I started taking street photographs in 2016, whilst working as a developer for a marketing agency in London. It was one simple decision to take my camera to work with me, but I instantly fell in love with photographing the streets. I am a self-taught photographer, and was already shooting music events on a limited part-time basis – but street photography taught me an entirely new approach to photography. It rekindled my enjoyment of capturing the moment, demanding a relinquishing of control combined with a new level of intuition and instinct. In 2019 I started my wedding and event photography business full-time, from my home on the West Sussex and Surrey border in the UK. But street photography is my testing ground for experimentation and artistic expression, and I take nearly everything I learn from it into my freelance work. I honestly believe street photography is one of the most valuable, important genres of photography today – not only is it one of the most accessible ways into photography, but one that continues to teach and inspire photographers on many different levels.
About The Collection
With this series of photographs, I was particularly interested in the combination of line, shape, bold colours and minimalism. I wanted to use these qualities to express the hidden aesthetics in what might otherwise appear to be very ordinary aspects of urban life. With this style of work, I particularly enjoy how the medium of photography can transform the mundane into something surreal or humorous, simply by how it is composed and presented.
