This year the Gibraltar Photographic Society celebrates its 60th anniversary.

To mark this event, the Society has invited to Gibraltar the renowned UK photographer Max Milligan, who will be delivering a series of talks and workshops between Monday 12th May and Saturday 17th May. 

Some of these events (in image below) are open to the public and others are reserved for GPS Members. Attendance is free at all events. Spaces are limited, and so anyone wishing to attend is asked to register their wish to attend by contacting the Society email address: [email protected]

Max Milligan Biography

Max Milligan is an author and fine art photographer renowned for his painterly eye and the fact that he uses no filters, flash and only minimal digital correction in his work, preferring the natural effects of available light. 

With nine books published and two in production, his titles have appeared in The Times Top Ten Travel Books of the Year and Condé Nast Traveller Book of the Month. 

He began his career working as a wildlife cameraman for the BBC and National Geographic Video in the Amazon jungle before becoming a documentary editor at the BBC and Channel 4 in London. Since 1993 he has solely focussed on writing and photographing for book and exhibition projects. 

His artworks hang in private and corporate collections worldwide including the prestigious Deutsche Bank collection in London. Previous exhibitions include Kensington Palace, City Hall London and The European Parliament. 

Max’s words and pictures have appeared in newspapers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, FT, Guardian, Independent and magazines including Harper’s Bazaar, Condé Nast Traveller, FT How to spend it, New Scientist, Saturday Telegraph Magazine and Porter. 

Commissions include a year behind the scenes with The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, the floor of the LIFFE (London International Financial Futures Exchange) and other situations where his presence had to be completely inconspicuous. He was the only photographer to have free rein at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and never sold his pictures to the press, supplying images solely to the families and military regiments. Notably he is also the only photographer ever to have taken a picture of a wolf in the wild in Lebanon. 

Milligan has also taken stills on the sets of movies such as James Bond, Harry Potter and Bridget Jones and numerous others on behalf of the Corporation of London. 

He has lectured to MENSA at Cambridge University and often gives illustrated talks at The Royal Geographical Society as well as giving photography seminars, workshops and courses in institutions all the way from Peru to the University of Brighton. Since 2017, he has led numerous photography workshops for the Leica Akademie, including Alladale Wilderness Reserve in 2022. 

He will be hosting talks, workshops and photographic outings both in Gibraltar and Morocco, for the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the GIbraltar Photographic Society. 

Press Critiques 

‘Milligan’s exceptional photography encompasses this rich diversity – the pictures are not ordinary coffee-table fodder’
The Times Top Ten Travel Books of the Year 

‘A stunning visual odyssey – beautifully conceived. This evocative book is full of colourful surprises’
New Scientist 

‘An astonishing photographic collection’ 

Condé Nast Traveller Book of the Month 

‘This wonderful volume...He is an exceptional photographer’ 

The Guardian 

‘Startling images are juxtaposed with the humorous. Nothing escapes Max Milligan’s acute eye. From natural history to religious festivals, the vibrancy of life under these skies is demonstrated’
London Evening Standard