Spillers’ Downfall for iPad
My new book, Spillers’ Downfall, is now available in iBooks for iPad format (of course, it looks great on the iPod Touch and iPhone too).…
Let’s Get Lost with Jim McHugh
Recently, there seems to have been a fair amount of material resurfacing in the Cybersphere on Jim McHugh’s Polaroid series, Let’s Get Lost. And little…
Spillers’ Downfall: The Demolition of Spillers Mill
I’m pleased to announce the release of my first photography book, Spillers’ Downfall — a self-published series of images documenting the demolition of Spillers Mill here…
Portraits 1997~2005
I always think of myself as a landscape photographer. Why I think that, I don’t know; I photograph all sorts of subjects all of the…
A Perfect Sunday on the River Tyne
A perfectly cold and crisp Sunday on the River Tyne in Newcastle. I’ve now lived here for twelve years and remain constantly in awe of…
London: A Painterly Portrait
Imagine you are standing at sunrise on Primrose Hill, looking south across the vast cityscape of London. Now rewind the clock to the turn of…
A Monumental Drawing by Chris LaPorte
“There’s a lot of erasing and redrawing. “It’s not only necessary, it’s also kind of the point — the greatest opportunity to learn is when…
Platinum: King of Photographic Prints
Have you wondered why I put so much love into pursuing such an old print process as Platinum printing? It’s true that the process doesn’t…
Rum at Dusk
“All the complex wires of life were stripped out and he could see the structure of life. “Nothing but rock and sea, the tiny figures…
Postcards from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
I’ve been involved in a rather special journey over the last week or so — accompanying my friend Duncan Davis on his narrowboat, Pearl Barley, from…