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HOME / WORK Project: NYE PARRY
Nye Parry is a composer and sound artist who produces creative work from his home studio. I met Nye through his wife and frequent collaborator Madi Boyd, whose home studio I also photographed. I asked Nye: When did you start working from home? I’ve always worked from home most of the time, alongside teaching work.…
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PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE ENGLISH GARDEN MAGAZINE: RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2025
It’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show week again and I was pleased to be photographing for The English Garden Magazine again this year. It’s so interesting to see what the designers and their teams conjure up each year, get inspired by the different planting combinations and learn something unexpected (I was fascinated by the innovation in the Garden of the…
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Notes on Recent Things
As spring continues I’m getting ready to photograph the RHS Chelsea Flower Show again. I’ve been photographing for The English Garden Magazine since 2017, and it’s so interesting to see how things change over the years. I’m excited to see what this year brings. I was pleased to see the latest feature on Goldsmiths’ Stories,…
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Photography for The Goldsmiths’ Company – Fred Rich
A while ago I had a lovely commission from The Goldsmiths’ Company to photograph Fred Rich, one of Britain’s most dynamic and exciting art enamellers, at work in his studio. These images can now be seen in a wonderful feature by Janice Hosegood, ‘Precious Botanicals – drawing inspiration and abstraction from the natural world‘, which you…
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HOME / WORK Project: MADI BOYD
Madi Boyd is an installation and ceramic artist who sculpts light and space by combining built environments with projected video and hand builds ceramic homeware and art. I met Madi through Creative Colchester events and it was fantastic to visit her spacious home studio, which is built in a former garage in her house. I…
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HOME / WORK Project: NEL MOOY
Nel Mooy is an artist who creates lino prints as well as working in her employed job in insurance from her garden office at home. I met Nel through her wife, Angela, whose ceramics studio I also photographed. It was wonderful to visit Nel’s purpose-built office/studio to see how work, home and artistic practice all…
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Notes on Recent Things
Spring is springing here in the UK and I’m grateful for the increase in daylight. It’s been a bit of a strange time but I’ve had some really interesting jobs, met lots of lovely people and feel like I’ve made some really good progress in my personal projects. As always, most of the work I’ve…
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HOME / WORK Project: Angela Godwin
Angela Godwin is a studio ceramist who focuses on creating beautiful and interesting, functional and sculptural ceramics using life drawing, pareidolia, layering, patterns and mark making as inspiration for making and decorating her pieces. I met Angela at the Cuckoo Farm Studios ‘Presents’ Christmas show, where she is an associate artist. It was fantastic to…
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Notes on Recent Things
I hope your year is off to a good start. January’s always a funny month (maybe I say that about most months?) but so far it’s been pretty good. I’ve even got some Christmas chocolate left to eat. Unbelievably, my DYCP year is complete now, so I’m working hard to keep its spirit alive. You…
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Promo photography: Wise Woman’s EP Artwork
In the autumn I had the absolute joy of working with amazing feisty folk band Wise Woman to create band promo portraits for their brand new EP and upcoming tour. Blending ancient folk traditions with a bold contemporary flair, Wise Woman arrives with a heady collision of lush vocal harmonies, cinematic strings and 90s girl…