About Trevor Cole
I am an international travel photographer and photo tour leader, based in Donegal, Ireland. Born in Derry, I went on to teach geography at international schools in Singapore, Togo, Italy, Ethiopia and Brazil – always travelling extensively with my camera. This naturally brought two of my life’s passions together as a geographer-photographer.
My photography focuses predominantly on culture and landscapes; images reflecting a spatial and temporal journey through life, while striving to reflect the need to live in a more sustainable world.
By seeking the moment and light in various contexts, we can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
I lead photo tours locally in Ireland, but also in Scotland, Iceland, Ethiopia, Namibia, Chad, South Sudan, Eritrea, India and beyond. With a focus on small groups, the aim is to provide culturally sensitive immersion, photographic guidance and the opportunity for the photographic travel experience of a lifetime.
My approach is based on an alternative vision of tomorrow – capturing unforgettable moments through photography that empower us to reflect upon the world around us, and truly be the change that we want to see in that world.
AWARDS
AAP All About Photo Magazine no.51, 2025 – winner with Pastoral Peoples and Practices series
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Gold winner, 2025
Exposure One, Photographer of the year 2025, bronze award in Photographer of the year 2025, People and Pastoralism category
1839 Awards, Photographer of the year 2025, People category
European Photography Awards – Photographer of the year and winner, Pastoral Peoples & Cultures, 2024
Neutral Density Awards – Gold star award winner of professional documentary category, Symbiosis in South Sudan, 2024
International Photography Awards (IPA) – honourable mentions 2022, 2023, 2024 and Bronze award 2024
Travel Photographer of the Year, winner for People and Culture, 2019
Monochrome Awards – Professional Photographer of the year, 2019
Wilderness Safari photographer of the year, winner 2019
Refocus Awards, Gold in Travel, Silver in Photojournalism, and honourable mention in People categories, 2023
Refocus Awards, (black & white) Silver, Bronze and honourable mentions in People category
(colour) Gold and honourable mention, 2024
FEATURED IN PUBLICATIONS
1x Magazine, Frames Magazine, Lens Magazine, National Geographic, All About Photo, The Times, Forbes Magazine, The Guardian, 54 Magazine, The Telegraph, Eye for the Light, Dodho, Africa Geographic