Nick Cave in a sombre moment at Hammersmith Apollo in London on 26 October 2013. The imposing Australian singer, who casts an intriguing and striking figure on stage, was playing with his band The Bad Seeds on the first of a three night run at the Apollo. With only one song (rather than the standard three) permitted for pho ... View Full Details
Personal photographic projects are joyful, anxiety-ridden, exciting, rewarding pursuits. One of mine, is to develop a series of portraits of dancers from a relatively new and non-mainstream form of an ancient discipline. Tribal belly dance is a very majestic and unusual strand of the art form. This beautiful and extraordina ... View Full Details
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine played a rare intimate show at Dingwalls in London on 12 August 2013. The punk legend and former Dead Kennedys frontman had headlined a festival in the stately ballroom of the Winter Gardens in Blackpool the night before, throwing this tiny, canal-side show in Camden into h ... View Full Details
Legendary New York band Blondie headlined at the Kew The Music festival in west London on 9 July 2013. Lead singer Debbie Harry dressed in foliage in honour of the spectacular Kew Gardens location and the band blasted through an impressive set of songs both old and new, including Heart Of Glass, One Way Or Another and Maria ... View Full Details
On the sunniest day of the year so far, I met up with enigmatic US singer/songwriter Grant Hart to interview and photograph him for an article for Rockshot. It was the day after his special showcase gig at Water Rats, just prior to the release of his new album The Argument. Grant has cast an intriguing figure across the mus ... View Full Details
To reveal something of a person's inner world through the outer shell of the human image is the curious and vital goal of any portrait photographer. View Full Details
Singer-songwriter Sharron Levy was appearing on national TV show The Voice of Germany when I caught up with her in Berlin at new year. View Full Details
As part of the Musicians' Union campaign to promote its work to help artists, I was asked to contribute three photos to a black and white print magazine called Play, put together the union and design company This Is Real Art. View Full Details
Former 10,000 Maniacs singer Natalie Merchant’s return to London to promote her first album in seven years. I’ve seen her perform a few times over many years but this was the first time I’ve photographed her. View Full Details
Iconic rocker Iggy Pop reunited with The Stooges to play their album ‘Raw Power’ in full. One of the most energetic and alluring performers – even in his 60s! Holding on to the vibe of punk rock, even in a venue of this size and after doing it for so many years. View Full Details
Arch provocateur Marilyn Manson’s return to London’s Brixton Academy. One of the trickiest gigs I’ve shot, due to the phenomenally complex (and unusual) restrictions, coupled with challenging low-lit dense blue smoke. This totally obscured the rest of the band and partially shrouded Manson himself. View Full Details
The King Blues returned to their familiar stomping ground of Camden, north London, for this, their biggest headline show of the 2009 at the Electric Ballroom. I’ve been photographing The King Blues since early 2008 and I’ve shot them in every size of venue ... View Full Details
Jello Biafra with his new band the Guantanamo School of Medicine played a ‘fake blood’-soaked set of mainly new and few classic songs, which proved he’s still a punk rock icon. View Full Details
