A thank-you to Mayor Richard Sweden, Waltham Forest’s first openly Gay Mayor

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Highlights from the Forest Philharmonic

Studio photos for the Goodge Law website

Photos tracking some of the restoration work on my 1975 BMW 2002

A team of volunteers from LaSalle visit Emmaus Lambeth.

An Cos is a beautiful Highland home – where we were invited to stay for a week in March.

Chairman of Chicago Spurs visits White Hart Lane

Photos from Gnome House

Kalleens Citizenship Ceremony in central London

Emma Scutt’s brilliant new exhibition at Tokarska Gallery

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Waltham Forest Arts in Education Network AGM at Rush Croft School

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Judy and Bill’s latest work

Burley Dogs Christmas dinner 2012

Man Camp 2012 – Chicago.

Luka and Ana’s Chicago Halloween

A cold, very funny and surprising Halloween Parade…

You’re invited to a party!
WHERE: St. Barnabas Church, Walthamstow, E17 8JZ on the 15th September, 7pm-10pm.
THE EVENT: I’m exhibitiing a series of photographs from ‘The Family Project‘ as part of this year’s E17 Art Trail – and you’ll also be able to see fantastic work by other talented artists from the ‘hood.
OPENING TIMES: If you [...]

My new exhibition opens this Sunday 2nd September 6pm-8pm – and you’re very welcome to come along!
Photos from the Olympic Torch Relay will be shown at Tokarska Gallery, 163 Forest Road, E17 6HE.
Alongside my work will be images from the volunteers that joined me on the day – Danielle Francois, Kai Joseph, Julia Spicer, [...]

Photos from the Jubilee taken in Walthamstow and Leytonsone

Self-adjusting glasses for the developing world

A Waltham Forest ‘Artist Taking Part’ Commission

During the summer of 2012 I will be documenting the major cultural and Olympic related events happening in Waltham Forest.

See photos from the party at Drink, Shop and Do

Five exhibitions of Image17′s ‘Taking Part’ project will take place in Waltham Forest between 24 March and 16 September 2012.

See the 2011 E17 Art Trail in 90 seconds…

Annie’s party in Chiswick.

On Friday 4th November we launched Backyard Magazine at Tokarska Gallery in E17.

Latest news from the E17 Art Trail

First news from the E17 Art Trail

Together with Katherine Green I will be exhibiting a selection of work as part of this years at Walthamstow Central Library and the Credit Union on Churchill Street.

New Olympics inspired Image17 exhibition as part of this years E17 Art Trail. From 2nd-11th September. Private view on Saturday 3rd from 6pm.

Photographs from the Summer School at Waltham Forest Pool & Track

Photos from the 2011 E17 Art Trail warm-up and launch event

Photos from the Inter-Faith Pilgrimage organised by Forest Women’s Inter-Faith Network

Photos from the KCK performance of CARIBBEAN RUSH at Waltham Forest Assembly Hall

Photos from the Waltham Forest Blind Association meeting.

Photos from the talk and private view of Active Witness: An exhibition to celebrate the European Year of Volunteering

Work from Guests & Volunteers selected to represent the UK in an exhibition celebrating European year of volunteering

See photos from the Waltham Forest Parent Forum Workshop

Photographs from the Guests & Volunteers talk and discussion forum…

See some of the 250 people who came to see Guests & Volunteers at the Tokarska Gallery in June…

Photos from the Guests & Volunteers Private View

These photos were taken just before the private view of Guests & Volunteers @ Tokarska Gallery.

This series of photos was taken while we hung the Guests & Volunteers exhibition at the Tokarska Gallery on June 2nd, 2011.

See the Tokarska Gallery before hanging Guests and Volunteers

See how the portraits from Guests and Volunteers were created

Launch of fLIP magazine, issue #18. The magazine of London Independent Photography.

Andrew Merry’s recent exhibition of the Sydney ‘Boomburbs’.

