Flanders, Belgium

A couple of landscapes taken last week on the WW1 battlefields surrounding Ypres. Top: The Caterpillar Crater near Hill 60 created when 1st Australian Tunneling Company detonated explosives beneath German trenches. Above: a ploughed field hints at how the landscape may have looked during the war.

Old film

I just got around to developing a load of black and white film and found this, a chap playing his accordion in an empty street in Soho last Summer. Thanks to Tiffany Jones of fLIP Magazine for the picture of me!

Portrait: Thom Sweeney

A portrait I shot for B.B, ESQ of tailors Thom Whiddett and Luke Sweeney in Thom Sweeney's Mayfair premises last year.

Landscape: California

Taken last November facing the Sierra Nevada from Mono Lake. Click image to enlarge.

Portrait: Marc Vallée

A portrait of photographer Marc Vallée from a shoot held at the end of last year. The location was Leake Street, near Waterloo station, where Marc shot his Writers series.

間 Aida and the Indie Photobook Library

間 Aida is now part of the Indie Photobook Library. This book was selected as one of the “Notable Photo Books of 2012,” by Larissa Leclair for PDN.

Mexico

Here's a selection of pictures from my recent travels in Mexico. Most relate to either the Day of Saint Jude or the Day of the Dead. All taken on a 5D Mark II and a 40mm.

間 Aida review

Larissa Leclair of the Indie Photobook Library included my new book 間 AIDA in Photo District News' “Notable Photo Books of 2012”. The complete list can be seen here

Coming soon: Mexico, USA & Canada

As soon as I get a moment I'll post some images from my recent trip to Central and North America. Until then, here's one of the first pictures I took in Mexico City...

Portrait: Mark Makela

An image I took of photojournalist Mark Makela in Hampstead earlier today with Canon's new 40mm 'pancake' lens. Mark's been over from the U.S. covering the Olympics and his photostory, The Unseen Olympics, can be seen at www.markmakela.com

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