The cornerstone of William Fortescue’s photography is the desire to depict wild animals in their natural environment;

“My presence should have no great influence on their behaviour, for in doing so the image will no longer be what I strive for; natural.”

With an instantly recognisable style Fortescue has utilised his internationally acclaimed work to raise over £115,000 for a variety of charitable organisations while regularly being invited to participate in global campaigns Prints for Wildlife, Vital Impacts. and most recently displayed at HRH Prince William’s, United for Wildlife Global Summit, in South Africa.

“For me photography has always been a form of expression, an attempt to explain to everyone how you see the world around you. Having originally discovered photography through sport, it was in my late teens I switched to working with wildlife and I’ve never looked back.”

This switch has served Fortescue well, now with over 30 international awards to his name. This year alone, his image, Romance is Dead, is a current finalist at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 and on display at The Natural History Museum, as well as adorning the front cover of their annual coffee table book. While he has also been awarded Nature Photographer of the Year at the ND Awards and is a finalist at the Siena Awards, one of the industries most creative annual events. Alongside his dynamic print collections Fortescue’s first book, The Last Stand, was released in October 2022. Containing over 100 of his nest images and many of the stories behind them only 1,000 editions were ever printed, each hand numbered, making it a real collector’s item of William’s earliest work.