Conor McDonnell is an entertainment and wildlife photographer from Liverpool, England. He has been working predominantly in live music photography for almost 10 years as personal photographer to artists such as Calvin Harris, Niall Horan (One Direction), Ellie Goulding and many more.
Commercially he has shot for brands including Rimmel, Pantene, Nike and Adidas. His most publicised work to date is that of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s wedding. Conor was hired by the couple as the official photographer for the day. One image posted on Kim’s official Instagram page became ‘the most liked picture’ on Instagram for over a year following its publication.
More recently he has spread his time between music and wildlife photography and has been documenting his expeditions to the Arctic, the most recent expedition that he joined gained huge worldwide interest into the arctic region, arctic sea ice retreat and plastics in our oceans.
Conor was also rawarded a place on the Forbes ’30 under 30’ list, alongside some of the most exciting and notable emerging talent across The Arts, Enterprise and Press.