London Photography Festival – The Great British Public
I’m really excited to be exhibiting in the years London Festival of Photography; The flagship show, ‘The Great British Public‘, will take place across two venues – a main exhibition at The Dog Eared Gallery and a smaller selection in St. Pancras International station as part of their ‘Best of British’ Event. ‘The Great British Public’ [...]
Santa Maria makes magical pizza
Just up the road from my office, there’s this fantastic pizzeria called Santa Maria. Last year they won ‘London’s Best Pizza’ in Time Out Magazine. I get on pretty well with Pasquale, the owner. He likes cycling, music and football, Napoli to be precise. When he asked me to photograph his restaurant in return for [...]
Print Sale for AUCB Degree Show
You may have seen that I have recently put a new series live on my website; shot in late January, ‘Africa’s Premier Ski Resort’ looks at one of Africa’s only locations for winter sports, Oukaïmeden in Morocco. In conjunction with FThirtyEight, (the Arts University College at Bournemouth BA Commercial Photography Degree Show) I’m auctioning off 2 prints [...]
Squeaky Bum Time
Back in October 2011 I received a red envelope through the post bearing what could be deciphered as on the one hand good news, and on the other bad; My speculative entry into the London Marathon had somehow got through the ballot, and I had a much sought after place on the starting line. It [...]
‘Occupied Spaces’ – Book, Artist Talk and Group Show
I’m really excited to be working with Harry Hardie and Ben Weaver from HERE Press on a small book of my Occupied Spaces work. Made in reaction to claims by the right wing press that the tents at the St. Paul’s occupation were uninhabited, the photographs countered this view by showing the tent interiors, inviting the [...]
Work in Situ
I’ve been with my Parisian agency Picturetank for 4 years now. A few weeks ago, Vasantha (my picture editor there) got in touch to let me know that Julia, the bubbly English translator and staunch Tottenham Hotspur fan was leaving for pastures new. He asked if I would be willing to donate a print for her as a [...]
Marathon Training in the Peak District
This past weekend I took a trip up to Sheffield in Yorkshire to visit some friends and add some variety to my London Marathon training. My mates Oli and Rob took me on a 12 mile adventure through the ice and snow. I took a few photographs on the way; I didn’t think that I’d [...]
A Moroccan Adventure
As some of you may be aware, I’m currently in training for the London Marathon; As part of my preparation for this, I took off at the end of January for a 9 day running holiday in Morocco. Over the last few years, the bulk of my overseas travel has been very photo-centric, so it [...]
Smile, The Good Times are here!
Some of my Notting Hill Carnival Photographs are featured in The Church of London’s special edition newspaper ‘The Good Times’ - it’s out today. Today is supposedly the most depressing day of the year; ‘The Good Times’ is a breath of fresh air and a call to be optimistic in 2012! You can pick up a free copy [...]