I’m jumping in early this week to share an interview which has just been released on the excellent British podcast, Exposed Negative. If you want to have a watch or listen jump on over here. Tom, Greg and I had a hilarious (and I think very meaningful) chat about all those things which get photographers
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Are you perpetually fighting fires?
Over the last few years, we’ve all been navigating a world that feels like it’s shifting beneath our feet. War, climate change, economic uncertainty and rapid advances in AI – it’s overwhelming how much is going on. It can feel like perpetually fighting fires. Like stuff is always ‘happening’ to us. The fact is, things
Clarity and direction for 2026
‘Can we go now?’ I repetitively asked my teacher Mrs Roche, plucking at her sleeve after we descended deep into the historic mine at Beamish on a school trip. I was eight, and not one bit interested in those historic machines and pictures of pit ponies and canaries (as much as I loved pit ponies
Feeling left behind or out of touch?
It can creep up on you, insidiously, first a whisper and then a roar. Or it can hit you with a thump. There’s no easy way to face that feeling of irrelevance. One day you’re flavour of your industry, being hired by all and sundry (if you can fit them in), and suddenly you’re wondering
Be the glue
‘I like shooting a wide range of work and don’t want to be pigeonholed doing the same thing all the time.’ This is something I am often told by photographers. But how do you stay consistent (so you don’t confuse people) and still get a nice diverse range of work? It’s easy. Focus on style,
The book or the cover?
A thousand years ago, before websites did the heavy lifting, and phones were attached to cords, huge mountains of beautifully crafted folio boxes and bags, each one embossed with the name of a photographer or an agent, would sit stacked and toppling over by the reception desk in any half-decent ad agency. Harassed, overworked art
The heist, the superhero and the spy
At 9.30am on Sunday the Louvre’s crown jewels were stolen by a group of thieves in a heist straight out of the movies. In broad daylight they accessed the building via a cherry picker, then used an angle grinder and power tools to break windows and enter. In 7 minutes they were out of there
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