Editorial Portrait: Royal British Legion Magazine / by John Wellings

I was commissioned towards the end of 2021 to photograph Michelle Harley for the RBL magazine. The article was focused on dependency, beating addiction and what it is that makes service personnel vulnerable to addiction. Michelle works for the Legion as an Outreach Officer so she helps service personnel directly with their dependency problems.

It’s always a challenge to shoot a ‘studio’ look in someones front room. Luckily we just about had enough space for this one. Here is the original image below (Left) alongside how it was used in the magazine (Right).

editorial portrait in magazine