Portrait shoot

This client needed a simple, striking portrait for use by the international company of which he's just become a partner. Once again I created a studio space in my home - and I think the results have come out very well.

In other client news, I was excited to see The Huffington Post UK's interview with Kate Tempest, with the shots I took of Kate in July featured sneakily in the background!

Kate Tempest at Frank's

I try hard not to play favourites among photoshoots and to love them all equally. However there are those shoots where location, subject, lighting, (or maybe just the stars) align and I particularly like the results. A month or so ago I shot the poet, rapper, soon-to-be novelist and all round brilliant Kate Tempest for her forthcoming show Brand New Ancients (at Battersea Arts Centre in the autumn). We went to the top of the multistorey car park in Peckham, now reincarnated as the brilliant Frank's Cafe and shot at dusk, as the lights were beginning to spark and the twilight lay luminous violet across the city. After shooting there we scampered down onto the streets, surprising the good shopkeeps of Rye Lane with Kate's rhymes. Below, the top image is the one BAC chose, plus a few of my faves.

And here's one of me in action - I wasn't trying to match my trousers to her top, it's purely accidental!

Recent work

A small selection of shoots for various clients...

 

Production photography for Battersea Arts Centre (above, the company is Forced Ents), and The Yard in Hackney Wick (below).

Below: documenting the opening of the permanent installation of Peckham's Peace Wall, initiated and curated by Peckham Shed inclusive theatre company. (You'll see more of my shots on their website).

Below: Poet Michael Rattigan, shot for independent press Rufus Books.

Below: the brilliant Samantha Mann (this became publicity for creator Adrian Gillott's Edinburgh show).

Some of these shoots happened a ways back but I get quite behind on posting work images; many of them have a lead time of several months and I can't really upload them until they've been released by the client.

Made in China Theatre at Battersea Arts Centre

This was the most fun I've had on a shoot, including the guerilla one in a wood on the middle of Chingford Golf Course. Made in China's Tim Cowbury and Jessica Latowicki (the latter pictured here with actor and collaborator Chris Bailey) create mad, funny, somehow-painful-to-watch shows. We Hope You're Happy (Why Would We Lie?) is on NOW at Battersea Arts Centre, until 25th March. I'm seeing it next weekend, and if the hour I spent with these chaps is anything to go by the show is immense. Get yourselves a ticket.

Kneehigh Theatre's Red Shoes at BAC

As a theatre photographer, working with Battersea Arts Centre is an exciting prospect. They're always making such intriguing work and using the sprawl and odd corners of the building in interesting ways. At the weekend I was there shooting the audience milling around in anticipation of Kneehigh Theatre's The Red Shoes. The show has been running on and off for ten years and this is its very last UK showing. 

Kooky

Musical

Elegant

Inquisitive

Ambulatory 

Melancholy

I'm back there next week capturing some of the elements of the ONE-ON-ONE Festival, so keep your eyes peeled for more.