| Born in East Yorkshire I trained in
Graphic Design at Hull College of Art. Hull has since won the title of the worst place to live in England. The award has given the town a lot of confidence - they would have hated to have come second. After graduating I worked for a few years in London Advertising Agencies before embarking on a career teaching Graphic Design and Advertising. I was employed as a senior lecturer in Advertising at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College. It was a job I loved. I couldn't believe I was being paid to do it - neither could my students. Having left the College in 2003 I am now visiting lecturer to the leading colleges in advertising in Milan, Amsterdam and England. In 1998 I designed and took the photographs for The Hook Norton Brewery's Collectors Calendar, and went on to produce all the subsequent calendars for the Brewery. The 2002 edition was nominated for a silver pencil award by D&AD, the most prestigious design and advertising body in the country. I'm a committed black and white photographer of landscapes, still life and people. I was trained in |
"wet darkroom" printing, but find the world of
digital image making has opened up enormous possibilities for producing
fine art images. I'm keen to explore ways of combining the two
disciplines, possibly through contact printing techniques. Currently I'm producing a series of black and white portraits of the Cromer fishermen, for which a book is planned. Recently I undertook some studies of Dancers for Tilted Productions and Norfolk Dance. This site will feature more of that work soon. I'm also working on a protracted study of 'Drinkers' - their bars, habits and nightlife. Now living in Cromer Norfolk and producing a series of land and seascapes - and of course some studies of Norfolk drinking haunts. In 2009 I was very pleased to find out I'd won Professional Photographer of the Year, and in 2010 the Reportage section of Black and White Photographer of the Year. I was also lucky enough to meet Nick Hand and be interviewed by him during his epic cycle ride around the coast of Britain, www.slowcoast.co.uk
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