A series of jobs in bars, hotels, as a postmen, as a teacher of English to refugees, working with the public in inner city benefits offices indirectly gave me a solid grounding for my photography career by allowing me to develop the various skills I would need in order to work with both my subjects and my clients. Travelling America alone from coast to coast whilst still a teenager and following this with a motorcycle journey through Europe two years later confirmed my intention to make photography my career irrespective of how insecure life as a freelancer can be.
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As an assistant I freelanced with a series of photographers in different disciplines. Later I spent three years working with Gered Mankowitz at Rembrandt Brothers, it was then that I developed a deep love of portraiture and began to refine my vision of what I wanted to achieve as a photographer. To be sincere and honest about what I do whilst reassuring my subjects that my intention is to create a fair image are qualities that I value highly and allow me to capture the moment even when the time constraints I have to work in are very limited.
With thirty years experience I still believe passionately in what I do, probably more so now than ever before. I get as much satisfaction from photographing the family who run the all night shop as Lord Chancellor, in the end they are all people, each with a unique story to tell that somehow only photography can capture.