Jonny Richards at work self-portrait

Jonny Richards trained as a magazine journalist at the London College of Printing and then as an NCTJ press photographer under Paul Delmar at the award-winning Sheffield College.

Working in the media since the mid-1990s he contributes to many of Britain's most well-know publications, with recent commissions from the Independent, the Observer, and the Sunday Times.

An expert on winter sports, he was the launch editor for Channel 4's World Cup skiing website, www.skiingon4.com, and is a regular photojournalist for Document Snowboard and Fall-Line Skiing magazines.

Away from the slopes, he is a monthly contributor to the lifestyle and technology magazine Boys Toys, where he specialises in travel, adventure and motoring features.