Biography
These pictures have been taken over many years – not informed by an academic background, but by a personal aesthetic that has not particularly changed over time.
Always black and white, and hand printed as limited-edition silver gelatine archive prints.
The practice is guided by things I appreciate – an epic tale, an unexplained coincidence, seeing mystery in the mundane.
Exhibitions
Photofusion SALON2019.
Photograph selected for group show.
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2019.
Two gravure prints selected for group show.
London Print Studio Summer Members show 2019.
Gravure print selected for group show.
Photofusion SALON2018.
Photograph selected for group show.
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2018.
Two gravure prints selected for group show.
London Print Studio Summer Members show 2018.
Shortlisted as an exhibition finalist for gravure print of ‘We Are A Nation of Small, Stupid, Ugly People’.
Photofusion SALON2017
Photograph selected for group show.
Aesthetica Art Prize 2016/7
Selected for Aesthetica Art Prize Long List; group exhibition and publication.
Photofusion SALON2016
Photograph selected for group show.
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2016
Photograph selected for Room VI curated by Richard Wilson RA.
Photofusion SALON 2014.
Photograph selected for group show.
Photofusion SALON 2013.
Photograph selected for group show.
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2013.
Photo selected for the photography room at the Summer Exhibition 2013.
Project Statement
I create images to illustrate whimsical, untold stories. These stories have never seen, nor will ever see, the light of day, but the images exist and endure to tell fantastical tales. Tales of pilgrims and lost causes, of pursuits and evasions, of beasts and adventurers.
I have approached this series of images in the noble tradition of a knight-errant. I wander the countryside in search of adventure. However, there is little romance or chivalry to be found, mostly there are trudging miles of frustration and anxiety but occasionally the stars do align, a picture is taken and another chapter takes shape. These images with their captions offer an alternative view, confusing reality and fiction.
