Frankie Adamson
Originally from the UK, Frankie Adamson now spends her time between Hong Kong, where she photographs
domestic dogs, and Kenya photographing wildlife in places such as the Masai Mara, Mugie Conservancy
and Amboseli National Park.
By nature Frankie is quite an introverted person; however, her photography skills have given her a voice that
she never felt she had before. She loves telling stories with her images, and she can talk about what she
loves doing to anybody who will listen. Combine that with a love of animals that she nurtured from a young
age, and the end result is a body of photographic artwork which aims to tell the stories of very real animals
with whom we share our world today.
Frankie runs a dog photography business called Hounds of Hong Kong , where she photographs people’s
dogs on location in both the city and more rural areas. Her signature dog portraiture sees her play a lot with
artistic edits, with the end results often becoming bespoke wall art for her clients’ homes.
By contrast, in her wild animal work she keeps things a lot more simple. Her natural world images are a
reflection of the fact that nature is wonderfully wild and remarkably raw, not manicured and preened to
perfection by human hand. She says with wild animals, you are given a fraction of a second to isolate the
subject in a behaviour or interaction. You have no leverage, there’s no trying it ‘one more time’ and you are
dealt the hand you’re given. Yet it’s this unpredictability that she loves the most. Why? Because that often
leads to the most incredible surprises - she has had many of those in Kenya!
One of the proudest moments in her animal portraiture journey so far has been winning Natural World
PhoTOGrapher of the Year 2023 in The Tog Awards. Most recently, she was awarded an Associateship
qualification in Domesticated Animals and her Fellowship qualification in Natural World Category by The
British Institute of Professional Photography (The BIPP) - the latter being the highest level of qualification,
and her Gold certification with UK-based photographic educational platform ThatTogSpot.
She works as photographer-in-residence at Governors’ Camp, the oldest tented camp in the Masai Mara,
where she has been so fortunate to be able to photograph wildlife almost daily, and witness the peak of the
migration season in Kenya first hand. At present, she is currently based in the Masai Mara until the end of
August 2024.
All prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 300GSM paper.
Framing moulding option: black or white wood only.
Passe partout colour options: white or black with white edge.
Notable achievements:
February 2024:
Gold Award, Domesticated Animals Category, The British Institute of Professional Photography Monthly
Image Competition.
Silver Award, Natural World Category, The British Institute of Professional Photography Monthly Image
Competition.
January 2024:
Silver Award, Natural World Category, The British Institute of Professional Photography Monthly Image
Competition.
Bronze Award, Domesticated Animals Category, The British Institute of Professional Photography Monthly
Image Competition.
November 2023:
GTog Certification, ThatTogSpot
“A sublime viewing experience with exceptionally detailed profile documentation to support the full story
behind each image… A textbook example of scene selection and true wildlife photography.” - Jessica
McGovern, judge and mentor.
November 2023:
FBIPP Qualification, The Natural World, The British Institute of Professional Photography
“a beautiful set of images… it was incredible and we would love to see even more.” - Paul Wilkinson, Chair of
Qualifications and Awards.
“It was the highlight of the day for me and an honour to be in the room.” - Martin Baynes, BIPP CEO.
ABIPP Qualification, Domesticated Animals, The British Institute of Professional Photography
2023: The Tog Awards
Winner: The Natural World category
2023: The British Institute of Professional Photography: Regional Awards
Winner (International Region): International Region Photographer of the Year in The Natural World Category
2022:
Winner of multiple photography awards in 2022 for Pet Portraiture and Natural World images, including
success in the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP) Regional Image Competition:
International Region Photographer of the Year in the Domesticated Animals category.
Silver Award winner in the BIPP National Print Competition 2022 in the Domesticated Animals category
(Image: Silver Lining).
Two times Bronze Award winner in the BIPP National Print Competition 2022 in the Natural World category.
Two finalist images in the Guild of Photographers 2022 Image of the Year Competition in 2 different
categories: 1 in Natural World and 1 in Pets.
International Top 10 Photographer of the Year 2022: 3rd in Pet Category with The Guild of Photographers.
Awarded membership of the Photographer Bar 2022: Pet Category with The Guild of Photographers.
Nominee for Photographer of the Year 2022 with The Societies of Photographers: Pet Portrait (Image: Silver
Lining).
For more details or to request an interview with the artist, please contact Bárbara Tavernard:
Email: barbara@tavernart.com
Phone/Whatsapp: +852 6281 1787