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Phil Moore is an independent, British photo-journalist based in East Africa, working for the international media. He likes to focus on social issues in conflict and post-conflict zones.
He regularly files images for Agence France-Presse (AFP) as well as the odd piece of text here and there.
His work has been published in newspapers such as The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Libération and Le Monde; magazines such as Italy's Vanity Fair; and global news websites worldwide, including The New York Times and CNN.
Phil currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya, and travels frequently throughout the region.
He speaks English and French fluently, and a little Arabic.
Phil can be contacted for assignments worldwide.
(a brief) biography
b. 1982 United Kingdom
Phil studied Artificial Intelligence at the University of Sheffield, followed by a year as a Ph.D. researcher in Knowledge Management techniques.
This was followed by three years living & working in Paris as a professional web designer/developer, where he learnt to speak French.
He left France in September 2009 to travel through the Middle East, living and studying Arabic in Damascus for two months, then spending some time documenting events in the West Bank and Lebanon.
For four months in 2010, he lived in northern Sudan, where he covered the first multi-party elections since 1986. Since then, he has been working for the press, NGOs and UN agencies on various projects in Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Kenya and Somalia/Somaliland.