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La Zaida and Evonik
La Zaida and Evonik Ahhhh… La Zaida… Many years ago, on a train in Portugal, we passed a place without stopping and I quipped; “It was a one horse town… and then they ate the horse.” La Zaida has that feel; a place with a population of 500 that might easily be called nondescript… except…
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The Magaluf Job (pt3). The Day Trip to Ca’s Patro March
The Day Trip to Ca’s Patro March Will was looking a bit squeamish after the phone call from his editor. They suddenly came up with the idea of us going to visit some remote restaurant the following day. It’s the Sunday Times, so I guess they did not want their readers to think Mallorca was…
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The Magaluf Job (pt 2)
The Magaluf Job (pt 2) May is hardly high season for Magaluf, but by 2pm all the restaurants on the beach are full of people. Some of them are even eating. There are street vendors selling fake gold chains and captain hats. An odd combination. However I saw enough drunk captains, red necks festooned in…
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The Magaluf Job (pt1)
Anais and Oscar The Magaluf Job The evening did not start auspiciously. A lot of people working in the bars and clubs are suspicious of journalists. Magaluf has a certain reputation and that reputation is salacious enough to even get decent coverage in the serious press; some light relief for the chattering classes. Finally Will…
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Gerard Piqué and the Kings League
Gerard Piqué and the Kings League Nope, that is not the name of another bloody Guy Riche film. I got a call late one night from The Sunday Times for a job the next day. It was a portrait session for Gerard Piqué at the offices of KOSMOS where he is Founder, CEO, &…
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The Olive Oil Heist
I did a job a while ago about an olive oil heist robbery in Castelló de Farfanya, the shop of OLICASTELLÓ ALSINA. The story was for The Times. The thief used dynamite to break open the doors. One got the impression visiting this little town that that might have been akin to a crime…
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Rejuversen Revisited
Rejuversen Revisited I have done a few jobs for Rejuversen now. This is the second time I visited their research lab at Parc Scientific Barcelona. Things have improved a lot there! The last time I visited I ended up having to clean up the images because the lab looked like a bomb had hit a…
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Jordi Cruyff, The Nice Guy
Jordi Cruyff, The Nice Guy Several UK papers contacted me to photograph him. .Basically, the journalists sat with him for nearly an hour and I had 2 choices either twiddle my thumbs or try and get some shots. I set up one light to sidelight him and also the background and flags as I…
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Kiera Walsh, Lioness and Barca Player
Kiera Walsh, Lioness and Barca Player The Sunday Times to the rescue… one of the Lionesses, Kiera Walsh, now plays for Barcelona FC and I got the chance to photograph her. The job took a lot more emailing and arranging than is normal. The deadline of a Christmas publication, and my first flight out of…
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JC & The Echo Chamber
JC & The Echo Chamber I met JC from JC & The Echo Chamber at Soho House when I was a member. He asked me if I would do some photos of them whilst they shot a video. This was the start of a series of shoots I would do. Publicity work, rehearsals, and…
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Jordi Petriz, from Telescope to Microscope
The beach seemed as good as a place as any to start the job. Jordi Petriz was the subject.The theme was where he liked to go when not in the laboratory… I really was hoping to spend time in the laboratory, the potential for over-the-top lighting and all that tech. Hey ho. The client was…
Cuban Night Life and Cuban Night Light
My third Cuban adventure. You can see images from the last visits here. The first thing I did, when I woke the first morning, was walk to the malecón as the sun came up. There were already fishermen perched on the wall, indifferent to the waves that lashed the defences. My first visit had been…
Istanbul and Instagram, Late to the Game but Catching Up
Istanbul and Instagram is part 1 about my trip to the city and contains images shot on the iPhone. I have a list of places I want to go to and I have a friend who makes me go to them. The places tend to be the easier ones, the ones you could visit over a…
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A Flying Visit To and Then Around Casa Bonay, Barcelona
One of the first really interesting job of the year was a shoot at Casa Bonay, a boutique hotel recently opened by Inés Miró-Sans in the centre of Barcelona. Receiving an email that is a possible job is always a little like Christmas, when it comes from another country even more so, because apart from the appeal of…
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City Light; Those Magic Hours When You Can Take Your Studio to the Streets
I would like to take the idea of ‘Magic Hour‘ and turn it into Magic Hours. Maybe ironically, what I am suggesting might fly in the face of something sacred to many; that moment when the natural light is just perfect (and alas fleeting) for beautifully lit portraits. My magic hours are when the natural light, by chance…
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Bohemian Beach Fashion Shoot, in Barcelona
I have been running a film group in Barcelona for about 7 years, I do this because I love showing people films that they might not get to see and as it is situated in a cultural centre and there is also a great bar, so the whole evening is very sociable; people arrive early…
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Fashion Shoot, Gaucho Style Belts
I was contacted by Philipp, the MD of Iracional, a German/Argentine accessory company. They wanted to do a shoot for their belts. The style of the belts is a traditional Gaucho design and they are handmade by a guy in Buenos Aires who is famous for his horse saddles, etc. The idea was to have some models in the…
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Anthony Llobet, Hair Dresser & Salon Owner
I went to photograph Anthony whilst still recovering from a stomach bug that had been doing the rounds of the city. I was feeling very light-headed and generally not ‘all there’, I did however have an idea in my mind as to what shot I would like and when you are lucky enough to have…
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Interview Portraits for Magazines
I realise I am behind in posts and it seems like a good idea to do one covering the interview photos I take every month. I have said this before, that doing these is not going to make me rich, but I do get to meet people, who for the most part, are interesting and…
El Jardinet Dels Gats
I don’t do so many articles for this magazine anymore, but I got called up to do this at short notice and being free said yes. I know this little park quite well, situated at the back of the Boqueria market but, I suspect, not much visited or written about in guide books, it is…
UBIS, Geneva
I was contacted by Elena Panizza, head of Brain Bazaar about this job. I was very pleased to be asked, after all, it combined travel and decent renumeration, though, in truth, living in Barcelona means I am no longer sure what that is, as very few here want to spend money on work that might be professional when they…
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Agata Restaurant, Barcelona
These pictures were for a restaurant that was creating a new website. I got a call from a girl I know called Freddie, who is a designer and also runs a Meetup group for such people, I sometimes go along as it is a very relaxed social night out, rather than the typical networking events, which always feel…
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Sagrada Familia, Never-Ending Story
This was for an article in the Metropolitan magazine. I knew nothing about the story or the person nor had I ever met the writer. The pictures were taken in the summer but the article did not appear till October. I am not a big fan of the Sagrada Familia, to tell the truth, I…
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Micheal Witty, Walking Tours
I had to meet Mr Witty at a hotel near plaza Catalunya, the place was full of old German tourists and the vague description I had meant I was sure half the people there could have been him. When someone I thought was most likely to be him did appear and proceed to wander around…
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Women at Pregnancy Services
These are images for an article about people who offer services to pregnant women in Barcelona, aside from the usual midwifery this includes such things as massages etc. I did pictures of several of them together at the offices where they worked. There was a nice amount of white space and natural light to play…
