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I spent many years travelling, photographing and then manufacturing in India and saw endless extraordinary sights. Some, agonising in their beauty, others, in their horror and I can have 100% total recall at times of the oddest, most abstract moments. … Continue reading
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The pleasure of taking a photograph is almost indescribable. The closest I can come to how it feels is that moment in Billy Elliot, at his exam for the Royal Ballet, as he leaves knowing that he has not been … Continue reading
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I have worked with Rubyyy Jones for several months now and together we have produced an extraordinary body of work. It is challenging to work out which image I love more than any other, and for this reason I end … Continue reading
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St Marie de la Mer – Every year the Carmargue is host to a series of festivals celebrating various aspects of the region’s complex history. The celebration of the miracles of Saint Marie de la Mer are rather unique: gypsies from all … Continue reading
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The Carmargue features in another piece here on The Long Spoon, and the Cowboys are mentioned. Not many know about this extraordinary breed of men. The Carmargue is a harsh environment. Blazing hot and mosquito-filled in the summer, it is … Continue reading
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A mala is a garland of prayers, literally. It is necklace made of flowers or beads, sometimes very precious stones, and each bead or flower is a repeated prayer or mantra. Traditionally a mala is used for meditation, to still … Continue reading
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1989 seems like a very long time ago. I was working there as the photographer on a documentary. We were filming Peruvian Paso Fino horses on a privately funded adventure…. in the middle of a terrorist war, It was stressful, frightening, terrifying at … Continue reading
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India is the land of gods. They have thousands of gods ranged in layers, tumbling down from Krishna who is seen by many as the overarching God of Gods. But then there are those who would say that Vishnu has … Continue reading
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Gujarat is a curious place, as I wrote in another text here. It is like the land that Time Forgot. No physical dinosaurs, but a place that seems to have ignored progress unless it is forced upon it, like the … Continue reading
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You may or may not know that I am an excellent portrait photographer. It is a skill that I put down for a while to build up Devotion. I now feel it is time to pick it up again. I … Continue reading
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I am in the Middle East during the height of the summer, at the end of Ramadan. Easy to say Insane, but I choose to be here. I like the softness of the place, love listening to the language and … Continue reading
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In a fit of insanity, recently, I decided it would be fun to take the children to Brighton for the day. In an effort to be a lovely mummy, the Pier, was my main objective. I drive a Land Rover … Continue reading