Selected Clients
National Trust
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Wild Photography Holidays
Northumberland Tourism
Wanderlust Magazine
Animan Magazine
Independent Newspaper
Sunday Times Magazine
Outdoor Photography Magazine
Journey Latin America
Bradt Travel Guides
Rough Guides
Odyssey Guides
The Author
About
A fascination with images began when I was about 5 years old as I watched my grandmother unfurl parchment paper and recreate scenes in charcoal from a bedroom window looking out across the moorland northeast of Manchester where I grew up. An ancient Voigtländer rangefinder camera gifted to me by my uncle when I was 18, opened the door to the possibilities of photography.
My obsession with rock climbing and mountaineering provided me with the opportunities to travel further afield to the French Alps, Peruvian Andes and Nepalese Himalaya and photography became essential in documenting my experiences.
Pathfinder contributor
Originally trained in film processing and exhibition printing, I increasingly combined my interest in adventure travel, remote landscapes and traditional cultures with photography. In 1987, I studied documentary photography at Newport College under the tutelage of Magnum photographer, David Hurn.
Since becoming a fulltime freelance photographer in 1990, I have documented stories and features in Mongolia, Tibet, and Russia’s Far East; trekked through India’s Northwest & Northeast Frontiers and the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan; sailed through the Malay Archipelago, on camels through the desert in Niger and photographed cultural identity in Vietnam, Ecuador, Chile, Honduras and Iran.
Conservation and the environment have long been close to my heart working on assignment with Coral Cay Conservation in Fiji & The Philippines for and Earthwatch in Tanzania & Kenya.
My portraits of British Explorers are part of the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery & The Royal Geographical Society. I was awarded the ‘Cherry Kearton’ medal for photography of “peoples & the natural world” by The Royal Geographical Society.
From my base in Mid Wales, I regularly work on features and stories in and around the UK. I am a preferred assignment photographer for the National Trust and National Parks
I have been a regular columnist for Outdoor Photography magazine and lead bespoke photography workshops internationally.
My first Cover image (1984)