My wife and I have just returned from a relaxing couple of weeks house-sitting for a friend near Mojacar. In August and July the heat in Madrid is unbearable, consistently hitting temperatures of 38°C. Madrileños usually take part of August away from the city, and this year we joined them....
Alongside writer Alicia Kirby, I visited Italy’s beautiful northern coastline to photograph the headquarters of Technogym, the renowned producers of gym equipment. Our mission was to confirm rumours that the Italian company’s HQ was one of the best places in the world to work. The feature was for online platform Amuse,...
Just over a week ago, I visited Manchester for the launch of the Hayward Gallery’s new touring show ‘All That Is Solid Melts Into Air’, curated by Jeremy Deller. About 5 months ago I got a phone call from Lesley Young, a freelance curator from Glasgow, who was working alongside...
Its been a good while since I’ve added a blog post here, so here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening over the last few months. Since early September I’ve been making lots of trips back to Spain to continue making photographs in reaction to the ongoing economic crisis. The...
I’ve never been to one of the big European photography fairs before, so its great to be heading over to ParisPhoto this week. While the main event at the Grand Palais looks slightly epic in scale and grandeur, I’m also super excited about some of the fringe events – NoFound Photofair,...
As many of you may be aware, I’m a big cycling fan; As the Olympics in London got closer, I started planning how I was best going to see the various road racing events that passed through my part of the city. On the opening Saturday of the games, I...
I’m really excited to be exhibiting in the years London Festival of Photography; The flagship show, ‘The Great British Public‘, will take place across two venues – a main exhibition at The Dog Eared Gallery and a smaller selection in St. Pancras International station as part of their ‘Best of British’...
Back in October 2011 I received a red envelope through the post bearing what could be deciphered as on the one hand good news, and on the other bad; My speculative entry into the London Marathon had somehow got through the ballot, and I had a much sought after place...
I’m really excited to be working with Harry Hardie and Ben Weaver from HERE Press on a small book of my Occupied Spaces work. Made in reaction to claims by the right wing press that the tents at the St. Paul’s occupation were uninhabited, the photographs countered this view by showing...
I’ve been with my Parisian agency Picturetank for 4 years now. A few weeks ago, Vasantha (my picture editor there) got in touch to let me know that Julia, the bubbly English translator and staunch Tottenham Hotspur fan was leaving for pastures new. He asked if I would be willing to donate a...
This past weekend I took a trip up to Sheffield in Yorkshire to visit some friends and add some variety to my London Marathon training. My mates Oli and Rob took me on a 12 mile adventure through the ice and snow. I took a few photographs on the way;...
As some of you may be aware, I’m currently in training for the London Marathon; As part of my preparation for this, I took off at the end of January for a 9 day running holiday in Morocco. Over the last few years, the bulk of my overseas travel has...
Some of my Notting Hill Carnival Photographs are featured in The Church of London’s special edition newspaper ‘The Good Times’ – it’s out today. Today is supposedly the most depressing day of the year; ‘The Good Times’ is a breath of fresh air and a call to be optimistic in 2012! You can...
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