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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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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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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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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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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
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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