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Sorry for the silence. But anyway, where were we…
There’s a very thought provoking, slightly sad, but very interesting Radio 4 programme worth listening to here on BBC iPlayer, produced by Miles Warde, and follows Miles as he, well in the BBC’s words “Miles Warde presents the story of a group of photojournalists who set out [...]

It’s a funny ol’ job sometimes, funny ol’ life.
So it was, funny that is, earlier this year. I’d been on assignment up to Yoichi in Hokkaido, northern Japan, to visit and photograph the Yoichi distillery of the award winning Nikka single malt whisky distillers. Whilst there I’d toured their very interesting museum and read the [...]

R is for riots and razors, in Romania.
R is also for required reading about riots in Romania.
Cast your mind back if you will, to the summer of 1990. Eastern Europe was opening up, dictators were growing cold in their hurridly dug graves. In Romania dissent and protest were still rife, anti-this shouting out the pro-thats, [...]

Ever since Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert set the benchmark for sartorial elegance for journo’s and snappers, in Roman Holiday, there’s been a lot to live up to. Gone are the suits and stylish rain macs of yesteryear, nowadays it’s all denims, Merrells and black gore-tex’s, de rigeur for the press snapper about town. Gone [...]

So it seemed like a bright idea at the time.
You phone up your agency, you chat, be nice, be polite, then get to the point, “Can I get all my negs back please?”.  Cue silence, sharp intake of breath, slow exhalation of breath, then hesitation, “Eh, that’ll be a big job. I’ll have to see [...]

N is for North Sea…. ( Written for M.C.)
North Sea. 5.30am or so. I’m sitting in an inflatable, bobbing about on the waves, up, down, up, down. It’s f*ckin’ cold. I’m half way between Scotland and Norway, or somewhere like that. Me and RP are zooming about and I’m trying to shoot, or waiting on [...]