British, b. 1987
Bradley is based in Istanbul, Turkey since 2012. He began his career freelancing across Asia from 2005 until 2010, assisting fashion photographer Ram Shergill in London, and as a set-photographer on Bollywood productions across Europe. His personal work often focuses on themes of identity, migration, the concept of home, and the implications of geopolitics on individuals.
Bradley’s photography combines strong storytelling with visual intimacy and context. His work includes feature stories and portrait assignments for international newspapers, magazines, and online news media from Turkey, the Balkans, Europe, and the Middle East. He’s a National Geographic Explorer, a Pulitzer Center grantee, and has received support from the Arts Council England.
His first long-term project, Kütmaan, began in 2010 and tells the stories of LGBTI asylum seekers and refugees from Iraq, Iran, and Syria, who were forced to flee their homes due to their sexuality or gender identity. This work led to his most recent body of personal work, Gayropa, a visual documentation of queer migration to Europe.
He likes to play with new ways to visualise stories through non-traditional photojournalistic methods (FEVER, Syrian Nakba, SEXugees). More recently, Bradley’s work has looked at how people are navigating our changing climate.