Social Media

It’s rather scary how social media becomes a battleground for the general public, it’s almost an extension of the wars around the world. Giving in to the algorithm and unfollowing views you don’t “believe in”, unconsciously narrows your view of the world. Social media is becoming increasingly a tool to distract us all from who we should really be aiming our anger or opinions to... our governments & MP’s.

Aluminium Art Mounts

Honoured to have my work on display in a clients home, custom ordered aluminium art prints from my Al-Shamlan Port series.

Paper: Canson Infinity Baryta 310gsm

Mount: 5mm Aluminium

Print size: 67 x 100cm

Featured in a new Zine | Lunes.co.uk

Quarantzine Issue #1

Lunes are a fantastic graphical design company based in East London; they actually designed all the exhibition graphics for my collaborative project “ISO Box”.

They kindly asked me to be apart of a new magazine concept which would document and highlight people from all over the globe during this current pandemic. Of course I jumped at the chance.

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The zine features interviews from people in lockdown from Antigua to Italy to USA, it’s a really nice uplifting read too. The zine features new images from my latest lockdown project, “Through the lens of my Window” (Working Title), a series of photographs that give a brief look at each day of my lockdown as I point my camera to the sea. It’s been a very therapeutic project to start….

Opening page spread. [Image] Workers dressed in yellow clean the beach from seaweed after a couple of days of bad weather.

Opening page spread. [Image] Workers dressed in yellow clean the beach from seaweed after a couple of days of bad weather.

If you want to get yourself a copy visit their website to order.

Family Portraits

Today was the day when a couple of weeks (on and off) work came to an end. I was commissioned to capture the portraits of a wonderful family. They wanted an honest take on their children; ultimately a collection of images that documented them in their family home. We shot the images together, letting the children guide me, as a way to make them more relaxed in-front of the camera.

The environment in which the photograph sits.

The environment in which the photograph sits.

I wanted the final photographs to feel at home in their new environment, in a way that wasn’t over whelming or over powering for the space that already had such a lovely style. The main piece is a group shot of all three children with the backdrop of the apartments.

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We then also wanted to have a single portrait of each of the children. I decided to keep this as simple as possible - I didn’t want to take away from the photographs - which, in turn, working well with the design of the house and helped create a relaxed nature to the series.

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Overall I am very happy with the end result, as I feel the photographs not only capture the children in an honest way but they also capture them in a way that reflects their age.

I want to thank the family for giving me this opportunity to shoot such a wonderful bung of children. I also want to say a massive thank you to Sarah Lang, a fellow studio artist, for recommending me to them.

Thank you Point101.com for the outstanding printing and Framing. All images printed on Canson Baryta Photographique 310gsm

Last but not least, thank you too Marcus Orlandi for doing such a wonderful job at hanging. Literally wouldn’t have had a clue what to do.

Exhibiting for East Bank Board

On 12th February I exhibited a selection of my photographs for East Bank Board, a new arts development in Stratford which will include a new V&A museum and various other Arts venues.

Left to Right - Home, Patience and The Perfect Spot.

Left to Right - Home, Patience and The Perfect Spot.

I selected three main images; ‘Home’, ‘Patience’ and ‘The Perfect spot’. I displayed they images at a 50 x 70 cm format. All three images were printed on Gilcée Fotospeed Smooth Pearl paper from Point101 in London.

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I also selected five portraits to exhibit.

A selection of Portraits, 30 x 40cm.

A selection of Portraits, 30 x 40cm.

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Photograph from the evening.

Photograph from the evening.

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