GUY WOODLAND was born in Karachi and has lived and worked extensively in Australia, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Portugal, Brazil and the UK. He studied at Blackpool and Fylde College, earning a diploma in professional photography. He owns liverpoolphotos.com, an online global picture resource and operates internationally as a photographer.
He was co-founder of Cities500, founder of Woodland Publishing and a co-founder of Shanachie Publishing. He has published a range of books that include the popular photographic studies: The Life of Chester, The Life of the Gateway Theatre and the Life of Liverpool along with the architecturally focused book Shed KM; he also published World Heritage City, the acclaimed photo essay book inspired by UNESCO, and was co-author of Liverpool: The First 1,000 Years.
He was also responsible for publishing a collection of show-biz celebrity Mike McCartney’s photographic memories in the critically acclaimed MMLL - Mike McCartney’s Liverpool Life.
Other books include a special two volume book to celebrate the famous Open Golf Championship for 2006; The Friendship Arch, celebrating the links between Shanghai and Liverpool; the ‘Icebreakers’, commemorating historic British and China links; In a Kingdom Far Away, a collection of Russian folk tales; Urban Reflections - focusing on Europe, the Middle East and Africa; Wirral Waterfront, a photographic tribute to the peninsula; and to support the efforts of LIVE8 he published Mike McCartney’s LIVE8 book with endorsements from Sir Bob Geldof and Sir Paul McCartney. Latterly he has worked on Go Superlambananas: The book; Liverpool: World Waterfront City and Blackpool: The People’s Playground.
Currently working on The Ruralist www.theruralist.co.uk - a look at the people and life in the countryside of Gloucestershire.
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