Category: COMMISSIONS
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Photography for Firstsite – The Singh Twins: Slaves of Fashion
In May I was really pleased commissioned to photograph the opening of Firstsite‘s latest exhibition, The Singh Twins: Slaves of Fashion. It was a fantastic evening and I highly recommend visiting the exhibition, which is open until 11 September 2022. I’ve already been twice and hope to visit again! “Explore narratives around Empire, enslavement, conflict and luxury…
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RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 for The English Garden magazine
It was wonderful to be back with The English Garden magazine again to photograph the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year. I’ve been photographing Chelsea for The English garden for a few years now and it was great to be asked back again. As always the gardens were stunning but I particularly liked all the more ‘natural’ planting – there seemed…
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Photography for The Goldsmiths’ Company – Callum Partridge
In March I was really pleased to be commissioned by The Goldsmiths’ Company to photograph metalsmith Callum Partridge at work in his studio in Stroud for their long form stories platform, Goldsmiths’ Stories. You can read the full feature, Callum Partridge: “Honest. Playful. Serious” by Jonathan Foyle on the Goldsmiths’ Stories site here – it’s a fascinating feature and a wonderful insight into…
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Photography for Firstsite – Keep Being Amazing
This year began with a bright, lively, brilliant day photographing the opening event for Firstsite‘s latest exhibition, Keep Being Amazing. Packed full of wonderful activities, the gallery was absolutely buzzing with creatives of all ages, learning how to draw monsters and zombies, create music from light and try out street dance to name just a few, as well…
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Postcards from Europe: Shutter Hub exhibitions at Art at the ARB
Shutter Hub’s Postcards from Europe exhibition opened on 12 January at Art at the ARB at University of Cambridge, and it was wonderful to be able to visit this week to take installation photographs. Alongside Postcards from Europe, a selection of images from Postcards from Great Britain is also on display, marking the 20th and final exhibition in the series of pop-up exhibitions…
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Photography for Historic Royal Palaces – Preparing for Superbloom at The Tower of London
Towards the end of last year I was commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces to photograph a day of workshops with teachers whose schools will be taking part in Superbloom – ‘A stunning display of flower blooms at The Tower of London celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen’. In spring, over 20 million seeds will be sown…
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Photography for Firstsite – Exhibitions, Events & Celebrations at the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year
As someone who loves art and spending times in galleries, I’m really lucky to have Firstsite where I live and even luckier to have them as a client. I’ve mentioned before that it’s one of our favourite places to spend a Saturday, taking in their latest exhibitions and perusing the excellent shop (a brilliant place for presents for all ages!) and it’s…
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Photography for Kids in Museums – Takeover Day at the National Archives
I was really pleased to be back photographing for Kids in Museums to document their annual Takeover Day, this year documenting the children taking over The National Archives in Kew. Takeover Day is when museums, galleries, historic homes, archives and heritage sites invite young people in to take over jobs normally done by adults. It was wonderful to see how excited…
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Photography for Hens – Hen Sweatshirts raising money for the British Hen Welfare Trust
A little while ago, my friend Amy asked if I would be interested in helping with a project she was organising to raise money for the British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT). Amy was working with woman-owned small businesses to design, make and sell a series of hen sweatshirts to raise money for BHWT, and I was happy to be…
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EXHIBITION: PORTRAIT EXHIBITION AT THE CHARLES DICKENS MUSEUM
In the summer I was commissioned to work with the Charles Dickens Museum to create some portraits of participants of a writing workshop they were running in the local community, as part of ‘More! Oliver Twist, Dickens and Stories of the City‘. The participants worked with members of the Education Team to create ‘Tales from the Third Age…