Sustainable Cocoa Production, Ghana.

Sustainable Cocoa Production, Ghana from Andy Smith on Vimeo.

Between 25 November and 5 December 2011 I worked on a corporate shoot about sustainable and traceable cocoa production. A film crew and I visited the cocoa growing region of Western Ghana, documenting everything from seed nurseries to distribution depots. As well as six local community projects: farmer training, seed nurseries, malaria prevention, farm shops, community infrastructure and Village Resource Centres, the latter of which provides computer equipment and reliable internet access for education in schools and for farmers, and all are funded by the cocoa industry.

There is a new portfolio at www.andysmithuk.com documenting the cocoa production process as well as some of the community projects. To see all the photographs please go to the 'Portfolios' drop down menu.

Graeme Scrivener - RBS World Magazine

In October I photographed Graeme Scrivener for the December issue of RBS World Magazine. Graeme works in investment banking and has cycled 37,000 miles across five continents. He has one more ride to go in South America. You can read more and see pictures from the bike rides he's doing for charity at his blog here - www.whereisgraemescrivener.blogspot.com

F2 Freelance Photographer Magazine feature

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Thank you F2 Freelance Photographer Magazine

Britvic Life Magazine

Portraits of staff for Britvic Life Magazine, in the Britvic factory in Chelmsford. For Specialist

Leeds City College 2011 Outdoor campaign

3 X 48 sheet posters and 1 X 96 sheet poster for Leeds City College 2011 outdoor campaign.

Artists and Illustrators magazine - Michael James Smith

British Artist Michael James Smith for the October cover of Artists and Illustrators magazine. Michael currently has exhibitions in the USA and in the UK. You can see more of his work on his website here

Sonja Simon. SAP. Walldorf, Germany

Portraits of Sonja Simon, Head of Group Accounting and Reporting for SAP, for the cover and main feature of IBR Magazine. Shot last month at the impressive SAP headquarters in Walldorf, 100k's south of Frankfurt.

Photoquai Paris 2011

In November 2009 I wrote a blog post about Photoquai, a photography exhibition on the banks of the river Seine in Paris which I stumbled across by accident.

The exhibition's PR team got in touch and asked if I'd mention it again so here it is. The image above was shot by Julian Lineros of Colombia and shows a child soldier being trained by paramilitary soldiers in the Colombian rainforest. If you take a look at Julian's website you can see more from that series and if you visit the Photoquai website there are some amazing images from photographers around the world who are exhibiting in 2011.

And if you happen to be in Paris between 13 September and 11 November 2011 you've got a great photography exhibition to look forward to.

Image © Julian Lineros