Georgina Cranston - Photographer

British Photographer Georgina Cranston began her career in 2000, focusing on documentary photography of humanitarian issues. For the past ten years Georgina has travelled around the world on assignments for a wide range of clients, from non-governmental organisations such as UNICEF, Antislavery International and Action Aid, to international newspapers such as the Daily Telegraph, the Times and the Christian Science Monitor. She is currently based in London having lived in East Africa for the past three years, working across the continent.
 

Working on a diverse range of subjects from gender based violence and slavery to leprosy and communities living in exile Georgina has a personal interest in women’s issues. Recently working in Congo’s gold mines she focused on the extreme conditions faced by women working as ‘human mules’ deep inside the disused mines, carrying up to 60 kgs of rocks on their backs, at times when eight months pregnant. Published in BBC’s Focus on Africa magazine and featured on BBC World Service’s Outlook program this documentary was recognised in the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2008, as a finalist in the Best Published Photograph category.
 

To view issues that Georgina has documented visit: issues