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Don McCullin, A Space Odyssey at the BFI…….May 2019

DON MCCULLIN, A SPACE ODYSSEY AT THE BFI…….MAY 2019

One of the reasons I wanted to pursue a carer in photography was the work of Don McCullin. 

He is by far the best documentary photographer the world has ever seen, his images are so strong and evoke such a response, in me anyway, that I wanted to be a documentary photographer. He had a massive retrospective of his work at the Tate, so of course…

Sultans, Elephants, Brexit and Trump…….April 2019

  SULTANS, ELEPHANTS AND BREXIT AND TRUMP…….APRIL 2019

I love a good protest march and there have been plenty to go on recently.

April was particularly busy.

At the beginning of April came the news that Brunei was passing a law that would punish gay sex and adultery by stoning to death.

The celebshad come out calling for a boycott of the Sultan of Brunei’s hotels and not being a regular at The…

You Look How I feel…….March 2019

  YOU LOOK HOW I FEEL…….MARCH 2019

Die Zeit run a weekly feature in their newspaper of an animal with the headline ‘You look, How I feel’.

I have had about 10 of my images used over the last year or so, some of which are below.

And I had a nice email from the International Color Awardsto say my portrait of a Peregrine Falcon was a finalist in the animal category of the awards. (It didn’t win, but…

Billie-Jo, Aperol Spritz and Good Luck…….February 2019

  BILLIE-JO, APEROL SPRITZ AND GOOD LUCK……FEBRUARY 2019

Here we go again, playing catch up and writing this in April!

February was a bit well….February, so here are some photos of my perfect Billie-Jo.

I have recently done a podcast and also taken part in a Netflix documentary with her and as we have just been going through some of her phone photos and picked a few out, I thought I would post…

Charities, Podcasts, Chatting and Stuff……February 2019

  CHARITIES, PODCASTS, CHATTING AND STUFF…….FEBRUARY 2019

  I have always enjoyed working for charities and early this month I headed up to Manchester with the wonderful team from Consider Creative to see the ground breaking research the British Heart Foundationis funding. I’m glad that there are people like Dr Adam Greenstein out there toiling away to find the answers and cures to the worst…

Turkeys, Chanting and Druids…….December 2018

  TURKEYS, CHANTING AND DRUIDS…….DECEMBER 2018

It has been a pretty busy and fun year!

To end it off a trip to Stonehenge for the Winter Solstice and 19 round our kitchen table for Christmas dinner.

The Solstice at Stonehenge I LOVE!

I love being a part of a tradition that stretches back thousands of years, I love being able to touch the stones, I love being there when the sun rises over the…

Chickens, Ducks and Cocks…….November 2018

  CHICKENS, DUCKS AND COCKS…….NOVEMBER 2018

A quick trip up to The National Poultry Show in Telford to take a few portraits of the finest poultry in Europe!

Owls, Horses And A New Agent…….October 2018

  OWLS, HORSES AND A NEW AGENT…….OCTOBER 2018

  October gets off to a great start.

I went to see a photographers agent called Mark Gibson, with my animal portraits.

He liked my work, I liked him a lot and now he is representing me!

He has just launched his new website which you can see here:

www.markgibsonphotography.com

Mark is great, his website is great, his photographers are all great…….in…

Jolie…….September 2018

  JOLIE…….SEPTEMBER 2018

I saw my friend’s daughter the other day looking very cool.

So, I took some portraits of her…….

  ARCHBISHOPS, GRANDMA’S, SHEEP AND CLEARING…….AUGUST 2018

Arriving back from our trip round Europe, where we had half an hour of rain the whole time we were there, we drive off the ferry into a good old English downpour.

It doesn’t last though and the Summer of 2018 carries on and on and on, and it is wonderful.

Mainly tennis and parties and parties and tennis and Grandma’s 80th birthday parties…

Football, Dump The Trump, Europe and Pride…….July 2018

  FOOTBALL, DUMP THE TRUMP, EUROPE AND PRIDE…….JULY 2018

Well, July turned out to be a pretty busy month!

The football started and it was great!

After all the years of disappointment, there was no expectation on the team and for a while anyway, the nation was gripped.

I loved all of it and couldn’t get enough.

From Germany, Portugal, Spain and Brazil crashing out, England winning a penalty…

My Perspective, Hills and Triathlons…….June 2018

  MY PERSPECTIVES, HILLS AND TRIATHLONS…….JUNE 2018

Following on from the Positive Energies exhibition last month, the Down’s Syndrome Association held their annual photography competition ‘My Perspective’.

The competition is open to anyone with Down’s syndrome and the only rules are that:

1. You must have Down’s syndrome.

2. You must have taken the photograph yourself.

Of the 300 entries entered…

Positive Energies exhibition…….May 2018

POSITIVE ENERGIES EXHIBITION…….MAY 2018

Although Shifting Perspectives has stopped touring….I am still doing talks and showing the images.

This month I organised an exhibition for the Japanese photographer Mr Fumio Nabata, to show his images of children with Down’s syndrome.

I met Mr Nabata In 2014 when the Shifting Perspectivesexhibition visited Tokyo. As part of his job Fumio travels the world…

VisAble…….April 2018

VISABLE…….APRIL 2018

Back in 1996 myself and Fiona had a book published called ‘The Road to Glory’ – A Portrait of Britain’s Paralympians.

I love sport and couldn’t understand why Tanni Grey, (now Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE) who had come back from the Barcelona Paralympicswith four Gold medals, wasn’t plastered all over the back pages of the red tops wearing a Union Jack flag. In fact not many…

Soldier on, Absolutely!…….March 2018

  SOLDIER ON, ABSOLUTLEY!…….MARCH 2018

I think I mentioned before we usually only go to the theatre for a birthday or if someone we know is in the play.

Well our friend David Solomon is in Soldier On, so we took ourselves off to The Playground Theatre.

Tucked away on Latimer Road, by Wormwood Scrubs, it’s not somewhere I would have rushed to, but appearances can be deceptive and it is a great…

Llama’s, Pigeons and Elen…….February 2018

LLAMA’S, PIGEONS AND ELEN…….FEBRUARY 2018

We are now in May, so it is catchup time again!

I shot a Llama in a studio in Shoreditch last year for Tatler magazine, which was fun.

Here he is in a German magazine, asking the question, ‘What if we all went vegan?’

Sticking with Germany, Die Zeit have used another of my animal portraits in their ‘You look, how I feel’ series.

And here are a couple of…