Project: The Transaction. 2016

Golden Circle, Iceland. February 2016.

Reykjavik, Iceland. February 2016.

Festival No.6 – Sunday 6th. September 2015.

Festival No.6 – Saturday 5th. September 2015

Festival No.6 – Friday 4th. September 2015

London Coffee Festival with Timberyard UK. May 2015.

Poulters Company Pancake Race. February 2013.

Poulters Company Pancake Race. 12 February 2013.

From butchers to glovers, clockmakers to information technologists, the teams representing Livery Companies of the City of London flocked to Guildhall Yard in their dozens (dozens of eggs even!).

It was bitterly cold out there but that didn’t stop the creation and consumption of many a pancake, much cheering and jeering, and even a handful of face-plants.

Venice, Italy. October 2012.

Aside from the floods, which grabbed the headlines recently and I managed to witness first-hand, here’s the Venice that most people are accustomed to.

Oxjam Islington. October 2012.

Refuge for the Meeks band at Oxfam Islington, October 2012.

Flooded Venice, Italy. October 2012

Flooded Venice, Italy. October 2012.
After spending a week in Italy with near perfect weather, Venice welcomed this weekend visitor with a needs-must sale of wellies and a disposable rain poncho. The infamous canal city turned into a lake during my recent visit – rather challenging and exhausting, yet utterly exhilarating and photogenic.

Rather incredible that as soon as the rain stopped and knee-high water started to recede, shops, restaurants, tour guides, hotel receptions, cruise ships and even the pigeons were all business as usual. Thick-skinned those Venetians are.

To see the Venice that visitors are more accustomed to, go to my other Venice gallery.

The Great River Race. September 2012.

The Great River Race, London Bridge. 15 September 2012.

Deemed as the UK’s traditional boating championship, the Great River Race is an annual charity event, 21 miles in distance, along the River Thames. The race starts at London Docklands to the east of the city, and finishes in Ham in Surrey, west of London. I got the heads up from What’s in Wapping creator Vickie Flores, and managed to get down to London Bridge in time for the excitement.

Wedding: Nick and Amy Lamb. September 2012.

There was a country inn, a big marquee dressed to resemble an African safari, a bouncy castle, homemade cupcakes and wedding cake, and of course the lovely bride and groom Amy and Nick. With such a wonderfully relaxed wedding and fun-loving guests, this Friday night in Essex was the perfect beginning for any newly-wed couple.

Wedding: Brendan & Melissa Brookman. July 2012.

Brookman wedding. July 2012

Project: Somebody Somewhere. 2012.

Family portrait: the Dicksons. May 2012.

A gorgeous autumn Sunday was matched with the gorgeously sparkling white and denim donning Dickson family. Mum Justine, dad Geordie, young Bella and Wyatt, and baby Phynn took to Warner Lakes in Brisbane to show the camera what family fun is all about.

Commonwealth Broadcasting Association conference. April 2012.

LEAP gala dinner. November 2011.

Project: It’s Not Curry. 2011.

These images were taken during my third visit to India in 2011. After working as a photographer and travelling extensively through the country, the diversity in culture, language, religion, environment and ‘way of life’ have become more and more apparent.

However, it’s evident that certain qualities are characterised by all Indians regardless of locality, background, age or creed. An inherent sense of pride – in their work, for their communities and for the plethora of natural and man-made wonders their country offers to the rest of the world. An incredible zest for life – be it the abundance of colour in their clothing to the vigor in how they go about even the most routine day-to-day activities. An unrivaled fondness and appreciation of food, feasts and celebrations – from preparation, to serving and offering and of course its consumption.

These eight images (taken in Karnataka, Punjab and Haryana and West Bengal) are part of a body of work that represents a unique perspective, not synonymous with most Western people’s idea, of India and Indian food.