Timothy Allen

× born 1971 in Tonbridge (Kent, UK)

× graduated from Leeds University

× got a degree on BSc Zoology

× spent 3 years traveling around Indonesia, where he

became interested in photography

× started studying photography in Hereford College of

Art and Design, but he dropped out only after 6

months

× he started his career by working for Sunday

Telegraph in London

× he worked six years at The Independent, where he

mainly did portraits and features

× 2002: joined axiom photographic agency

× takes photographs all around the world

× lately he has concentrated on taking pictures of

planet's remaining indigenous societies

× he has shot documentaries all over the planet