Jamaica street photography 1986 - 2016
Jamaican horse racing Jockeys at the Caymans park racetrack- shots taken between 2013-2016.
At its peak sugar cane estates in Jamaica employed 50,000 people. But a mixture of privatisation, and the end of EU quotas combined with closure of estates has hit the Jamaican sugar industry hard.
Established in 1884, the Repton Boys boxing Club was founded in Bethnal Green in the heart of London's east end as a mission for underprivileged children. The club has moved three times from it's original position, but has never strayed from it's roots.
The Moors and Christians Festival of Alcoy, in honor of Saint George. On the second day of the day festival affiliated groups decked out in medieval costume as Moors or Christians fiesta on the streets and in the bars of Alcoy, in honor of Saint George
UK Street Photography Exploring the real and imagined ideas of nationhood and otherness while seeking the uncommon in the common places. 1983 - 2020
On may 25, 2020, in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic in the UK, and following an easing of some of the most severe lockdown restrictions, I headed to Southend-on-Sea, in an attempt to capture this unique moment in time. Mindful of the negative portrayal that English seaside resorts often receive by the media, I wanted to create a snapshot, a sort of time capsule, while avoiding as much as possible the cliche of tattoos and sunburns.These photos offer a glimpse of local people and visitors, who had traveled by train and car the short trip from London, to get some much needed sea air. By the end of May many of them, old and young, had been ‘cooped up’ for over a month without the luxury of gardens, and were desperate to get out, and ‘be beside the seaside’. The atmosphere was palpable as temperatures reached 25c (hot for May) and by midday coast guards had already reported several people in trouble. The mudflats of Southend-on-Sea, situated on the Thames estuary, are notorious, and people often don’t take sufficient account of the low tides, which can extend them out for 300 meters. Southend-on-Sea was once given the somewhat unkind nickname of ‘East-end-on-Mud’ by Punch magazine, also a reference to Southend's long association with the working people from the East End of London and working class culture in general.
‘Inna Dancehall Style'. Jamaica Dancehall 1986 - 2016 Capturing the Style, exuberance, creativity and edginess of this massively influential subcultural movement’. This project is a personal journey exploring the raw urban Jamaican counter-cultural Dancehall scene . While eschewing any attempt at music photography per se or a comprehensive encyclopaedia of Jamaica Dancehall. The work takes in Jamaica and UK Dancehall of the 80s, 90s to the present day.
The last of the F. Cooke Pie and Mash shops in London. October 2020. The effects of Coronavirus have been clearly devastating to the nations health and the UK economy, Leaving pubs bars and cafés in working class areas particularly hard hit.