Photography: the art of recording light (1981-)

When I first started out, it was with the knowledge that I wanted to do something in the visual field. and until 1980 I mainly worked towards becoming an illustrator.

Then at the Maidstone College of Art & Design I came across Jacque Henri Lartigue. That meeting kind of marked the end of my concentration on illustration. Photography was the new love, and to this day, though I mostly work in graphics, I still see myself as a photographer.

Through the years I have worked in almost every kind of photography, in and out of the studio; from fashion, editorial, advertising and still-life, to theatre, photojournalism and what is rather strangely called art photography. I suppose by that people try to define straight photography where one attemps to create lasting images from the mundanities of daily life. Whatever you wish to call it, this for me is where photographs truly come into their own. And, had I the luxury, this would be practically the only thing I would do. For this portfolio I've tried to choose a representative, some would say eccentric, selection of work.

Route 93 | photography in the United States

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Massive country. I took a journey through some small portion of it back in the dark ages of the Twentieth Century. I went there to look at it as a tourist, and found myself in familiar lands. Everywhere I looked, I recognised something as essentially part of my personal memory.

The Portraits:
The impulse to photograph ourselves is almost as strong in some of us as the need to procreate. My brief to myself was a simple one. "Shoot on 35mm, black & white, 50mm lens, one shot only, per character (no second chances), and most of all DON'T POSE THEM". Here is a small selection of the series, (all of them were printed to exhibition standard) and, I hope, will one day become a book or an exhibition, or both.

The West:
is a tiny record of what I picked up on during the course of a two month trek in the western states. I travelled from North to South California, from Marin County, to Northern Mexico, along the Pacific coast road, on Highway One, and then inland through Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah & Colorado.

in 2007, 3 in a box design associates published a limited edition book of this work.

Invisible Cities | a special series shot in London 1989

Cassi

Fashion | various fashion projects

Portraits | miscellaneous portraits 1990 - to date

Avid Images | a series of fashion shots for English Vogue 1984 - 85

General

The Olympians | a series of POLAROID SX70's from the 1996 Greek Olympic Team, editorial for MAX magazine,

Theatre

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