Filming for CNN
Footage I filmed in Haiti was used for a special programme on CNN in August 2010. As part of their CNN Heroes programmes – they focused on Magnus MacFarlane Barrow, the chief and exec founder of the international charity, Mary’s Meals whom I accompanied in Haiti in July. Two films were produced using the footage [...]
Haiti – 6 months after the earthquake
View Gallery I have just returned from an assignment in Haiti documenting via film and photography the aftermath of the earthquake and the work of a small Scottish charity. It was my first time in Haiti and even after documenting the poverty of Africa and India, the situation in Haiti seemed even more desperate. When [...]
Miami stopover
View Gallery Had a few hours in Miami on route to an assignment in Haiti. Headed down to an South Beach, with rain and grey skies, a handful of people on the beach it was not the Miami I expected. Wandered around the beach and meet and photographed a few of the locals. Then back [...]
BIG Lottery Fund shoot with the Canon 5D Mark ii
In May this year I was commissioned by the BIG Lottery Fund to document community projects that had been awarded lottery grants over the past 2 years. The 15 short films and one 6 minute film would be used to document the difference lottery money has made to communities and individuals as well as to [...]
Foula, Shetland Isles – population of 28 (29 including me)
In May I spent 3 days on the island of Foula – about 20 miles west of mainland Sheland – shooting a short film for the Big Lottery Fund. It is known as the most remotely inhabited place in the UK and has a current population of 28 people. I had always thought I had [...]
Remembering Paddy’s Market one year on – Opening night photos
To mark the one year anniversary I designed and installed a self funded special photography and multimedia exhibition space within the Barra’s Market in Glasgow. One of the indoor market stalls was transformed – plastered, painted and lit to make it a unique, if not one of the smallest gallery’s you may have seen and [...]
Short film shot with a digital SLR
I have just finished a short film for GAMH (Glasgow Association for Mental Health) on a project called SCOPe – volunteer befriending for people with mental health issues and older carers. I scripted, directed, shot and edited the film over a few months and for the filming used a Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR [...]
Moldova Bling
In February I spent a week on assignment in Moldova, filming and photographing in various state institutions for children throughout the country. Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south and is the the poorest country in Europe, with about a [...]
The Old Men’s Club
I was recently commissioned by StreetLevel Photoworks to work on a community photography project in the north of Glasgow. For the past 3 months I have been documenting and working with an old men’s club who meet in Springburn Park. The club meets in the historic Mosesfield House that has been a lifeline and haven [...]
Beyond Borders – MA Degree Show
I had the opening preview of my MA show with my fellow classmates from across the globe. Was a fantastic night, well received, very busy, free beer courtesy of heineken, and a warehouse party in the wee small hours to finish the night off. The exhibition runs throughout March. More details below: A Swedish photographer [...]
Paddy’s Market – GSFF 2010
On Sunday the 22nd February I will be introducing my short film on Paddy’s Market as part of the Glasgow International Short Film Festival at the CCA in Glasgow. For more information and tickets visit the Glasgow Film Festival site here
MA Distinction
In late 2009 I was awarded a Distinction for my Masters in Documentary Photography. The course ran for two years part time and was the first course of its kind to be delivered online via London College of Communication. For my project I chose to document my home city of Glasgow and the untold stories [...]
State Institutionalisation in the Czech Republic
At the beginning of January I spent a week documenting with the film and photography the work of an NGO working to transform State Institutions for children and young adults. The basic idea being to close down the institutions and get the children into more suitable family based solutions in the community, be that foster [...]
Picture of the week
In November 2009, one of my photographs from Sighthill was chosen as picture of the week by the Sunday Herald. The picture shows the interior of one of the empty flats after the building was stripped in preparation for demolition by explosives. The flat belonged to a painter and decorator and was decorated throughout every [...]
Red Road Flats Project
As part of an ongoing six year plan to mark the end of the Red Road Flats in North Glasgow (which are being demolished from March 2010) I was commissioned by Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) and Culture & Sport Glasgow (CSG) to design and maintain an interactive and user friendly and accessible website that will [...]
Screening and Discussion
Discussion and Screening held at Trongate 103 In November I was invited to give a screening and discussion of my MA Documentary Photography project at a one off event in Street Level Photoworks in the Trongate 103 building. The screening and discussion was supported by the Market Gallery as part of their HOST season, a [...]
Pin Hole Camera Magic
I am teaching photography and multimedia to kids from the Dalmarnock Youth Project. With the help and assistance of Street Level Photoworks I took the kids on a trip to Red Road flats in the north of the city. The flats are being slowly emptied and demolished (block by block – due to the amount [...]
Desperately Seeking Susan
I got my first freelance assignment for the tabloid NOTW to film Susan Boyle, the most famous person on the planet, even bigger than Obama. Her street was awash with media, even the US networks were wired up to the house. Local kids were running round causing havoc with the media and neighbours stared out [...]
Coney Island – NY
After the remoteness and somewhat strangeness of Pennsylvannia we arrived in NYC. I wanted to see more than Manhattan and had read some interesting stuff about Coney Island, a beach resort in Brooklyn, and only 40 minutes from Downtown Manhattan on the subway. ince the early 1800s, Coney Island, “playground of the world,” has played [...]
United States of Advertising
Some photos taken from flicking through TV channels whilst on vacation in the USA this summer. All images were taken within a 5-minute period without any knowledge of the channels. I remember growing up with 2.5 channels (ITV was always a crap signal) and thinking it was great, then I went to Canada in the [...]
Walmart and Cheap Liquor – Welcome to the USA
I’m on a small travelling tour of the Pennsylvania and New York with my wife and daughter. It’s a holiday and I am only managing to grab a few sneaky photos as we holiday, but without a doubt I could spend weeks and months documenting what I am seeing here. We started off in visiting [...]