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A series of images where I was invited to Nottingham’s celebrations of Hannukah , hosted by Mendy Lent – the Chabad Lubbovich of Nottingham and leader of the Jewish community in the city. Joining Mendy as he lit a series of candles was the Lord Mayor of Nottingham Rocsemary Healy along with other members of the Civic Office of Nottingham City Council.

Here’s the second part of set of images I made for Colmore BID in Birmingham to photograph and document their annual Food Festival event , held over two days in early July. The Food Festival was an event held to raise the profile of food and drink businesses within the Colmore Row area of the city , with approximately 30 venues taking part […]

The first part of a set of images I made for Colmore BID in Birmingham to photograph and document their annual Food Festival event , held over two days in early July. The Food Festival was an event held to raise the profile of food and drink businesses within the Colmore Row area of the city , with approximately 30 venues taking part , […]

A link to the first part of this photo essay can be found hereExploring a wide variety of interesting landscaped gardens within The Park Estate , Nottingham in June 2019 . The gardens , part of private residences were opened up to members of the general public by their owners during the biennial Park Garden Trail event , raising funds for local charities in […]

Exploring a wide variety of interesting landscaped gardens within The Park Estate , Nottingham in June 2019 . The gardens , part of private residences were opened up to members of the general public by their owners during the biennial Park Garden Trail event , raising funds for local charities in the process.As one of the event sponsors I had been offered the opportunity […]

In the wake of my exhibition at 38 Carrington Street I was invited to write a short piece detailing my experience of exhibiting with the venue , as well as my thoughts on the success of the exhibition .This article has been published with the Nottingham and Derby Society of Architects , a local branch of the Royal Institute of British Architects , which […]

A set of images documenting the Lenton Gardens redevelopment , designed by architects JTP Placemaking for Nottingham City Homes – a fine example of a new build housing development . The development was built to replace a series of six high rise flats – over 15 stories , with a mix of housing and low rise flats which would house older residents. The images […]

Got to spend a day in Skegness observing a group of ten artists , of various disciplines and backgrounds , as they formed their own impressions of the seaside town – as part of an artist residency run by the UK Young Artists.The artists were split into small groups and spent the morning exploring the town – and documenting their thoughts and feelings though […]

Have been reflecting quite a bit about my own work and how I’ve managed to make my way seeing as I’ve had an invitation at a local college to speak at a careers open day about my experiences as a creative and photographer. I also got to see last week the latest young creative talents Nottingham have to offer in the city’s Young Creative […]

A recap of my recent social media posts previewing the 2019 edition of my Nottingham Calendar with the images I’ve chosen for each month , in this second part I concentrate on images I’ve selected for the months of July to December. Here’s a look back to the images I’ve selected for the first part of the year from January to June. More information […]