Paul Little

Paul studied photography at the Joint Services School of Photography, and then pursued his photographic career in the Royal Air Force for 15 years. In 2002 he joined Kew as one of its two in-house photographers. He found that photography in the Armed Services had a very technically demanding engineering focus, but says that those same skills required for photographing wiring, pipes and corrosion transfer directly to nature's subjects. Indeed, plants are hydraulic systems too - only much prettier!

“I come from a strong public relations photography background and it's perhaps this aspect of my role at Kew that I enjoy the most - making images that explore the relationships between the people, the plants and the work that is done here in the Gardens.”

Anthony Hall, team leader in the Arboretum.

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Kew has its own hives and beekeepers

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In Kew's hives

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Pollinating the titan arum in the early hours of the morning

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Titan arum, Amorphophallus titanum

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Love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena

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Mike Marsh, manager of the Princess of Wales Conservatory

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Andy McClure, arboriculturist in Kew’s tree gang

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