Crispin Hughes was born in London in 1959. He studied English at Cambridge University and Photography at the University of Westminster. In 1984 he co-founded Photofusion, one of the country’s leading photography galleries and education centres.
In the 1990s he began working extensively across Africa as a photojournalist covering conflicts in South Sudan, Rwanda, Angola and Somalia. He became a member of the picture agency Panos in 1990 and his work appears regularly in the national and international press.
Active consent is characteristic of his documentary photography of social issues, working with the people involved to make un-contrived but collaborative pictures.
Crispin has also been exhibited at the Photographers Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, Camerawork and at the Impressions, Candid and Metro galleries. His latest exhibition Stone Hole, a collaboration with video artist Susi Arnott at the Photofusion Gallery is now touring to Peninsula Arts in Plymouth. His book ‘Pressure Underground’ (2001) accompanied his exhibition for the London Transport Museum.
In 2008 he and Gideon started working together in a series of participatory projects with children in schools. The success of these led to the creation of 3EyesOn in 2010.