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After a brief flutter with IT and business, Elliott returned to his childhood ambitions and began a career in photography. Elliott grew up with an outdoor sense of adventure and curiosity, fed by a TV diet of BBC David Attenborough documentaries, and has always been fascinated by the natural world - addicted to its infinite diversity, drama, and beauty.
In 2005, Elliott switched from commercial photography to full-time wildlife photography and established ENWP. In the same year, he entered the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for the first time and received a ‘Specially Commended’ award for a photograph of two wild tigers chasing through water. Click here to see the award-winning image.
In 2006, Elliott began a long-term project photographing Britain's mammals. This began with trips to The Hebrides to photograph wild otters, an extremely challenging quarry. In the spring of 2007, Elliott laid the foundations for a six-month long urban red fox project. This was interspersed with further trips to The Hebrides and other parts of the countries in search of seasonal behaviour such as hare boxing and the deer ruts. Elliott's focus for 2008 is badgers. This unsociable and largely nocturnal project will be ongoing for many months.
Until December 2006, Elliott frequently travelled to India with his partner, Jacqueline, in search of their greatest passion, the critically endangered Bengal tiger. Together they documented all of the adult tigers in Bandhavgarh N.P. including wide-ranging behaviours such as feeding, mating, stalking, and most extraordinary of all… 3-week old cubs suckling. To see more of this work from India, visit www.LandOfTheTiger.com.
In 2007, Elliott switched his attention to the African continent and visited the Masai Mara Conservancy in Kenya, for the first time. The high concentration of game and predators filling the savannah plains of the Masai Mara, make this one of the most famous and well-documented wildlife locations on the planet. Elliott has returned regularly to experience the very different wet, dry and migrations seasons and has constantly surprised his Agents with the 'fresh' and 'different' images that he has managed to capture.
Elliott is extremely passionate about wildlife conservation and his latest venture is in partnership with The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The EIA is an international campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime. Since 1984, EIA has used pioneering investigative techniques all over the world to expose the impact of environmental crime and to seek lasting solutions. A selection of Elliott's wildlife prints are now for sale via the EIA's online shop with 50% of the proceeds donated to the EIA.
Elliott's images are currently represented by OSF and FLPA. Elliott is also a regular contributor to BBC Wildlife magazine and various publications, most notably, Practical Photography and Bird Watching magazine. In addition to regular illustrated articles and other magazine editorials, his images have appeared in various books, greeting cards, calendars and as fine art posters.