I studied photography at Derby Art College, and now work as a freelance photographer in London. My work includes stills for theatre and television and commissions for local boroughs. I have also run workshops for both adults and young people.

Among the theatre companies I have extensively worked with over the years are Complicite, Clean Break (for ex offenders), Second Wave (a young peoples theatre), Royal Court, Almeida, RSC, The Whoopee Club, Unicorn Theatre and Theatre Nomad, both here and in South Africa. I have also worked for Channel 4 and the BBC both as production photographer and creating images that become an integral part of the film.

My personal work has often been inspired by my experiences of working in theatre, the mystery of images, thoughts and words arising like strange clues from the darkness. Through photography I have been able to explore different worlds: football supporters from Arsenal, East End exotic dancers, working women in Hackney, Smithfield meat market, Shoreditch at night and Spitalfields past and present. In South Africa and in Kent, I worked with two groups of women who were given throwaway cameras to make a portrait of their lives. I also made portraits of them.

I collaborated on a book ‘Baby Oil and Ice’ about strippers in London’s East End with photographer Julie Cook and exotic dancer Lara Clifton, who edited the text. The book won erotic book of the year in 2002.

All these projects have been exhibited.