Field Music
In mid November I found myself in a recording studio and abandoned dance studio on the coast of the River Wear in Sunderland, to document the latest of Brighter Sound's residencies for up and coming…
Sing City with Beats and Pieces Big Band
Sing City is a weekly song writing and performance workshop for young musicians. It's run by Brighter Sound and is held at Manchester's iconic Band on the Wall. The young people who take…
Beautiful Crete
Visited the Island of Crete in Greece and found sunshine, beaches, mountains, goats and cats, lots of cats....
Pee Wee Ellis FUNK: Foundation, Brighter Sound’s Artistic Director Series #009
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of photographing the legendary saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis as part of Brighter Sound's 9th Artistic Director Series, FUNK: Foundation. Pew Wee was…
Eska: Are You Here – Cinemagraphs
Alongside my usual documentary-style photography of the 'Eska: Are You Here' Artistic Director residency from Brighter Sound, I also took some footage to create the following cinemagraphs (featuring the hugely…
Eska: Are you Here?
Last month Brighter Sound curated the 8th residency in their always-amazing Artistic Director series. This time the residency was lead by multi-talented, Mercury-award nominee Eska alongside Cardboard Citizens founder and…
Stronger Together
A few days after the horrific attack at the Manchester arena, where 22 people lost their lives and many more were injured, thousands of people came together in St Ann's square,…
Cornwall
Earlier this year I took a short trip down to Cornwall, one of the prettiest counties in Britain. It's also one of the least built-up regions in the UK so it…
My Favourite Images of 2016
I've put together a collection of my favourite images from 2016, and what a year it was! I got to photograph Grammy award winners, Premiership footballers and Mercury prize nominees; I…
My Music, My Manchester
My Music, My Manchester was an ambitious project from a collaboration of partners including My Hub, Brighter Sound and Manchester Camerata, to produce am intensive week long creative residency for…