Guy Woodland was born in Karachi in Pakistan, and has lived and worked extensively in Australia, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Portugal, Brazil and the UK. He studied at Blackpool and Fylde College in the UK, earning a diploma in professional photography. He operates internationally as a photographer. His studios are located in Wirral, UK and he owns www.liverpoolphotos.com - an online global picture resource.

He is a co-founder and vice-president of Cities500, an internationally focused publishing house; and an associate of Barge Pole Press, a worldwide collaboration of writers, photographers and graphic designers.

He has previously published a range of books that include the popular photographic studies: The Life of Chester, The Life of the Gateway Theatre and The Life of Liverpool; as well as a profile of the acclaimed sculptor Stephen Broadbent; along with an architecturally focused book Shed KM .

Guy also published World Heritage City, the acclaimed and best-selling photo essay book inspired by UNESCO and its programme of protecting glorious and historic sites and buildings. Another of his books is the large format, coffee table classic, Waterfront, a best selling photographic essay study of Liverpool’s hypnotic river frontage. He was also responsible for publishing a collection of showbiz celebrity Mike McCartney's photographic memories in the critically acclaimed Mike McCartney's Liverpool Life and Mike's highly lauded LIVE8 book that captured the behind the scenes activities at London's LIVE8 concert in the summer of 2005. The book has forewords by Mike's brother Sir Paul McCartney and his friend Sir Bob Geldof.

Guy was co-author of Liverpool: The First 1,000 Years, The Grand National Quiz Book, Cross the Mersey and The Christmas Day Liverpool Quiz Book: all in his role as a director of Garlic Press Publishing. As vice-president and a director of Cities500 he has also published The Friendship Arch, a book focusing on the twinning of Shanghai and Liverpool; the first in a planned education series of books for young children, I CAN, YOU CAN; Urban Reflections - a collaboration with Hewlett Packard - a photo-essay focus on Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and Wirral Waterfront, a remarkable photographic tribute to what is described as the 'jewel in the crown' of the North West of England. His latest books include a special two-volume edition entitled Mighty Winds - Mighty Champions, celebrating the return of the famous Open Golf Championship to Wirral in 2006; and In a Kingdom Far Away, an anthology of Russian folk tales translated and illustrated by school children in the UK and Russia.

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