SELF PORTRAIT
My career began serendipitously in my high school chemistry lab, where a storage room was converted into a darkroom for the photography club. Beneath the amber glow, in the developer tray my first black-and-white print emerged, I was mesmerised. From that moment, photography became my life.
At 19, having studied Pure & Applied Mathematics, Physics, and Art, I stepped into the commercial world, first as a camera sales assistant, then as a darkroom technician in an advertising agency. A few years later I left to go travelling. Arriving in New Zealand, I found myself immersed in graphic design and medical illustration before returning home to the UK , years later to build a freelance photography career.
What began as a solitary freelance endeavour blossomed into a studio-based business serving clients across the UK and beyond. For three decades, I crafted still life, food, and atmospheric room-set images, with ventures into industrial and editorial commissions.
The dawn of digital photography in 1998 rekindled the wonder I once knew in that dimly lit school darkroom - software, glowing screens and keyboards replaced chemical trays, film and paper; a new universe of creation that I embraced wholeheartedly.
Now semi-retired from advertising and editorial photography, I divide my time between the UK and France, channeling my vision into unique, personal works which mostly illustrate ecological and social issues- reflecting the philosophy of 'Art for Life’s Sake'.
My work is initiated from a fascination of observing landscapes and scenes in the textures, crumblings, and stains on walls; an interplay of serendipity and pareidolia - (the human impulse to find faces, figures, and meaning in the chaotic textures of everyday life). These chance discoveries form the basis of my creative process embodied in the concept 'The Writing Is On The Wall.' Post production with technical precision and meticulous layering refine the texture photographs. With further enhancing techniques the initial visions are brought to life, exposing the narratives in a clearer form; witness to the social, political, and environmental forces shaping our world.
I make images to please myself but can't get away from wanting to please others. Success is when the image is familiar enough to ground the viewer, abstract enough to provoke inquiry.
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FIELD OF FLOWERS Wildflower fields and areas of land left untouched by man support biodiversity and combat climate change by improving soil health, capturing carbon, and providing essential habitats for pollinators.