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
Category Archives: Portraits
Rubyyy Jones
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
St Marie de la Mer Gypsies
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
Cowboys
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
Beautiful Incisions
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
Saints & Nomads
In the days of 120 film and a life without children I asked Ilford to sponsor me on a trip to the wilderness of Gujarat to photograph Saints & Nomads. I set off with an old Hasselblad and some reflectors … Continue reading
Women Caught
On one of the extended trips I took to India I worked with a man called Jack Prager in Calcutta, and visited a women’s sterilisation clinic in Bangalore. In all the time I have spent in India, and I guess … Continue reading