Philip’s first published photograph was in the Manchester Evening News when he was just 14 years old.

At the age of 15, Philip Dunn got a job printing the photo-sales and brewing tea on a local newspaper. He soon moved to the opposition local paper as an apprentice photographer. He broke his apprenticeship to work for a news and picture agency supplying national newspapers, and then freelanced until, at the age of just 22, he was invited to join the staff of The Daily Express, where, for fifteen years, he covered major hard news stories and features, including the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland. He left the Express to go freelance again before working for The Sunday Times covering human interest features and travel. At The Sunday Times he was encouraged to develop his own unique narrative and often whimsical style of street photography.

“That was the best job in the world,” says Philip. “I worked with great professionals on a great newspaper.”

Philip Dunn has won many top professional awards including both News and Feature sections of the British Press Photographer of the Year Awards. Read how one photograph in particular inspired Philip to aim for a job in Fleet Street.

Philip Dunn’s work list of clients is, to say the least, extensive – all these clients have commissioned him on assignments. Countless other newspapers, magazines and books have published Philip’s pictures and words, and he has published three books on photography.