The first time I thought I wanted to be a photographer was seeing a Depeche Mode picture by Anton Corbijn, I don’t remember when it was but I remember a special on TV about them and seeing this amazing blue picture with one of them and thinking I wanted to do that too. I didn’t go out the whole summer to buy a camera and I remember using my sister crap semi compact camera to take self portraits even though I did not have the money to develop the images.

Since then I had a love-hate relationship with photography, hate mostly because I could not afford the equipment I wanted and love just because I always felt that photography was the only way I could fully express myself.

After many years of half hearted attempts to make photography my job finally in 2006/7 I decided to give it another go buying a relatively cheap digital camera. I was pleased with the results and I started to get very good responses from people. I bought a better camera almost straightaway and since then I rarely spend a day without taking pictures.

I believe there isn’t a moment you can say that your language has developed fully but I believe I came a long way in a short amount of time and my images are definitely recognisable and my vision is definitely clear.

I am definitely interested in people but my photography does not capture reality as it is but is often a representation of internal reality. I use the language of cinema and art to tell stories that have often very strong political, ethical or sociological connotations. My images exist in the realm of art and I am interested in human emotion more than anything else. I am not very good at expressing sadness on a personal level and I think photography allows me to be in touch with that part of my personality that I would not be able to express otherwise.

Selected shows

Foreword at the Menier Gallery, London 2008

First Class at the Blue Elephant Theatre Camberwell, London 2008

Crime & Punishment- THE SEQUEL at Kortil Gallery, Rijeka Croatia 2008

Dogma at HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia 2009

Lingering Whispers, Crypt of St Pancras Church, London, 2010

City Of Women The three Bridges (with Oreet Ashery) Ljubljana Slovenia 2010

Over the Hill: A Photographic Journey at The Lightbox Gallery, Woking 2011

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