Marvellous Artists

Andrew Whittle

Nicola Hebson

William Connelly

I was commissioned last week to take the portraits of the artists represented by Marvellous Communications.  William Connelly is an abstract painter, AndrewWhittle a camera-less photographer and Nicola Hebson a self taught (vegan) taxidermist.  

Getting Stronger

My latest photographic collaboration with Philippa Richardson.  This was the first real time Philippa has been behind my camera lens and directed me.  I had a clear vision of what I wanted to create and what I wanted to put across in this set of photos.  At the same time it was liberating to let somebody else guide the work and guide me into making the right shapes and contortions with my body.  Being so close to Philippa it was easy for me too explain what I wanted to say and her to explain the way she thought it should be portrayed.  The images were made to be viewed as a set in the order below.

Nude

Philippa decided it was time to bare all for my camera.  I think the photo is beautiful and as always with Philippa the image is extremely feminine. It's important for me to make the result tasteful and I think we've both easily managed this here.

Cindy

 For my latest night shoot Philippa and I decided to soot as if the image were a film still.  Both of us were totally impressed by the film 'Holy Motors' and decided that this shoot should be about taking on a character with a life story that was of course dramatic yet unexplained.  This is the latest in a very long list of colaborations with Philippa.  I look forward to many more in the new year.

And there stood a gentleman...

My portraits of the writer David James Watson.

'People Like Us' & Happy Never After'

Last week I took the production shots for 'People Like Us' and 'Happy Never After' at the Pleasance Theatre, London.  Produced by James Quaife both were superbly written and feature great casts.

'People Like Us'

'Happy Never After'

Tom Kerridge

You can see my portraits of celebrity chef Tom Kerridge in the latest edition of 'To Be Continued' magazine www.tbcmagazine.com

I shot Kerridge at 'The Cube' restaurant on top of the Royal Festival Hall and the double Michelin star chef was one of the nicest people I've shot.

Girl in Diner

My time in New York was mostly spent photographing the beautiful Philippa who aside from being one of my greatest friends is also my biggest muse.  Her favourite painter is Edward Hopper and after seeing his work in the Met we took this image making it as painterly as possible.  Part inspired by the solitude of some of the characters in Hopper's paintings the theme also makes a nod to David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks' (our favourite TV series).  Breakfast that day was something special.

Cry Baby

For this shot of Barry I took my inspiration from the John Waters cult classic 'Cry Baby'.

The best whiskers in London Town

My most recent commission was for 'To Be Continued' magazine.  Their piece on the rising trend in beards provided me with a perfect brief.  Check out these shots, some of which will appear in the next issue.

Cole

Cole looking lovely on the model board for Eclipse. I'm planning a new shoot with him soon.

Max & David

A recent studio shoot with Max and David.

Cole - Eclipse Model Management

This is the shoot I did last week with Cole from Eclipse Model Management.  We couldn't resist going for the leather jackets and 90's inspired monochrome.

Street Style

Mark was by far the coolest guy I met today. He mentioned that he was sorry he hadn't made his usual effort (he recently lost the propellor that sits on top of his cap and his socks were not up to his usual standard).  We forgive him!  His shirt is from www.shiteshirts.com who stock some of the most outrageous shirts that only the brave and the super cool can wear. Elsewhere in East London it seems the fashions of the early 1990s (which I've been championing for a while now) are making a comeback.