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.
Publications
I have released the following two publications…
#MWPI features all fifty-two photographs from my 2025 challenge to take, edit and share a photograph every week using on my phone.
The Anticipation refers to the experience of shooting with a film camera, composing the picture and pressing the shutter followed by the wait.
I have limited copies of both available to buy via my art store with all profits going to charity.
Over the coming months I plan to publish a selection of work including handmade editions.
I carefully handle my new, fifty year old camera.
We are in lockdown. Confined to the city with no access to the coast or the countryside.
Together with a tripod and light meter I venture out for the first time, to my local park.
It is a location I know well, but today it is an entirely new experience.
I begin exploring compositions, looking down through the beautiful viewfinder.
Removing the dark slide, I lock the mirror up, fire the shutter and wind on the film.
The sound that everyone talks about.
I repeat the process twelve times before removing the film and delivering it to a local lab to be developed and scanned.
The Anticipation.
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All images were shot on a single morning with a Hasselblad 500C/M using Ilford HP5 Plus film. They have been developed and scanned by a local lab and the resulting photographs are unedited.
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Size | A5 20 pages
Cover | 350gsm Colorplan
Pages | 150gsm Uncoated
This is the First Printing of the First Edition
If you would prefer one of my Limited Edition Prints, I am currently donating 100% from all other print sales to support the fantastic work Lidya and Maddalena are doing at the Foundation.
My Weekly Phone Image
At the start of 2025 I challenged myself to make and share a photograph every week. To up the ante, I opted to work under specific conditions and characteristics.
The photographs had to be taken on and edited using my phone. This is a camera that accompanies me everywhere and does not oblige me to use a computer, so no excuses for not having the time.
I had to maintain a consistent artistic approach and style to the images as if I were using my normal camera. I did not wish to make images which I felt did not reflect me as a photographer.
After fifty-two weeks this book represents my creative challenge achieved.
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Size | A4 56 pages
Cover | 270gsm Colorplan
Pages | 140gsm Uncoated
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I am committed to supporting charity through photography and all profits from the sale of this book and any prints from MyWeeklyPhoneImage series will be donated to the Lidya Hope Foundation supporting the fantastic work they do.
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.
Mist on the Green
An idea following a morning’s outing to Glasgow Green as the City was engulfed in mist.
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.
