Portraiture, or photographing people, has been a part of my photographic practice since the very beginning. My first commission in 1989 was to photograph bands backstage at Reading Festival. Musicians and performers are excellent subjects to work with, as they are almost always show-offs, so this was a great first step for me.
Local bands and musicians followed and, before too long, I was photographing 'real' people as well. It can be harder to guess what 'normal' people want from a portrait, so I tend to employ a couple of tricks: I ask them, and I spend time with them. It becomes a collaboration, a conversation, rather than a picture of someone's face.
Is it harder work? Yes, it can be, but it's always very rewarding, and it's never boring.
I can't be doing with boring photographs. Can you?
Matilda Brown. Composer.
Louis C. Skellern. Singer/songwriter.
Tony Hawks. The fridge man, not the skateboarder.
Margus Sarre. News anchor, ERR (Estonian national broadcaster.)
John Hegley. Poet, Francophile, Lutonian and lutenist.
Stan Tracey. Pianist and British Jazz legend.
Charlotte Thomson-Morley. Illustrator.
Jazmin Sawyers. Olympian, sports commentator, TV personality.
John Guerrassio. Actor.
Steven Renwick. Fintech founder and CEO.
Dr. Francesco Mazzarella. Researcher and reader in Design for Social Change.
Craig Pulford. Poet and construction worker.
Adrian Glynn. Singer/songwriter and actor.
Andrew Dixon. Aerospace engineer.
Tara Gatherer. Writer/producer.
Andrew Graves. "The Mullet-proof Poet".
Rob Gee. Comedian, poet and writer.
Howard Marks. Raconteur, entrepreneur and counter-culture icon.
Thomas Stronen. Percussionist and jazz composer.