Cover Stars | Sunday Times Magazine
Last Weekend's Sunday Times Magazine features four distinctive front covers, all of which were photographed by me. A commission that is leading the charge as the most fun of 2023 and also an unprecedented feat for me, I've never had four different front covers on the same day!
Met Office | Telegraph Magazine
An intriguing assignment from The Telegraph Magazine saw me venturing down to the Met Office HQ, which is nestled in the Devon countryside near Exeter. A
Kate Humble
The always delightful Kate Humble photographed for NetWealth and Bridge Studios a few months back.
Bob Bull & Sara Nilsen | Rich List
It's Sunday Times Rich List time and we had a lot of fun photographing the second-highest new entry Bob Bull and his partner Sara Nilsen for the esteemed Relative Values section of the magazine. Bob made his money in a bungalow building and incredibly went from a casualty of bankruptcy to a billionaire in a fleeting seven years! I'm already planning my own 2030 billionaire bank account plans. From the upper echelons of opulence Bob & Sara provided plenty of inspiration, 7 or 8 supercars on the driveway and an indoor bowling/cinema complex within the house. I don't mind it.
Marco Pierre White
Mr "Enfant Terrible" of the restaurant scene, Marco Pierre White, did not disappoint. Upon first walking in to his restaurant 'The Rudloe Arms' (just outside Bath) a door slammed behind me, inciting a ferocious roar from the man himself. It has been a while since I'd received a telling off. That was the introductions over. Our brief photo shoot began, with the electricity of Marco's fiery spirit in the air. He was quick to veto most ideas, as is his way, but there was one portrait from the session that I'm rather fond of. Taken in the restaurant's 1930's 'Mousehole Bar', with the thick oak furnishings, tweed waistcoat and Marco's wild, untamed hair framing his face. Frightening and sophisticated in equal measure.
Ben Goldsmith | Sunday Times Magazine
My portraits of Ben Goldsmith featured in the Sunday Times Magazinee alongside a remarkable and deeply moving article written by Audrey Ward. Ben is releasing a book titled God Is An Octopus, which chronicles his personal journey through grief and his exploration of the afterlife following the tragic loss of his 15-year-old daughter, Iris, in an accident on the family farm in Somerset in 2019. The third & fourth images capture the beautiful stone circle, consisting of eight towering slabs of Cornish granite, which mark the spot where Iris lost her life. As a passionate environmentalist and advocate for rewilding, Ben has also transformed much of his Somerset farm in recent years. The first two portraits were taken at a secluded spot where he has reintroduced beavers and re-wriggled a river that runs across his land. It is incredible that through such tragedy and profound loss, there is this steadfast commitment to the hard, necessary work of healing and renewal. It was humbling to have met Ben and gratifying to be entrusted with the task of illustrating his story with my portraits.
Nida Manzoor | Director
Director and screenwriter Nida Manzoor photographed in a Bristol studio this month. Known for her controversial Channel 4 sitcom about a Muslim punk band, 'We Are
Lady Parts', Nida's new feature film 'Polite Society' celebrates young
female defiance featuring martial arts-fuelled energy and it's releasing on the 28th of this month. Do check it out.
English Heritage | Audley End House
A fun day documenting the team at Audley End House in Essex as they undertook their winter preparations of the house and grounds for the upcoming season. Including the wonderfully quirky task of carefully hand dusting each book in their giant library collection.
The Icebreakers
These chaps gleefully stripped off to their trunks, did some breathing exercises and went for a meditative dip in the frozen weir. Utterly bananas, but admirable. With the strong hoar frost, I couldn't help but notice the visual similarities with the famous macaque monkeys who look so serene submerged up to their cheeks in the hot springs in the mountainous North of Japan.