Reportage Artists

I've posted this a little late, really I should have done the research before doing any of the work, but I was eager to get the work done and considering I only had two weeks to fill ten sketchbooks, research was the furthest thing from my mind.

I'd like to start this blog with some information on an artist I recently discovered during the course of my Reportage work. So I guess that means I've been doing the research while doing the work.


Greg Betza is a talented Illustrator from New Jersey in America and is quite versatile, producing work that caters to his clients requirements. He has worked for NBC Sports, E&J Gallo Winery and The Wall Street Journal.

He also has a wonderful Reportage section on his blog which displays work he done in the middle of Times Square on a traffic free day. The work is beautiful, full of motion and life in a memorable, colourful setting.

He seems to draw just about everything and every where he goes, his interest stretching into live music performances and sporting events.


Eddie Pena is a storyboard and comic book artist who also specializes in Reportage. His work is bold and flowing, capturing everyday occurrences with ease. His use of colour is subtle, leaving much of the scene black and white.

Mr Pena has worked for Jib Jab Media, E&J Gallo Winery and has exhibited art in the London Regional Art Gallery and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


Mercy Kagia is a devoted Reportage artist who was born in Kenya but who is now based in London, England. She had a love of drawing since being a girl and that love took her through her Degree.

She is an avid people watcher and takes great pleasure in drawing the often unnoticed everyday life. In 2013 she took her passion for drawing and started to research, gaining her a practice based PhD as a reflection on Contemporary Reportage Drawing. Her thesis Documenting Daily Life Through Reportage Drawing went hand in hand with an exhibition of her work 'Drawings of Kisumu'.


Rob Conway is an artist based in London who specializes in Editorial and Reportage illustration, utilizing a variety of mediums including acrylic, water colour, photography and digital manipulation.

His Reportage is impressive and the motion and lively nature of the scenes is present in the application of the colour as well as the initial drawing.

Rob has an extensive client list which includes BBC Wildlife Magazine, E3 Productions and the Health Service Journal.


Anna Cattermole is a UK based Reportage artist with dreams of travelling the world to document the world in the form of her Reportage work. She has worked as a freelance illustrator and has completed work for WH Smiths, Marks and Spencer, Smythsons, Boots and many more.

She never works from secondary sources, insisting on being able to see the subject of her work first hand.