If the camera disappears and the person before me emerges from within themselves, I feel I have achieved my aim. To accomplish this requires kindness, a desire for truthfulness, and the wish to capture glimpses of these aspects in another. I would like my collaborators to feel understood.
I've had the pleasure of photographing many fascinating and unique individuals over the past few years; this is my favourite way to spend time with people.
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Malcolm Bennett - poet and author (1958-2015)
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A Life Out Loud
I met Malcolm at a poetry reading night at the House of St Barnabas in Soho. In his early days, Malcolm delivered impassioned, searing lines of poetry in the manner of a German dictator. Calling into question the validity of art as commerce, played out against the back-drop of institutionalised inertia; among other things!
In the short time I knew him he was a charming and vivid wit, with his own inimitable style.
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| Malcolm Bennett |
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| Malcolm Bennett |
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| Malcolm Bennett |
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| Malcolm Bennett |
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| Malcolm Bennett |
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| Malcolm Bennett |
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| Jessica Lauren - composer and musician |
I first met Jessica on an evening out with mutual friends. I was intrigued by the wondrous planes of her face and her mellow demeanour. To me, she possesses a timeless aesthetic and also a warmth of spirit which is evident in her musicality.
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| Jessica Lauren |
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| Jessica Lauren |
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| Jessica Lauren |
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| Jessica Lauren |
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| Paul Hiles - artist |
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| Paul Hiles |
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Jed Phoenix - fashion designer
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Jed is an authentic and uncompromising individual. A talented independent designer with her roots firmly planted in the sub-cultural principles of punk and fetish. She diligently constructs garments for those who wish to be liberated and/or restrained in style.
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| Jed Phoenix |
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| Duncan Gray - music producer |
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| Duncan Gray |
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| Duncan Gray |
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| Ann Shenton - musician |
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| Ann Shenton |
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| Ann Shenton |
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| Ziad Ghanem - fashion designer |
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| Ziad Ghanem |
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| Ziad Ghanem |
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| Jonathan Ross - gallerist |
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| Jonathan Ross |
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| Jonathan Ross |
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| Robin Sheppard - television director |
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| Robin Sheppard |
Robin Sheppard
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| Evelyne Allard - aerial artist |
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| Evelyne Allard |
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| Evelyne Allard |
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| Francis Angol - movement artist and choreographer |
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| Francis Angol |
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| Francis Angol |
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| Danila Tarcinale - jewellery designer |
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Danila Tarcinale
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| Russell Lownsborough - jewellery designer |
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| Russell Lownsborough |
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| Michelle Olley - writer, journalist, editor |
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| Scottee - performance artist and writer |
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| Scottee |
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| Scottee |
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Sayoko Papillon - musician
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Sayoko Papillon, also known as Sayoko Paris, is a Japanese composer, singer, musician, poet and performer living in Paris. Her music described by Silvia Bombardini ASVOF - "There is a delicate, limpid and slippery poetry in Sayoko’s composition, as if her notes were gently laid on a thin, gauzy layer of ice.”
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| Sayoko Papillon |
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| Sayoko Papillon |
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| Jeremy Reed - poet and author |
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| Jeremy Reed |
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| Jeremy Reed |
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Bronwen Whitaker
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"You really capture something indefinable about each sitter, it's so intriguing. You find that secret place that I think all women must have and need where childlike comfort lies." Bronwen
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| Bronwen Whitaker |
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| Bronwen Whitaker |
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Yulia Chaplina - concert pianist
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Yulia gave her debut performance aged seven, performing Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor with the Rostov State Symphony Orchestra. Her performances are powerful and highly accomplished. Yulia’s relationship with the scores she interprets so adeptly is profound and each performance is a nuanced expedition through the composer’s sonic architecture and landscape. She conjures worlds, striving to convey the maelstrom of the heart through her hands.
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| Yulia Chaplina |
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| Yulia Chaplina |
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| Yulia Chaplina |
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| Yulia Chaplina |
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| Yulia Chaplina |
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| Neil Libbert |
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| Neil Libbert |
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William Fawke - sculptor (1948-2018)
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William Fawke
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| William Fawke |
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William Fawke
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| Raven Kaliana - artist and human rights activist |
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| Raven Kaliana |
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| Raven Kaliana |
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| Raven Kaliana |
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| Raven Kaliana |
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| Norman Fisher-Jones aka Noko - composer and musician |
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| Norman Fisher-Jones aka Noko |
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| Norman Fisher-Jones aka Noko |
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| Kate Daisy Grant - composer and musician |
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| Kate Daisy Grant |
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| Kate Daisy Grant |
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| Danik Abishev - acrobat |
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Charlotte and Cherry
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These portraits arose from my admiration of Charlotte’s work as a wildlife conservationist. I wanted to document her bond with this squirrel, Cherry, in particular. Charlotte nursed the little squirrel back to life having found her collapsed and with a dreadfully battered face in a park in Walthamstow.
Cherry had a serious malocclusion which required her front teeth to be removed. This means she can never be released back into the wild and so now has a permanent home with Charlotte, along with a menagerie of other creatures Charlotte dedicates her time to nurturing and protecting.
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| Charlotte and Cherry |
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| Grog Rox - singer and musician |
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| Grog Rox - singer and musician |
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| Grog Rox - singer and musician |
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| Grog Rox - singer and musician |
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Sarah Angliss - composer, performance, electronic artist |
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| Sarah Angliss |
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| Sarah Angliss |
More portraits of Sarah
here.
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| Dameon Priestly - Artist |
