It’s National Dog Photography Day on July 26 and I love getting opportunities from time to time to take photos of people’s beloved pooches. Dogs can be fun and challenging and totally unpredictable. It’s the challenge of capturing that unique moment while trying to negotiate with a dog that I love. This is a recent… Read More
Great evening last night being with The Association of Photographers and attending a private view of Representation on the Line II: (Un)framing our Identities which is part of the Royal Photographic Society’s Hundred Heroines campaign that is showcasing some great female photographers from the UK and across the world at The Old Telephone Exchange in… Read More
It was wonderful to be at Bevis Marks Synagogue in the City of London last night and hear and capture some great moments about how its planned multi-million pound religious, educational and cultural centre will be developed with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It was also exciting to hear that Prince Charles will… Read More
Now that the exhibition in London of the Wellcome Trust 2019 Photography Prize is over, just want to share a few words, well a paragraph or two. ? Making it to the Wellcome Trust Photography Prize shortlist has been an amazing journey in the last 12 months for Best Days Of Your Life. Recently, the… Read More
I was deeply honoured tonight in London to be shortlisted for the international Wellcome Photography PrIze 2019 for a portrait from my Best Days Of Your Life series in the Outbreaks category (2019 theme). I am truly appreciative for my portrait, which seeks to remove the taboo of adolescent self-harm and empower the subject, to… Read More
As someone who grew up in the Barbican, in the city of London, I’m very proud of my roots and background and so it was very nice to see my childhood local newspaper, Islington Gazette, write about one of the portraits from Best Days Of Your Life being on the shortlist for the Wellcome Trust’s… Read More
Thank you to the Brent & Kilburn Times in London who have done a lovely write up on how one of the portraits from Best Days Of Your Life has been shortlisted in the Outbreak category for the Wellcome Trust’s international Wellcome Photography Prize. Last year, the Brent & Kilburn Times wrote about how the… Read More
I am delighted and excited to announce that I have been shortlisted by the Wellcome Trust for its international Wellcome Photography PrIze 2019 for a portrait from my Best Days Of Your Life series in the Outbreaks category (2019 theme). All shortlisted entries can be viewed here: Best Days Of Your Life is a photographic… Read More
When my photographic journey began, I like many other casual photographers captured images for creative and aesthetic pleasure or simply to document moments in our lives. I never really considered the therapeutic benefits that photography can bring. Last week saw me deliver a talk and take part in a phototherapy symposium, which I had been… Read More
Thank you to reporter Sarah Turnnidge from Bristol Live for covering my talk on my photographic project Best Days Of Your Life to the Royal Photographic Society as part of its World Photo Therapy Day Symposium in Bristol on Wednesday. You can read the coverage here. Best Days Of Your Life looks at a group… Read More