Commission - Manchester School of Art

I’ve just heard that I’ve been successful in applying for a commission for the Manchester School of Art. I’ll be producing several very large versions of the ‘Threshold’ series of gate post images to be displayed long-term on site at one of the School of Art buildings.

The image below is a mock-up, produced for the pitch session, but gives a good indication of what the final install should look like in a couple of months time.

It’s really exciting to have the opportunity to work at this scale!

Winter Oak

Final image preparation for production. Overlay of images from the same site in Hare Clough, Rossendale.

Threshold

Small scale printing tests on GF Smith ‘Plike’ black paper. Next step is to scale these up to almost A0 size.

Into the void

Early morning, above the submerged village of Grane.

Canopy experiments continue…

I’ve been fascinated by the complexity in the OAK canopy images. Although they were intended to end up as multi-layered perspex, I do love the layered stacks in their own right. I’m exploring the effects of rotating three shots of oak canopies, all from the same site in Eskdale. Not quite sure where this will end up.

You want it darker?

Work in progress for a series marking the bicentenary of the 1826 weavers uprising.

Bury OPEN 2025 - Three Works Selected + Cass Art Exhibition Award & Solo Show

I’m delighted to share that all three of my submitted pieces have been selected for the Bury Art Museum Open 2025, from over 500 entries. I was also awarded the Cass Art Exhibition Award, which includes a two-week solo exhibition at the Cass Art gallery in Manchester. Watch this space for details on that.

After the award ceremony it was fantastic to chat with Malcolm Garrett MBE, who shared some very useful insight on the OPEN judging process and his thoughts on photography and art in general. A great day all round.

BLOOD OLIVE | BLACK OAK

Early digital tests of this concept. The original images are photographs from Provence (olive) and Eskdale (oak).

NOT OLIVES

I went to Provence to photograph olive canopies. These are not the olives I was looking for.

HARE CLOUGH

Photos from the route of the weavers uprising, ahead of the 2026 bicentenary. Read more here: https://www.weavers-uprising.org.uk . The pair of deer in the last but one picture were a complete surprise when I scanned the photos at home.

CANOPY | Framing Tests

Each frame includes three layers of Plexiglass, each separated by narrow spacing blocks. Big thank you to Studio 51 for the printing and to Framing Manchester for the careful assembly. Both were very patient with my awkward and specific requests!

CANOPY | Printing tests

I’m still testing colour and framing options, but really please with how these Plexiglass prints are looking. They come alive in bright sunshine. Now how do I make them rotate?

Grane Mill, September 2025

Huge thank you to the fantastic team of volunteers working to keep this place alive.

CANOPY | Animation test

This image is made of three photographs of tree canopies in Seathwaite, Cumbria. The images are overlaid and rotating slowly in different directions. The level of complexity rapidly means it’s essentially infinitely varying.

Rossendale Art Trail | Spring 2025

This local exhibition featured several of the Lithics, Organics and Palings work shown in a location close to where many of the images were captured. The layers of the Lithics works included references to local history that were familiar to viewers.

Gunpowder Tea

This multimedia work was produced in collaboration with Imperial War Museum and Manchester Metropolitan University School of Digital Arts in response to the work of Chila Kumari Burman.

The piece features the poem Gunpowder Tea by Shadam Zeest Hashmi and is a collaborative work with other Masters students Jessica Curran; Samantha Butterworth, Harrison Brady and Soham Santosh Pradhan.