Artist Statement

The photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson comes closest to describing the nature of photography when he writes that, in essence, it comes down to “the decisive moment” of pressing the shutter and capturing the image.
I hold as closely as I can to that concept and use minimal processing except for occasional cropping or slight lighting adjustments to ensure that the original image is reflected in the printed form.
I use a Sony A7CR full frame together with my Samsung S24 Ultra phone as my ‘pocket camera’.
My photography is about that ‘decisive moment’ when travelling, near and far, locally and across the globe. The journey and the destination – travelling certainly does change you, simply on the level of seeing people living daily lives wherever they are - just down the road or many miles away in a different culture with a different history and outlook and in vastly different economic conditions, day in day out. It brings out the stark contrasts of us all huddled together sharing the same tiny planet whirling through dark, empty space – yet riven by vast, deep gulfs in living conditions between and within our nations, where almost unimaginable wealth sits side by side with utter poverty and despair.
Travelling also reveals great beauty in strange and exotic landscapes and architecture – but the really significant thing it has taught me is that despite everything that governments, cultures and religions do to divide us, the majority of people everywhere share more in their common, caring humanity than ever separates us.