Bea Yates is a freelance British photographer with a particular focus on human rights and social/environmental issues affecting minority groups across the world. She graduated with a degree in fine art photography from London Metropolitan University in 2008 and has since been working with a number of NGOs and newspaper agencies. She has worked on commissions and collaborations with various NGOs including Kurdish Human Rights Project, Afghan Association UK, Refugee Week UK, UNHCR, and Malaysian Care, along with many grassroots organisations in Asia for ethnic refugee groups from Burma. A former Magnum Photos intern and a close member of the Foto8 and Host Gallery team, she is now based in London concentrating on a number of UK based personal projects.