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  • Liverpool Comic Con 2019

    Today I spent a couple of hours photographing some of the visitors to Liverpool Comic Con, held at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool. The wind was crazy, with gale-force gusts blowing hair and bits of costumes everywhere, but spirits were high, even as people queued in the cold to get in. Comic Con is a big…

  • Exhibition: ‘Liverpool’s Boss!’

    The first showing of my Liverpool’s Boss! documentary project starts today in Liverpool. It’s a small exhibition of part of the ongoing project, but I’m delighted it’s taking place for the first time in the Baltic Triangle, where many of the images were made. The Baltic Triangle is home to Liverpool’s thriving Creative & Digital (C&D) community,…

  • Liverpool’s Boss! Photozine

    At last I’ve started working on my first ever photozine. Putting together a little zine is a project that I’ve wanted to do for years, but I’ve never quite got around to it until now. In the zine are six images and the artist’s statement from my Liverpool’s Boss! documentary project, an ongoing project about the regeneration of Liverpool. Coming soon,…

  • Artists in Liverpool

    I spent the afternoon in Liverpool yesterday, photographing artists in their studios. It was great fun, and the people I met were so friendly and patient while I fussed around them. The spaces themselves were amazing too – so vibrant, and just buzzing with creativity. I’ve got lots of pictures to go through to pull…

  • Liverpool’s Boss!

    Liverpool has changed massively since I used to work here as a computer programmer back in the mid-1990s. I remember certain areas being no-go zones, not particularly because of crime or violence (this was long after the days of the Toxteth riots), but simply because large parts of the city comprised of nothing but derelict warehouses.…