2013 Updates
First of all, a belated ‘Happy New Year’ to all my visitors! I hope 2013 will be suitably busy and successful for all… I have been a little quiet here over the last few months and missed out on writing my normal ‘Best of…’ post in December – in my defence, I was wrapped up [...]
Sulawesi update – plans, plans, plans…
I have now been in a hot and sunny Makassar since Thursday evening, meeting up with friends and contacts and chasing down a few details of the different projects, which are now starting to come together. First stop in Makassar was to meet up with two good friends here – Sarah Oakes and Pete Howson, [...]
Thank you to my contributors and supporters…
If you have been reading my blog recently, you will know I have been looking for contributors to help support a series of projects here in Indonesia. Well, I am now very close to my target and so on Thursday will be heading to Makassar to start shooting. I still need to sort out a [...]
Help me to help others…
At the start of February, I will be embarking on a journey to shoot three different personal projects in Sulawesi and Sumatra, all of which will support development and conservation efforts in these locations. Why do I call them personal projects? Because I have not commissioned to shoot these stories - they are of great [...]
Fighting the Tide – Waste in Indonesia…
Bali has a well-deserved reputation as one of the world's best holiday destinations and millions of tourists arrive on the island every year to explore its culture, landscapes and nightlife. However this huge influx of people causes an extraordinary problem – vast amounts of waste and a lack of infrastructure to deal with it. It [...]
Life as a freelancer…
Probably the biggest thing I have learnt over the last year or so is how unpredictable and surprising life as a freelancer can be. Over the last few months, I’ve put a great deal of effort into marketing myself and getting in touch with people and organisations in the UK, Africa and SE Asia, and [...]
A change of direction…
Over the last few months I have been slowly putting together a big project – one that has finally come to fruition I am happy to say. I will be heading to Africa next month to shoot some of the winners of the World of Difference competition run by the Vodafone Foundation. The World of [...]
News and plans…
Its been a little quiet here over the last few weeks – too much work to do and not enough time… I have been doing a lot of planning for future trips, working on some publications and rethinking this site and how I can earn some money from my image collection. So, in no particular [...]
