Biography

My work has been published and collected internationally exhibited in fairs, galleries and museums within the UK, has sold from galleries and shops and exhibited as a one man show.  Projects are always developing but currently include Doncaster Market, Park Hill Flats Sheffield, Walks down urban arterial routes and life around Cambridge University.

Recent Events:

2010: Solo exhibition of aa2a work
2010: Black & White Photography Magazine 
2010: Visiting Artist Doncaster College, aa2a scheme
2009: Doncaster Art Gallery, Open Exhibition, Highly Commended
2009: Blue Moon Cafe, Sheffield City Centre
2009: Exhibited 12A Gallery, Doncaster
2009: Exhibited with the Fringe Arts Group, Hatfield
2009: Presentation of work and talk, ROAR, Rotherham
2009: Exhibited at the 12a Gallery Doncaster
2009: Exhibited at the Bayard Art Gallery Doncaster
2008: Coupola Gallery, Sheffield2008
2008: Presentation of work and talk, University of Cambridge
2008: Exhibition at Doncaster Art Gallery
2007: Solo exhibition, Sheffield Museum’s Gallery: The Little Mesters
2007: Amateur Photographer Magazine feature
2006: Exhibited at Art in the Garden, Sheffield
2005: Exhibited at Art in the Garden, Sheffield

Experiences & Influences:

My training as a photographer is ongoing - you never stop learning. It started some 44 years ago in the kitchen sink of our family home and continues on the PC in my study.

Formal training was as a Science Student in the early 1970's starting with glass plates and contact printing. My darkroom skills advanced under the watchful eye of Brian Barber, the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science Photographer at the University of Cambridge. Brian remains a close friend but still doesn’t accept my love of ‘soot and white wash’. More recently Andy Lynch, the Social Documentary and Wedding Photographer, has had a big influence helping me develop a keener eye and increased confidence. Other influences come from my wife Madeline a fine art undergraduate who continues to broaden my horizons and is helping me to develop an interest in Fine Art works.

I have been influenced by many photographers the following have had a lasting and major impression:

Bill Brandt
Edward Weston
Tony Ray-Jones
Don McCullen
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Cindy Sherman
Brassai