Hello friends, Welcome to my blog today, I am calling you ‘friends’ because I have had some kind of connection with almost every single one of you over the years. I’m letting photo fans out there know that Brighton Photo Fringe is taking place now throughout October across Brighton & Hove, Newhaven and Portsmouth with [...]
The sum of my mum's photos sit neatly in a green Clarks shoes box, some even have precise short handwritten descriptions on the back. On the other hand, my dad's photos are scattered and mysterious. I have photos of family members I am sure I am meant to recognise, but I don't. These photos are [...]
NewbornJust one image today. I photographed this newborn in the early 1990’s as part of a project on pregnancy. This year it was one of fifty images selected to represent the word GROWTH in an exhibition curated by Sierra R. Aguilar (@seastatic) for Lenscratch. ‘This exhibition highlights the inevitability of growth. Whether that be occurring [...]
Is it a snapshot, a vernacular photograph, a human expression or perhaps a form of social documentation? What happens to the meaning or value of an image when we change the words we use to describe it? I used to make pictures in public spaces all the time, it was my training ground, but in [...]
Hello dear friends, happy month of May to you. I hope you are taking time to absorb the glorious sunshine and taking time to notice the light whatever that may mean to you. I wanted to share with you that I am really chuffed to have this image selected from my ‘Being with You’ project for [...]
After many years of visiting the Etherton Gallery on our biannual trips to Tucson Arizona USA, I had the good fortune to bump into the director and owner or the gallery himself, Terry Etherton, I asked what was his favourite image that day - well that sparked an impromptu mini-tour around the gallery. Terry led [...]
A note of thanks to all of you who were able to make the trek to Brighton for our Photo Fringe show, my Mother Daughter and Bathing Season with Tolly Robinson. It was such a treat to see you and to feel your support, my cup was filled as they say. For those who could [...]
I’d like to invite you our exhibition at Brighton Art Space Informal - Opening night - Friday 25th October 6pm - 9pm Saturday - 26th 11 - 6pm Sunday - 27th 11 - 4pm This exhibition presents two interconnected bodies of work exploring the often unspoken bonds between mother and daughter. My Mum’s Nighties & [...]
From on going project Every morning greeting Window Even missing you is beautiful Washing on sky I wasn’t, by any means a natural. Was not one of those wow-hounds born jaw-dropped. I was tough in the husk. Went years untouched by rain. Took shelter seriously, [...]
Darling Friends, How is summer treating you ? Summer, yes this is it !!! I’d like to share that I have finally published an A5 zine called My Mum’s Nighties. This publication is a short reflection on the belongings in my mum's flat the week she died, it made me question the importance of the [...]
