Category Archives: Photography

Cosy (2009)

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“A photograph of a group of postal workers celebrating with another, smaller, indistinct group of people, mainly women, around a large, padded textile object. It is the middle of the night. They drink champagne out of mugs and are shaking … Continue reading

Holed Up (2008)

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Exhibition view. Twelve cash machine photographs. Grey Area. Brighton Photo Fringe. I have been taking photographs of redundant ATMs for the past six years. Initially I was intrigued by the inept way the builders were attempting to prise new blocks of (false) marble … Continue reading

Blonde on top

Since twenty seventeen each time I go to the shop for groceries I have been slyly taking the opportunity to photograph the top right hand segment of both The Times and The Telegraph. I have noticed that there have been … Continue reading

NIGHTWORKER

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My conversations with the nightworkers were all charming, generous and full of good humour. I thought it would be coffee, cigs and grumpiness but it’s a different world. Emptier roads means different geographies, 24hr café’s a different diet, less background … Continue reading

SAFEWAY (2006)

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The last day before conversion into a Morrisons. St James’s St. Kemptown. Brighton.

NIGHTWORKER (2010)

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This year I have spent too much time sorting out exhibitions and being frustrated by (still) dormant landlords, agents and owners of empty shops. When the Photofringe asked if I was doing another exhibition I decided that it would be … Continue reading