Explorer Club member and Former Royal Marine Commando Ian Finch, is an adventure and outdoor brand photographer & expedition guide whose been travelling to remote environments for over 10 years. Ian's passion for authentic visual storytelling is driven by the connection between people, culture and the landscape the world over.

His most recent journeys in 2023 involved travelling on foot through the Loita Plains in Africa with the Maasai people to understand the right of passage to become a warrior, and most recently, began a long term photography, written and film project to understand the drastically declining populations of Moose in southern Ontario and northern Minnesota. This project aims to explore the scientific and native worldview of the issue. Both projects will feature in Sidetracked Magazines physical issues in 2023/2024.

In 2019 Ian’s 1,300 mile journey to retrace the footsteps of the Cherokee removals was featured heavily for October 2019 Sidetracked Magazine Issue 16 with a 20 page written story and photo essay. Also, his 2000-mile canoe descent of the Yukon River, was included in the top 10 adventures by the Guardian in 2016. Ian has also led or participated in shoots and expeditions in Alaska, Mongolia, Africa, Greenland, Indonesia, Tibet, Canada, Spain, Iceland, Nepal, China, US, Switzerland, Sweden and Northern Norway. He has also worked with the US Airforce as an external instructor in land navigation/natural navigation and externally trained potential recruits in preparation for Royal Marines training. His raw passion for life is driven by creative discovery and capturing authentic bookmarks in time from expeditions, landscapes and people.

Ian is partnered with Fjallraven as a global guide and with their product development testing team. Ian has also worked with Shackleton Clothing, Lowe Alpine, Musto, Rohan Clothing, NRS, Sidetracked Magazine, The Independent and Guardian alongside many leading outdoor brands as lead photographer, writer or advisor on authentic adventure brand storytelling.

He combines his love for photography, writing and filmmaking with wild landscapes and the great outdoors. When not overseas, Ian lives in London, UK.