984, Lorna grew up in Scotland. She studied photography in New York and at Newcastle, before moving to London to launch her career in photojournalism, working alongside photographers Fergus Greer, Mario Testino, Henry Dallal, and Bill Burlington.
At 21 years old, her first exhibition, ‘Confluence’, in 2007, covered the Kumbha Mela in India – the largest gathering of humans in history.
Lorna’s photographs have since featured in Conde Nast, Vanity Fair Travel, The Economist, The Financial Times, The Times and The Evening Standard, to name a few.
In 2008 Lorna travelled to Kenya to photograph medicine men of the Digo Tribe, which led to her living in the Maasai Mara – one of the greatest wildlife destinations in the world - for seven years. There she worked for Great Plains Conservation, taught photographic safaris for Wild Studios, and worked in community conservation at The Maa Trust.
In 2017 Lorna accepted an invitation to work for the founders of the Green School in Indonesia, managing Bambu Indah, while also photographing for NGOs including the Borneo Nature Foundation, the East Bali Poverty Project, the Environmental Bamboo Foundation, and Keep Bali Beautiful.
In 2019 Lorna moved to Costa Rica to manage an organic farm & learn how to rewild land on a large scale, while also photographing the Karen Mogensen Nature Reserve.
Most recently Lorna has founded Cameras for Conservation, working in collaboration with documentary film collective What Took You So Long? to create a series of films highlighting the work of conservation heroes around the world.
