A Photo for International Women's Day
For International Women's day I've dug out a photo from a book I bought in the late nineties. This photo by Carl de Keyzer was one of many images that struck me and has stayed buried in my psyche ever since. Read more
Photo Book of the Month: Hidden
On last night's BBC Look North, I watched a report that stated there were over 15,000 young carers in Yorkshire, contributing to a total figure of 166,000 young carers in England. The report featured an interview with The Children's Society where the organisation expressed concern that this figure might just be the "tip of the iceberg". With many young people falling under the radar their's a genuine concern that many young carers remain "hidden". Read more
Photo Book of the Month: View from Above
Wolfgang Tillmans: View from Above
I first discovered Wolfgang Tillmans at the Turner Prize exhibition in 2000, which he won. I was instantly drawn to his work, immersed in a world of images that I'd never seen the likes of before. Read more
Bangor Part 1: Ballyholme Beach
We had great news this week as our good, good friends (and our son's guide parents) told us about the safe arrival of their new-born baby! We're totally thrilled for them and this most excellent news prompted me to publish a series of blog entries I've been meaning to post for a while now. Read more
The Eyes of a Hawk
Over the summer I took many of walks along the banks of the river Wharfe. On one such walk, as I passed through a wooded area, I spotted this fledgling moving about a nest. Read more
Outdoors at Christmas in North Yorkshire
For me, the great thing about Christmas is that it's an opportunity to do the things you love with the people (and animals!) you love. Read more
Yorkshire Sculpture Park on my iPhone
Exhibition at Outside the Box Cafe
Having just exhibited a series of works created using a camera phone, I thought it would good to feature a photo walk that was also captured and recorded using a camera phone.
Back in October we got to visit a place we'd been meaning to go for over three years! I didn't really know what to expect as we entered Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Obviously, I expected to encounter sculpture, but that's like going outdoors and saying "today we're expecting to experience weather". On reflection, I would say... Read more
Shake off the winter blues and get outdoors!
As winter arrives and the days grow shorter, it's easy to feel a little gloomy. The "winter blues" as they call them, are a very common experience around this time of year.
But there is also a number of very cool things that come with winter and the shortened daylight hours. One of the best ones is that you don't have to get up so early to catch a sunrise! Read more
First Ever Photo Walk Festival
Very excited to announce the first ever Walking Photography Festival will be launching in Ilkley, West Yorkshire 29th Nov to 1st Dec. Read more
Photobook of the Month (Halloween Special): In Camera Francis Bacon
Photobook: In Camera Francis Bacon - Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting
For Halloween I wanted to look at a photobook that was dark, harrowing and disturbing... but still fascinating and brilliant.
I think the works of Francis Bacon are both transfixing and haunting. To me, paintings like 'Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X' are as powerful as a scene directed by John Carpenter. Read more