Exploring the Paris of the Parisians, districts full of charm and typical Parisian lifestyle, mostly away from the great classics that everyone goes to - at least once. Strolling around and suddenly coming across a small square with trees, a flowery little street, or...
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Dunes and Beaches
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, a fashionable place, is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. A small town with a population of 50,355 welcomes up to 250,000 people during the summer. Originally an area of wild sand dunes and forest – part of a hunting...
Continue readingThe Secret Garden
The Secret Garden, hidden in the shadow of a 12th century Abbey in the town of Malmesbury - Englands oldest borough. At dusk, beautiful nymphs appear in the fading golden light and there's a magical frisson in the atmosphere. A wonderful place to be...
Continue readingLoving Languedoc
Languedoc today covers just a small part of the much larger area of France that was known in the Middle Ages as the Pays de Langue d’Oc. The “Langues d’Oc” was a name given to a whole family of French dialects spoken in the southern...
Continue readingZara Watson
Zara, in her own words ….. “I feel like the lens is my stage where I perform, and I love it! I love all styles of modelling, serious, cool, strong, sexy, with attitude, fun, happy, commercial, quirky, creative, feminine, soft”. Top drawer. Ultimate Pro. What...
Continue readingParis – the Streets, People and Places (video)
"Paris ... is a world meant for the walker alone, for only the pace of strolling can take in all the rich detail." Edmund White, author of 'The Flaneur'. It's a bit of a stroll both through some of the busier areas as well...
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A young woman who I've photographed several times now and who, I believe, represents everything that is professional about studio work and modelling. And such an absolute pleasure to work with. ...
Continue readingAviation Apocalypse
Two models, loads of old aircraft and it poured down. Making the most of a difficult shoot at the Gatwick Aviation Museum with Gavin Hoey, Tommy Reynolds, models Kerry Allingham and Roger Bruce …. and a very large smoke machine. The museum has a...
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Every year there are six events held at Prescott, two of them rounds of the British Hillclimb Championship, the VSCC meeting and three ‘club’ events. On my first outing I learned two things: Photographing fast moving cars in this sport is pretty tricky and...
Continue readingAnother Tango in Paris
On the left bank of the Seine at Quai Saint-Bernard there is a small park named after the Corsican singer and movie star Tino Rossi. It's between the Sully and Austerlitz bridges and it's become enormously popular as an impromptu dance venue from mid-afternoon into the...
Continue readingEezy Blues Band
Eezy Blues is a group based in Jumilhac le Grand in the North of the Dordogne, playing Blues, Rock & Soul classics from the 50s to the 80s. A great sound and ambience which really gets the predominantly French family audience on their feet. Just...
Continue readingAndrogyny … in the back streets of Plymouth
Androgyny (n) among humans – expressed in terms of biological sex characteristics, gender identity, or gender expression – is attested to from earliest history and across world cultures. For the purpose of this project we considered it a 'look', albeit one that Alex is very...
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