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Ron and his tattoos

ray

I was standing on an escalator at Islington tube and standing in front of me was a shaven-headed, tattooed young man. I could only see the back of his head, but the tattoos on his arms and head made me think he was angry inside his body. I could not see his face, but I felt I had to say hello- however would he be friendly… or tell me to F’ off?   From behind he looked interesting and it

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Muslims on the Promenade

bex

 I’m looking out to sea, thinking how lucky I am being able to sit here and have the gift of sight; something we all take for granted. The turquoise sea glittering in front of me behind the railings of St Leonards Promenade, I just love this view.   I decided to drive three miles along the cost to Bexhill to the De La Warr Pavillion. As I was driving I saw an unusual (but what I thought was

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Keith the super super chef

Keith the super chef

Last week i was photographing  Keith Burke of smashing pans cookery school  he is a true self taught genius of a chef in the kitchen . He has worked in many of the top restaurants in London and he asked me to photograph him and wanted photographs to capture the fun of a cooking lessons with him  he had 6 people as guests and was showing them how to cook thai lobster curry. It was

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Pensioners morning swim

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Every morning  i go to my local swimming pool at 7 am and i see so many people i would love to photograph. There are some wonderful oldies at the pool and i am desperate to photograph them all. However  nowadays when you say to people you would like to shoot them in their swimming costume they think you are crackers ........... they do not realise some of the best photos of people

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The day that changed my life

I was asked to come in to meet some directors at gt ormond street childrens hospital, the day i walked through the door to the hospital changed my life forever. One minute i was on my own in a cafe sitting having a cup of tea and a bacon roll, and 5 minutes later i was in the intensive care unit, and here there were children clinging on to life they were all attached to huge grey machines with flashing

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A day in the life of Luke

luke

Last week i had a call from a wonderful lady called Annette to ask me a big favour to photograph her fantastic son Luke who has suffers from the dreadful condition multiple scherrrMS Annette sadly has Multiple .......S as well this is a condition that seems to be so common nowadays i know of 5 people with this debilitating disease. I do not know Annette that well however she is one of those people you meet