Selected work / Street

Street Photography

People going about their day, chance encounters and the details left behind. A selection from London, Bristol, Naples and Lisbon, moving between street portraits, architecture, reflections and texture.

People City details

Window cleaners suspended on the glass face of the Shard beneath a cloudy blue sky

Cleaning the Shard, London

Canon EOS 5D Mark III · EF 70–200mm f/4L USM
70 mm · f/8 · 1/640 s · ISO 200

01 / People

People watching

A person standing in the doorway of an illuminated clothing shop in Naples at night

Shop Worker, Naples

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/2 · 1/500 s · ISO 400

Skaters on concrete ramps seen through a blurred honeycomb pattern, in black and white

Skaters, Bristol

Photographed while holding a honeycomb filter in front of the lens.

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/8 · 1/500 s · ISO 800

A person wearing headphones and smoking beneath red lanterns in Chinatown

Smoking in Chinatown, London

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/1.7 · 1/250 s · ISO 2500

A person holding a phone and looking towards the camera in a busy night scene, in black and white

Caught, Chinatown, London

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/1.7 · 1/250 s · ISO 1250

A carnival participant in a green feathered costume walking away along a wet shopping street

After the Carnival, Kingston upon Thames

Fujifilm X-T2 · XF 23mm F1.4 R
23 mm · f/8 · 1/140 s · ISO 200

Pedestrians passing coloured raindrop designs on a black wall beside a rainbow umbrella

Umbrella, Cabot Circus, Bristol

Fujifilm X-T2 · XF 23mm F1.4 R
23 mm · f/4 · 1/210 s · ISO 800

Two people leaning out of an open window in a pale wall in Lisbon

At the Window, Lisbon

Fujifilm X-T5 · XF 16–55mm F2.8 R LM WR
55 mm · f/2.8 · 1/400 s · ISO 125

A person walking at night between pools of light on brick columns, in black and white

Walker, Bristol

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/1.7 · 1/250 s · ISO 1600

A seated woman beside a restaurant display and a large wall photograph in Naples, in black and white

Seated Woman, Naples

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/1.7 · 1/250 s · ISO 400

A pedestrian passing a large exhibition poster with portraits looking across the frame

Eye Contact, Bristol

Fujifilm X-T2 · XF 56mm F1.2 R
56 mm · f/4 · 1/250 s · ISO 3200

A passenger looking down at a phone on a train, in black and white

Engrossed, London

Leica Q3

Animal-print trainers displayed behind reflective shop glass, in black and white

Shoes, Bristol

Fujifilm X-T2 · XF 23mm F1.4 R
23 mm · f/2.8 · 1/60 s · ISO 800

02 / City

Buildings, textures and urban debris

Silhouetted visitors at tall observation-deck windows overlooking London and the Shard

The Lookout, 8 Bishopsgate

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/8 · 1/125 s · ISO 100

A vintage twin-lens camera reflected in a small mirror, surrounded by a softly blurred display

Vanity Mirror and Vintage Camera

Fujifilm X-T2 · XF 56mm F1.2 R
56 mm · f/1.2 · 1/40 s · ISO 400

A single armchair at the end of a long graffiti-lined hall with a reflective floor, in black and white

Chair, LX Factory, Lisbon

Fujifilm X-T5 · XF 8mm F3.5 WR
8 mm · f/7.1 · 1/15 s · ISO 200

Discarded brown trousers on the ground beside a graffiti-covered wall

Trousers, Bristol

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/1.7 · 1/60 s · ISO 3200

A black-and-white view looking up at the curved stone corner of a London building

Building, London

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/16 · 1/8 s · ISO 100

Diagonal sunlight crossing a shuttered window and weathered plaster wall, in black and white

Wall Texture, Naples

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/2 · 1/2000 s · ISO 400

Laundry hanging against a cracked plaster wall beneath a small window, in black and white

Washing

Leica Q3
28 mm · f/1.7 · 1/15 s · ISO 800

A twisting sculptural form rising diagonally into a cloudy sky, in black and white

Into the Light

Canon EOS 5D Mark III · EF 24–105mm f/4L IS USM
47 mm · f/9 · 1/800 s · ISO 400

Road markings leading through a narrow graffiti-covered lane, with strong motion blur

Lines, Bristol

Fujifilm X-T2 · XF 10–24mm F4 OIS
10 mm · f/10 · 1.2 s · ISO 200

Behind the photographs

People, places and small details

On the street, I’m interested in how people fit into their surroundings: a figure caught in a pool of light, a glance towards the camera, or a passer-by lining up with a picture on a wall. The setting often matters as much as the person.

I also look at the city without people in the frame. Weathered walls, reflections and everyday objects show a different side of a place. Hanging washing or a pair of discarded trousers can be as much a subject as a building.

There’s room to experiment, too. For Skaters, Bristol, I held a honeycomb filter in front of the lens, letting its pattern become part of the image. That experiment sits alongside the more direct observations in this collection.

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