Living in rural south England at an early age had a formative impact on how I would view landscape and the colours of nature. The resulting inquisitiveness that developed has accompanied me ever since. My interest in photography began at about age eight when I got my hands around a first camera. At 16 I moved to London where people and architecture led me to look at different subject matter. 

Later I studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University) for three years. During that time I was fortunate to meet Ansel Adams, Brett Weston and Arnold Newman who in their different fields helped steer me on my path. The work of two other master photographers – Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Sebastião Salgado – further sensitized me to concentrate more on light, form and the non-mundane.

A move to Germany opened up new perspectives and initially I worked as a freelance assistant to diverse advertising photographers. From the mid 80s I took a long time out before picking up a first digital camera in 2005, after which I became increasingly active. The majority of images on this website have been produced since then.

When not photographing people, the urge to capture the juxtaposition of colours, patterns and especially detail – often overlooked by passers-by – has become an eternal source of fascination. And because there is so much diversity in our world, I deliberately choose not to specialize in one genre. For the record, when it comes to producing images, I neither use multiple-composite, CGI nor AI!

Over the years I have been commissioned by – among others – Zeit Magazin, Merian, Stern, Capital and Lufthansa Magazin. When not working on assignments I concentrate on diverse projects such as those shown on this website.