Welcome to my site.
My work focuses mainly (though not exclusively) on the English landscape and how we interact with the “natural” space we find ourselves in. We often use that word “natural” rather loosely in the context of the landscape – but in reality, almost no part of the English landscape can really be described as such. Millennia of human activity – building, farming, forestry, industry and extraction, transport and leisure activities – have all reshaped the landscape we see today.
Some of my work has focused on detrimental changes such as pollution and habitat loss. But my pictures also celebrate the fact that much of our countryside remains a place of beauty (natural or otherwise) where more and more of us are seeking solace from our busy urban lives.
A Zigzag Path
A Zigzag Path reflects on the life and work of Gilbert White (1720 – 1793), the pioneering natural historian and author of The Natural History of Selborne. This series pairs new photographs relating to White’s life and work, with extracts of text from his letters and journals.
Velatae (veiled)
A short series of six photographs, looking at questions of concealment.
Taxus
Taxus is an extended project exploring the Yew tree (Taxus baccata) and its place in our history, culture and mythology.
The Silent Walk
The Silent Walk was made as a commission for Independent Photography in the South East (IPSE). The work looks at the memorial constructed to commemorate those who died in the Grenfell fire of 2017 and how local artists have joined together to respond to that tragedy and injustice.
Softly, in the Dusk
Softly, in the Dusk is my most recent book. It shows photographs taken around the ex-mining town of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. The photographs, paired with words by D H Lawrence, tell stories of how things were, how things are.
Tales From a Riverbank
Tales From a Riverbank is a landscape series, published as a photobook, telling stories from the Arun valley in West Sussex.
Songs & Prophecies
This work explores my home village of Felpham in West Sussex, a village that from 1800 to 1803 was also the home of artist and mystic poet, William Blake. The series combines 21st century landscape photographs with short extracts from Blake’s written work.
Civic Parish Boundary
This series investigates the idea of “Place” at a succession of points along the civic parish boundary of my home village, Felpham in West Sussex.
The Tears of Amphitrite
The Tears of Amphitrite looks at the effect that our consumer choices are making on the marine environment
A Box of Memories
This short AV sequence was made for a workshop led by Bologna-based artist Sonia Lenzi for the Independent Photographers of the South East
At the Gallery
This work is about the act of looking. Museums and art galleries offer us the opportunity to look not only at the works on display, but also, to observe others viewing those works.
Traces of Tuscany
A short photobook reflecting on a visit to Tuscany in 2017