Gary Knight Born 1964, England, Gary Knight began working as a photographer in the late 1980s in South East Asia and Indochina embarking on a portrayal of the internecine warfare in a region coming to terms with the end of the Cold War. In January 1993 he moved to the former Yugoslavia where he became involved in documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the civil war.In recent years Knight has covered the invasion of Iraq, the occupation of Afghanistan, the civil war in Kashmir and the Asian Tsunami but central to his work is a commitment to address the issues that determine the survival of the world’s poor.
His work has been widely published by magazines all over the world, exhibited worldwide and is in the collections of several museums and private collectors. Knight has initiated a broad programme of education with Universities and NGO’s worldwide and is the author of ‘Evidence’ a Monograph on War Crimes in Kosovo.
Co founder of VII Photo Agency and the Chairman of the Board for 4 years Knight is also Editor and Art Director of the current affairs quarterly ‘Dispatches’, founder of the Angkor Photo Festival, board member of the Crimes of War Foundation, trustee of the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation, Chairman of the World Press Photo Award Jury 2008 and a contract photographer for Newsweek Magazine.
