Home

KEITH WILSON
Writer
Picture Editor
Journalist

ABOUT

Keith Wilson is a writer, picture editor and journalist. He is the co-founder (with Britta Jaschinski) of Photographers Against Wildlife Crime, and the editor of numerous photo books which have been awarded by Pictures of the Year International, the Independent Publisher Book Awards, Prix de la Photographie Paris, and the IPA Lucie Awards. Recent titles include The Evidence Project, HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene, FOX: Neighbour Villain Icon and three editions of Photographers Against Wildlife Crime.

Keith began his journalism as a daily newspaper reporter in Australia and moved to London in the 1980s, taking the scenic route via Hong Kong, the Himalayas, India and the Soviet Union. In 1989, he became the youngest ever editor of the weekly photo magazine, Amateur Photographer, a role which he fulfilled for nearly ten years. He then launched Outdoor Photography magazine, serving as editor from 2000 to 2007, Black+White Photography and Wild Planet, the world’s first digital magazine devoted entirely to wildlife and conservation photography.

For over 30 years, Keith has interviewed hundreds of the world’s best known photographers, including Sebastiâo Salgado, Jim Brandenburg, Nick Brandt, Brent Stirton, Britta Jaschinski, Alex Webb, Stephen Shore, Christian Ziegler, Jo-Anne McArthur, Steve McCurry, Frans Lanting and Ami Vitale, for British and European magazines. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and has served on the juries of Europe’s leading nature photo competitions, including the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the Fritz Polking Prize, and as jury chair of the Nature Photographer of the Year competition.

As a lecturer and presenter, Keith has been a speaker at the Natural History Museum, London; Visa Pour L’Image, Perpignan; the German Society of Nature Photographers, Lünen, and other photo festivals in France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Norway. He is a regular guest lecturer at the University of Nottingham’s School of Life Sciences

Below are a selection of interviews I have done with leading photographers. To read in full just click on the images.

Photo: © Britta Jaschinski

Professional Photography Magazine

Wild Planet

BOOKS
For the past 20 years I have either written, edited or published 17 books, collaborating with many of the world’s leading photographers, often from concept to press. Many of these works have been part of major conservation and environmental projects, which have raised vital funds for saving species or alerted the public to the ecological crises that threaten us.

Written and co-edited by Keith Wilson
The AVA Guide to Travel Photography (2004)
Viewfinder: 100 Top Locations for Great Travel Photography (2005).
Photographers Against Wildlife Crime (English edition), co-edited by Britta Jaschinski (2018)
Photographers Against Wildlife Crime (English & Chinese), co-edited by Britta Jaschinski (2019)
Photographers Against Wildlife Crime (Chinese), co-edited by Britta Jaschinski (2020)
Hidden: Animals in the Anthropocene, co-edited by Jo-Anne McArthur (2020)
The Evidence Project, co-edited by Britta Jaschinski (2023)

Edited by Keith Wilson
In My Mind’s Eye, by Charlie Waite (2003)
Silver, by Jonathan Chritchley (2013)
As Long As There Are Animals, by David Lloyd (2014)
Zero Footprint, by Leeming + Paterson (2014)
Remembering Elephants, by Wildlife Photographers United (2016)
Remembering Rhinos, by Wildlife Photographers United (2017)
Lion: Pride Before The Fall, by George Logan (2020)
Wild and Fearless, by Uri Lovevild Golman (2021)
Fox: Neighbour Villain Icon, by Neil Aldridge, Matt Maran & Andy Parkinson (2022)
All Eyes Speak One Language, by David Lloyd (2022)