Unspoilt by Progress?
When asked by the organisers of my forthcoming exhibition 'A Time it Was' to revisit some of the locations and produce current contrasting (or complimentary) images, I 'thought' my way…
Princess Grace at Hagley Hall 1980
Let there be Light
Exactly thirty seven years ago (to the month, if not the day) Princess Grace of Monaco visited Stourbridge, in the West Midlands, UK. That's a bit like saying you were…
The Unusual Suspects
I know I've mentioned in the past the notion of going with the first idea that comes to mind. It could be that I'm very lazy. It could be that…
Nuthin’ Wrong with Dudley…
'Dudley's Great, Nuthin' Wrong with Dudley...' So says the inscription on Sir Lenny Henry's commemorative MOBO award paving slab in Buffery Park, Dudley. West Midlands. United Kingdom. Lenny turned up…
Times they are a changin’…still
A text from a reporter on the Dudley News posed the question "Can you do a picture of a local councillor in the dark on a council estate where there…
Roses are Red, Roses are Blue…
A dyed rose has sat in a bullet glass on our mantelpiece for many months now. It was a gift to my wife who was a guest at a gay…
Bats, bats, bats…and more bats
I suppose we've all wondered how a bat goes to the toilet. Oh? Just me then...should have known. Anyway, they just let go, so to speak, while hanging there, upside…
Going with the first idea..
I freelance regularly for a group of newspapers in the West Midlands/Worcestershire. My jobs arrive by email, with usually no discussion about picture requirements, with neither the organisers nor the…
Go Ape Young Man – or Woman
"Faaaaaaaaaarrrk!" "Sheeeeeeeeeet!" "Sorry!!" Birdsong gave way to blasphemy as an army of zip-wiring, tree scrambling outdoor pursuitists whooshed, whistled and thudded their way around the vertigo inducing playground that is…