Cj Clarke

I've spent over twenty years as a documentary photographer and filmmaker, with work held in the permanent collections of MoMA, the V&A, and Harvard Art Museums, and shown at festivals including Cannes, Tribeca, and SXSW. I've taught at the London College of Communication, the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C., and led workshops in Bangladesh and India for working photographers and NGOs.

Lessons are tailored entirely to you. We start with a conversation about where you are now, what you want to make, and what's getting in the way. From there, I build a session — or a series — around your actual practice rather than a fixed curriculum.

The format is flexible: one-to-one in person in London, or over video. We can work on technical foundations (camera, light, exposure, composition), but I'm most interested in helping you see — developing a visual language that's genuinely yours. Bring your camera, bring your images, bring the photographers whose work moves you. We'll look closely, talk honestly, and figure out what you're really trying to say.

Sessions tend to combine looking at work, shooting exercises, edit reviews, and discussion of reference material — from Cartier-Bresson and Eggleston to contemporary documentary and art photography. If you're building a long-term project, I can help you shape it from concept through to edit and sequencing.

Whether you're picking up a camera for the first time or developing a serious body of work, the approach is the same: patient, rigorous, and rooted in your own curiosity.