The ideal way to view a body of work, as the artist intended.

I have a particular interest in books and find the process of photographing, processing, printing and producing books of my own work seductive but the output rewarding and enriching.

My interest in books has had a positive impact on how I approach my work, particularly in the field where I am consiously aware of collating images which complement each other instead of simply looking for the wow shot. Outings with my camera are more fulfilling and productive.

The hands-on element of making the book I find very theraputic, a physical interaction with my work in what is becoming an ever digital world.

Samples of fabric and paper swatches on a cutting mat, showing different textures and shades of gray.
Workstation with craft supplies including gloves, a cutting mat, a small scale, a binder clip, thread, a ruler, a hot glue gun, and paper or cardboard sheets.
Black and gray hardcover notebooks with elastic bands and a white ribbon bookmark on a cutting mat.
A work desk with a cardboard sculpture in progress, a utility knife, a ruler, a pen, glue stick, and small pieces of black cardboard on a cutting mat.

Concepts

Working with a set of images together with ideas I have generated for a physical output that I believe would complement them.

These are a work in progress and I continue to progress existing ideas together with development new ones.

The Eigg Box

A trilogy of books, each based on a different subject matter, captured during a single trip to the Isle of Eigg in Scotland.

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Mist on the Green

An idea following a morning’s outing to Glasgow Green as the City was engulfed in mist.

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Journal

A selection of articles I have written relating to making photobooks.

Biblioscapes

In September 2020 I launched a lockdown side project, Biblioscapes, to share my collection of photobooks online.

Over the course of several months I recorded flick through videos of my whole collection, loading them online for others to view.

I launched the Biblioscapes In Discussion podcast in October 2020 where I discuss photobooks in my collection with the photographers behind the work, understanding the thinking, how ideas formed, where inspiration came from together with the process of curating, sequencing and printing the book.

There are over 500 photobooks to explore and over 150 episodes of the podcast to tune into and I continue to share new books and record new discussions.

Pattern of black background with multiple gray circles containing white B flat symbols, with one large white circle in the center featuring a black B flat symbol.