Most of my photos are set to the Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International CC BY-SA 4.0 Deed, license, by default. Other licensing is available. I would be very grateful if you could let me know if you intend to use one of these images for any purpose either in the comments or via the contact form of my website: ashleycoatesdotcom.wordpress.com/

Photography has been used by outlets including The Mirror, Evening Standard, BuzzFeed, The Ecologist, Yorkshire Times, Bloomberg, Yahoo, Lonely Planet, Maxim, Sky News, The New Statesman, The Oregonian, Super Yacht Times, Business Green, India Today, The Times of India, The Londonist, BioDB, Dialogue Earth, and Business Insider.

Highlights have included:

- use in the Tony Francis book "Extraordinary Villages"

- a "Super Yacht of the Day" item for Super Yacht Times

- Theresa May's first day as PM adapted for a satirical cartoon in The Canary

Having gained a BA in History and MA in Journalism, my early career spanned both journalism [Evening Standard/Independent] and government communications. I had the fascinating experience of working as a parliamentary staffer throughout the Brexit referendum before going on to work at the UK’s Department for Environment, working on issues that stemmed from that crucial moment and with a focus on marine conservation.

For the last 14 years I have lived with a complicated set of vision issues which have severely impacted my ability to work and engage in a range of day-to-day activities. This is a rare combination of binocular vision dysfunction (with visual snow), severe dry eye syndrome and ocular pain syndrome. I have worked part-time since 2019 and write when I can.

Born in Stoke-on-Trent to Anglo-Indian parents, I am now based in Bristol.