Polixeni Papapetrou’s retrospective at The Australian Centre for Photography.

The exhibition Beach, Bush + Battlers at the State Library of New South Wales is a tribute to Australian photographer Jeff Carter.

Creativity and financial reward don’t always go hand-in-hand but renowned portrait photographer, Brian Griffin, has found out how to survive financially and make the work he wants to.

The Museum of Brisbane’s latest exhibition ‘The Stoke’ traces the history of skateboarding in the city. It’s a brilliantly conceived and executed show, which includes a purpose-built skate bowl in central gallery space.

The Shoreditch group of London Independent Photography meet every month in the Red Lion Pub.

Four photographers from the Shoreditch LIP Satellite Group gave slideshow talks of their recent work.

The 22nd Annual Exhibition of the London Independent Photography Group kicked off with a great private view!

Two of my photographs were selected as part of this year’s Westminster Arts Open. The selection panel included Richard Long and Lisa Milroy.

I belong to the Shoreditch branch of the London Independent Photographers. We meet every month in the Red Lion pub in Hoxton and held a group exhibition there as part of the ‘Photomonth’ photo festival. Two of my photographs were selected for the show.

Portraits and interviews of Crisis volunteers, 2006.

Mibila Village Clinic. The word ‘Handenu’ painted on the front means ‘be healed.’
Three years ago, I became involved with a project to provide primary healthcare in a remote region of Zambia, in southern Africa.

Jon Witt and Barry Ilunga. Their vision made the clinic a reality.
My friends Jon Witt and Bishop Barry Ilunga decided to build [...]

Rob flanked by Mark (left) and Scott (right)
There are few people more inspirational than my friend Rob. He’s been an inner-city school teacher for over ten years and had a tremendous impact on numerous young student’s lives. But as they – and Rob’s colleagues are all acutely aware – much of Rob’s own inspiration comes from watching [...]

Some time in the dim and distant mists of time… March 2004 to be precise… Chris Collins, and self-styled ‘directional savant,’ Jeff Dotts, got lost en-route from Heathrow Airport to visit me in Suffolk.
Fortuitously, they stumbled across a sign saying, ‘Great Dunmow, Ancient Flitch Town.’ Their curiosity piqued, they subsquently found out all about the [...]

Before the misery sets in
Last year, in a moment of madness, Bronny and I decided to join our friends Jane, Jo and Brian at the Glastonbury festival. We’d heard of the fun, the music and the drugs, and in hindsight, if we’d started munching Class-A’s as soon as we left the car park then we’d [...]

About half a mile from my home in Walthamstow, the streets and industrial units all come to an abrupt halt. The cityscape is replaced by the waterways and marshes of the Lea Valley Park Authority.
The park runs for 26 miles from the banks of the River Thames out into Hertfordshire and is dedicated to nature [...]

The Ashes… Rangers vs Celtic…. the north London Derby….. England vs Germany…. Ross County vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle….these are just some of the great sporting rivalries in the world. And now, we can add to this list: the darts challenge between the villages of Shieldaig and Lochcarron.

You’re going home in a Lochcarron mini-bus
Nestled in the [...]

Dirty Canvas is London’s hottest Grime club night – and it run by my cousin DJ Magic (or Peter as we call him…)

This is the method I’ll be using to create prints sized 24×16 with a 2 inch white border for the Chestnuts House exhibition.
Required technical specs:
Canvas 28 x 20 inches
Image 24 x 16 centered on canvas

Open file as JPEG from RAW. I am using a Canon 5D and converting from RAW in Adobe Bridge @ [...]

Andy and Fiona’s joint 40th celebrations on The Golden Hind, London.

Mike’s 40th birthday party was held in the salubrious surroundings of the Wingate and Finchley Football club.

Kay’s new gallery in Malvern

Kalleen’s new flat

Max’s christening

At home with Andy, Fiona and kids