Shooting The Wombats album cover for A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
In 2006 I was contacted by a design agency here on Merseyside to help them photograph their forthcoming debut album cover. Exciting times !
Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: music, album, promo, cover
Published on Tue Oct 10, 2023
RIP Maxi Jazz
Raiding the archives for a selection of images of front man Maxi Jazz from Faithless, who sadly passed away at the end of 2022
Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: music, file, Glastonbury, festivals, live, faithless, maxijazz, gigs
Published on Tue Jan 3, 2023
Laughing gas cannisters at music festivals - litter, waste and environmental damage
Some images from Glastonbury and beyond. With some thoughts about health impacts and environmental factors
Categories: Photography, Music, Personal
Tags: environment, festivals, waste
Published on Mon Sep 12, 2022
Africa Oye 2022 - world music photography in Liverpool
As I always say, Africa Oye is my favourite festival and probably the nearest, being about 15 minutes walk from my home. Slightly delayed, is the 30th anniversary of the festival a few weeks ago.
Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: AfricaOye, world, music, live, gigs
Published on Mon Jul 4, 2022
Liverpool photographer has a busy start to the year
A quick summary of recent photography work at the beginning of 2022, which hopefully signals a return to business as normal for photographic commissions on Merseyside.
Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Events, People, Music, Personal
Tags: art, project, personal, business, commercial
Published on Wed Mar 2, 2022
Positive Vibration reggae festival in Liverpool
Positive Vibration is an award-winning reggae festival here in Liverpool and I was covering it for my agency ArenaPAL
Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Music
Tags: music, live, festivals
Published on Wed Sep 15, 2021
Photographers Review of 2020
2020 has been a year we will never forget but I have renewed hope that the future will be stronger than ever for me and my business.
Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Press, Events, People, Architecture, Music, Personal
Tags: review, 2020
Published on Wed Jan 13, 2021
RIP Frederick "Toots" Hibbert - Liverpool 2011
Sad to hear Jamaican reggae pioneer Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert has died at the age of 77. The legendary musician fronted the reggae and ska band Toots & the Maytals from the early 1960s.
Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: music, file
Published on Thu Oct 8, 2020
Liverpool photographer end of year review 2019
My summary and review of various photography commissions in Liverpool and beyond in 2019 - business portraits, conferences, events, exhibitions - another super busy year.
Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Press, Events, People, Architecture, Music, Personal
Tags: review, 2019,
Published on Fri Dec 20, 2019
Africa Oye 2019 - world music photography in Liverpool
Africa Oye is the UK's largest free African music festival and it just keeps getting better and better. It is an Oye Family now - a solid crew of management and trustees and an audience that knows how to party !
Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Music
Tags: AfricaOye, world, music
Published on Mon Jul 1, 2019
World music photographer for ArenaPAL
My world music photography has been promoted by specialist photo library ArenaPAL since 2006 - so great to see that they have a sparkly new website and that I'm one of their featured suppliers
Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: world, music, AfricaOye, Glastonbury, festivals
Published on Fri Jun 21, 2019
The Real People, The Cheap Thrills: Shankly Hotel, Liverpool
An amazing gig that I was lucky enough to be asked to photograph - old friends The Real People and new kids on the block The Cheap Thrills - legendary night.
Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: gigs, live, music,
Published on Sat May 18, 2019
RIP: Keith Flint - file picture Glastonbury 2009
Sad news to hear that Keith Flint, lead singer with The Prodigy is dead - I took a series of live images of the band for an agency at the Glastonbury festival back in 2009.
Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: Glastonbury, music, live, gigs, festivals
Published on Fri May 3, 2019
RIP: Oliver Mtukudzi file picture 2009
Sad to hear that legendary jazz musician Oliver Mtukudzi has died - some images from the African Soul Rebels UK tour with Baaba Maal in 2009.
Categories: Photography, Music
Tags: world, music, live, gigs
Published on Thu Jan 24, 2019
Africa Oye 2018 - world music photography
Back again at my favourite festival - great music and a brilliant weekend weather wise. It really is a highlight in Liverpool's musical calendar - superb programming and really well organised.
Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Music
Tags: AfricaOye, world, music, live, festivals
Published on Mon Jul 2, 2018
Africa Oye 2017 - world music festival in Liverpool
The UK's largest free celebration of African music and culture takes place annually in Liverpool. Beginning in 1992 as a series of small gigs in the city centre, the event has gone from strength to strength, moving to its present Sefton Park home in 2002 to cope with demand
Categories: Photography, Liverpool, Music
Tags: AfricaOye, world, music, live, gigs
Published on Mon Jul 10, 2017
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