ANIMA Exhibition
Really pleased to be part of the new ANIMA Exhibition taking place at the Printspace Gallery throughout July. ANIMA brings together winning and shortlisted images from the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize and from several other highly prestigious international exhibitions and awards. The exhibition will also feature work from photographers such as David Titlo, Spencer Murphy, Tom Oldham , Tereza Cervenova, Aleksandra Kingo, Laura Pannack, Hayley Benoit, Graeme Robertson, Robert Timothy, Chris Floyd and Jennifer Pattison. There is a private view on Thursday 30th June (7.30pm – 10.00pm) with the exhibition continuing on Friday the 1st of July. Check out the Printspace for more details.
Street Portraiture Workshop: National Portrait Gallery
I’m really excited to announce that I will be running a two-day Street Portraiture Workshop at the National Portrait Gallery in London this summer. The two-day workshop, designed to equip participants with the necessary skills for taking expert portraits on the street, will take place on the 23-24 July 2016. Running my own Street Portraiture Workshop has been something I have wanted to do a for a very long time and it is wonderful to be doing this with the National Portrait Gallery. The workshop is limited to just 12 places so make sure you are quick to reserve a spot. Bookings for NPG members has already started but I believe there are limited spots available for non NPG members which go on sale tomorrow morning. Full details can be found on the National Portrait Gallery website. Hope to see you at the workshop in July!
Professional Photography Magazine: Rising Stars Feature
I’m really pleased to be featured in the ‘Rising Stars’ section of this month’s ‘Professional Photography’ magazine. Recently, Professional Photography magazine has had a major re-design which has resulted in much improved layout, cleaner design and improved content. The latest issue features Martin Parr and Robert Mapplethorpe alongside my feature which includes images from my latest project ‘Beautiful Strangers’ plus an interview where I discuss my approach to street portraiture, my views on portraiture composition and why the Leica M rangefinder is the perfect tool for my work. Professional Photography is available in print throughout the UK or you can pick up single issues or a subscription here.
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize: National Portrait Gallery
Honoured to have been awarded third prize with my portrait of Nyaueth in this year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery awards ceremony on Tuesday night. Considering the sheer volume of entries this year (almost 5000 photographs from over 2000 photographers worldwide) I was overwhelmed just to have been selected for the exhibition, but receiving a 3rd place prize has really has been a dream come true. It was such a great feeling seeing my portrait on the gallery wall last week and also to meet with so many talented photographers at the awards ceremony, which again, showed the high level of work selected for this year’s exhibition. The exhibition is now open to the public and will be on display until the 21st of February 2016. For full details of the exhibition check out the National Portrait Gallery.
The Guardian: Eyewitness Series
Thrilled that the Guardian chose to run my Taylor Wessing portrait of 'Nyaueth' in their Eyewitness Series this week. The Eyewitness Series of photographs are chosen by the Guardian showing the world’s most distinctive and provocative photographs, providing a daily, visual reflection of global events.
The Guardian: Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Feature
What a great suprise to open today's edition of the Guardian newspaper to see my Taylor Wessing shortlisted portrait of 'Nyaueth' in the center pages alongside the other excellent Taylor Wessing Prizewinning shortlisted images!
2015 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize: Prizewinner
Proud, honoured and overwhelmed to have my portrait of ‘Nyaueth’ selected for inclusion and chosen as a prizewinner in this year’s Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery. This year there were 4,929 prints entered from 2,201 photographers worldwide making this award a real honour for me and a wonderful recognition of my photography. Massive thanks goes out to my sitter Nyaueth for allowing me to make this portrait of her and to all the photographers who offered their support and guidance for which I am very grateful. The prize winning places will be announced at the awards ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery on 10 November with the exhibition running from 12 November to the 21 February 2016. For full details of the exhibition check out the National Portrait Gallery.
LFI (Leica Fotografie International): Beautiful Strangers Feature
I am proud to be featured in the latest issue of LFI (Leica Fotographie International) Magazine. LFI is the leading Leica independent magazine which has been recognising great Leica photography for more than 60 years so this is a real honour and a great recognition of my work. The feature includes 5 pages of images from my latest project ‘Beautiful Strangers’ plus my views on composition and lighting of street portraits and why the Leica rangefinder camera is the perfect tool for what I do. You can download the digital copy of LFI here or pick up the printed magazine from any authorised Leica retailer worldwide.