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street photography
Street photography in Cheltenham was a new experience fo me. In recent years I have visited the town only to shoot occasional football matches, quick in-and-out trips, never hanging around. But having studied for my A Levels at a college in the town in the late 1990s, and later living there for 18 months in […]
The opening months of 2022 have seen me rekindling my passion for street photography. It’s been helped by visiting new towns, which always helps to renew the spark. Whatever those places are like, there is greater sensitivity and heightened observation when you are somewhere unfamiliar, and if you only have a limited amount of time […]
Cardiff is nearing the end of its two-week firebreak lockdown imposed by the Welsh Government to slow the spread of coronavirus. It is due to be lifted on November 9th. On Monday morning I photographed some city centre shopping streets. Media outlets and picture editors tend to favour a slightly amplified image of complete desertion […]
Gloucester was a gateway city for me, the first city I came to know well. Gloucester: ‘Glarster’ if you’re local, perhaps ‘Glowsester’ if you’re American, or ‘Gloster’ to anyone else. It was the closest city to where I grew up in the Forest of Dean. We often made the half hour journey for shopping and […]
The annual Cardiff St David’s Day Parade took place last Friday. It’s a traditional Cardiff event which I have photographed a number of times. Although I remain disappointed about missing the 2018 event. Last year it arrived in the midst of the second ‘Beast From The East’. This blast of arctic weather generated a major […]
Grenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington, London. The remains of the tower still stand after a severe fire broke out on June 14th 2017 which is said to have killed 72 people. I parrot Wikipedia to begin, because it’s difficult knowing where to start with Grenfell. It’s a monster […]
On December 19th 2018 I took myself down the motorway for a short but intense day trip of London photography. It had been a while since I’d visited and my feet had grown itchy for newness and difference. London is a sprawling, diverse city which I love, and where I lived for about three years […]
As a photographer I started cutting my teeth on Cardiff street photography. It was the first creative subject that inspired me on a regular basis and it’s something I return to fleetingly when the mood takes me, or if a commission requires. In recent years I’ve taken street photography for student guides in Cardiff and […]
Public protest photography is fascinating and wickedly stimulating. Emotional power is a magnet for most photographers. Whether it’s the romantic kiss of newlyweds, the cathartic release of a goal-celebration, or something altogether more subtle in an intimate one-to-one portrait, emotion is innately photogenic and deeply desirable. It’s often what makes us return to a photograph […]
Everyone struggles to fathom time. “How is it still January? Why is it not Friday yet? It’s midday already?! Remember when he was a little baby? Where did those ten years go?” It happens gradually, sneaks up slowly. Its passing can appear confusingly sudden and totally remarkable. You need a moment of still reflection to […]
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