I’ve been going through your work and it’s so inspiring to see the range of images you have created over the years. So let’s wind it back to the beginning to find out how you started life as a photographer? Who/what was your inspiration?
My story is not that unique, though my family had a manual SLR (Pentax ME Super) with a 50mm prime lens which I fell in love with. But my main reason for picking up the camera, was that I realised that taking the photos on holiday meant I didn’t have to be in them. That was the goal.
I suppose if I’d have to choose my source of inspiration – it was my Dad. I didn’t know any photographers, we didn’t have the online access we do today back in 98/99, but my Dad was always there, always documenting (and he was way more committed than the other dads). From that point on, I carried on shooting more and more, it came very naturally to me. I shadowed some old-school wedding photographers at family weddings and ended up documenting reportage wedding photography before it really became a thing – I just wanted to chase the ‘real’ and ‘caught moments’.
Little did I know that those factors would shape me and the way I shoot so much. Today, nearly everything I shoot is on a 50mm prime lens and I’ve even switched back to manual focus vintage lenses!
Access is always the hardest part of shooting
