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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, ​but in having new eyes."             Marcel Proust

Over the years, my photographic journey has taken me from black & white and street photography, wildlife and landscape, to the abstract photography I enjoy so much today. 

​When going out with my camera I do not have a particular image in mind, there is no shot that I want to bring home. Instead, I strive to let go of any preconceived ideas and to be open for the unexpected, my photography is solely guided by intuition, I wait to see what I find (or what finds me) and what inspires me. Therefore, my images are personal interpretations of the world and how I see it at a certain moment in time. 

It is not my intention to show an accurate or realistic picture of the world that surrounds us but to create a different reality by focusing on the beauty in those details or angles that are often overlooked or lost in the bigger picture. 

Multiple exposure, intentional camera movement, close-up and macro photography are the techniques I use to create my images. Whether it is a small, out of context detail, a different viewpoint, a flipped, a distorted or a double exposed image, I like breaking the rules of representational photography and the unforeseeable outcomes and surprising results these techniques bear (well, at least for me they are still largely unforeseeable) along with the fact that each photo is so unique that it is almost impossible to reproduce it, even for me.

I hope that my work encourages the viewer to look at the world that surrounds us with an open mind and from new perspectives.


Influences
My photography is not only influenced by photographers but also by a wide range of painters and sculptors, namely by the expressionist and impressionist abstract artists of the 19th and 20th century.

Contemporary photographers whose work I admire include Valda Bailey, Bae Bien-U, Al Brydon, Doug Chinnery, Graham Cook, Chris Friel, Paul Kenny, Joel Sternfeld, Hans Strand, David Ward and many others.

​A special thank you goes to Jane Simmonds for her inspiration, her support and her patience.


Exhibitions
  • Open 25, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, UK (2025)
  • Winter exhibition 'Inspired by Landscape', AKA Contemporary Gallery, Cambridge, UK (2024)
  • (Return) to the Sea, Seafront Gallery, Worthing, UK (2024)
  • Group exhibition "International Garden Photographer Of The Year", Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew), London, UK (2023)
  • Winter Showcase, The Found Gallery, Dunbar, UK (2022)
  • Solo Exhibition "Dreamscapes", Gallery 6, Newark on Trent, UK (2022)
  • Open 2022 Tarpey Gallery, Nottingham, UK (2022)
  • Open 2021 Tarpey Gallery, Nottingham, UK (2021)
  • Solo Exhibition "By the Lake", Gallery 6, Newark on Trent, UK (2020)
  • Group Exhibition Off-Centre, Nottingham, UK (2019)
  • Group Exhibition Connected, Nottingham, UK (2018)

Awards
  • Director's Choice Award, AKA Contemporaty Gallery, Cambridge, UK, with 'Morning Glow'
  • International Garden Photographer of the Year 17, commended in the category 'Trees, Woods & Forests' with 'Gold Glitter'
  • Close-up Photographer of the Year 5 (2023), shortlisted in the category 'Intimate Landscape' with 'Pot of Gold'
  • International Garden Photographer of the Year 16, 3rd place in the category 'Abstract Views' with 'Dancing Birch Tree'
  • Close-up Photographer of the Year 4 (2022), Shortlisted in the category 'Manmade' with 'Fire Pit'
  • Close-up Photographer of the Year 3 (2021), Shortlisted in the category 'Intimate Landscape' with 'Scorched Earth'
  • Close-up Photographer of the Year 2 (2020), Finalist in the category 'Plants & Fungi' with 'Birch Bark Abstract'

Media
  • International Garden Photographer of the Year Book - Collection 17
  • ​International Garden Photographer of the Year Book - Collection 16
  • Feature in 'Amateur Photographer Magazine Macro Special' (April 2023)
  • 'On Landscape' 4x4 portfolio (May 2020)
  • 'Outdoor Photography Magazine' (October 2018)

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  • Galleries
    • Recent >
      • Cornwall rocks
      • Lights and Shadows
    • Man-Made >
      • Abstracts
      • Concrete Abstractions
      • Craquelures
      • Elemental Matters
      • In the Boatyard
      • Journey to the Centre of the Earth
      • Under Ground
    • From Nature >
      • Willow
      • Autumn
      • By the Lake
      • In the Woods
      • Summer Meadow
      • Trees
      • Golden October
    • Imagined Land & Seascapes >
      • Beneath the Lime Trees
      • Dreamscapes
      • Imaginary Land & Seascapes
      • Rough Seas
      • Sailing
    • Places >
      • Langford Lowfields
      • Colours of Iceland
      • Lanzarote >
        • Lanzarote Wall Stones
        • Villages of Lanzarote
        • Doors and Windows of Lanzarote
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