Analysing the body of work that I have produced over the last decade, it is unsurprising to realise that the return to higher education, namely architectural studies, has catalysed both my photographic interest and capability, ultimately leading to two recent training exercises that I consider to have borne critical fruit. One is a series of studies of the Barbican, and the second is a wider study of the City of London. The latter exercise, combined with a couple of experimental shots taken during the Barbican studies, has generated an interest in shifting the perspectives of architecture, with or without geometrical entanglements, and since stretched beyond London.
In addition, I do still enjoy a bit of landscape/seascape photography, often popping down to the coast for a bit of sea air, or trying my hand at some street photography (which still needs a lot of practice), both of which are helping fuel my obsession with black and white photography; not that I currently see a problem with that.
Truth be told, I do not know where any of this will lead, and it has only been in this past year that I have had the confidence to start submitting to exhibitions and competitions to understand where I fit amongst the wider community. Photography is also still secondary to my primary profession where I am working as an architectural assistant, but luckily I currently find the two to be complimentary. Of course, I do have ideas on where to take this further, but whether any of them see fruition is anyone’s guess for now!
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