Recent portrait: Ben Stonard Fine Furniture

A portrait from back in March when I had the pleasure of photographing Ben Stonard of Ben Stonard Fine Furniture at his Surrey workshop. The sun was out so this was lit with just a skylight.

Recent portrait: Frances Fitzgerald

A portrait of Frances Fitzgerald, Ireland's Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, taken during the recent State Visit by Irish President Michael D. Higgins.

Josef Chladek's virtual bookshelf: 間 Aida

I was very happy to see 間 Aida featured on Josef Chladek's virtual bookshelf this morning.

El Dabaa, Egypt

A portrait I took on Egypt's North Coast during a shoot for The Devil's Garden back in July.

Recent portrait: Tim Mitchell

Tim Mitchell photographed last week in Brixton.

Morocco, 2005

On a hill above the city of Fez.

High Atlas Mountains

Cycling through Morocco's High Atlas Mountains back in 2005.

Recent portrait

My portrait of Salah Madoul (27) taken while working on photographs for The Devil's Garden in El Dabaa, Egypt. Salah was injured not by WWII landmines or UXO but in a shooting accident as a member of Egyptian Homeland Security.

The Photocopy Club: RIOT

Photographers Marc Vallée and Julio Etchart at The Photocopy Club's RIOT exhibition last week.

Rupert Brooke (1887 – 1915)

The poet Rupert Brooke died 98 years ago today. I took this photograph back in 2009 when I visited the grave in an olive grove near Tris Boukes Bay on the Greek Island of Skyros. Brooke died of septicemia from an infected mosquito bite aboard a French hospital ship en route to the landings at Gallipoli. The site was chosen by his close friend, William Denis Browne - killed in action at Gallipoli a few weeks later - who wrote of Brooke's death:

"...I sat with Rupert. At 4 o’clock he became weaker, and at 4.46 he died, with the sun shining all round his cabin, and the cool sea-breeze blowing through the door and the shaded windows. No one could have wished for a quieter or a calmer end than in that lovely bay, shielded by the mountains and fragrant with sage and thyme."