About

Based near Warwick in the centre of England, I became passionate about photography from an early age.

With music always playing in the parental home, I was weened on the rich harvest of music that came from the Midlands during the sixties and seventies. Bands such as The Move, Black Sabbath and Led Zep were always on the record player, and I took my first live concert shots at Birmingham Town Hall in 1974 when I smuggled a small rangefinder camera into a Sabbath gig.

After student life at Swansea University and Leicester Polytechnic (a haze of lost years induced by cheap beer), I subsequently studied photography at Warwickshire College, gaining 7 distinctions and later becoming a member of the Royal Photographic Society.

Since those early beginnings, and having taken thousands of images and attended hundreds of concerts over the years, I still get the adrenaline rush when I see a band walk on stage. I am represented via offices in London, Berlin, New York and Los Angeles via the Hottwire international photo agency (www.hottwire.net) and the World Entertainment News Network (www.wenn.com). I also provide images for numerous bands and organisations, including the international charity CliveAid (www.cliveaid.com) and top guitar webzine Allout Guitar (www.alloutguitar.com). Please feel free to contact me for assignments, projects etc.

This site will hopefully inspire you to get out there and experience the thrill of live performance!

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