Latest Editorial, Portrait & Commercial Photography Projects

A selection of my most recent commissions and ongoing projects.

The work shown here spans editorial assignments, portrait commissions, documentary projects and commercial photography for organisations and publishers. It reflects current areas of focus and the range of contexts in which I am working.

New projects are added regularly.

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Leeds City Station for Transport for the North

Another great assignment for Transport for the North this time at Leeds railway station.

Transport for the North exists to make the case to central government for increased transport spending in the North of the country and I’m proud to be able to contribute in some way to that necessary and long overdue aim. To use the existing infrastructure is to see it’s limitations, the age of the rolling stock, the lack of capacity a general sense of a system neglected and lacking the requisite investment over many years.

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Another great assignment for Transport for the North this time at Leeds railway station.

Transport for the North exists to make the case to central government for increased transport spending in the North of the country and I’m proud to be able to contribute in some way to that necessary and long overdue aim. To use the existing infrastructure is to see it’s limitations, the age of the rolling stock, the lack of capacity a general sense of a system neglected and lacking the requisite investment over many years.

To photograph these environments deserted or very sparsely populated as they currently are is an eerie experience as we’re usually fighting through a sea of people to reach our locations and seeing the networks struggling with the shear volume of commuters. Perhaps seeing the network in this disrupted state gives us a glimpse of what a properly invested in network would look like, reliable, punctual, spacious. We certainly have the people - if not the finance or political will - to make it happen.

All power to Transport for the North and the staff that keep us moving.

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