polaroid of a balloon inflating my head shot by hinius

When + where were you born?
Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1979

Where were you trained, if anywhere?
Edinburgh College of Art and The Arts Institute, Bournemouth

What do you do to pay the bills?
Freelance Photographer

What led you to photography over other mediums?
The speed of the process; I approached photography from a drawing and painting background and was getting increasingly infuriated with my own inability and the slow creative process.

What is your guiltiest tech pleasure?
buying cameras and film over food…

Do you have any other creative talents?
I used to sing in a pretty dreadful rock band. so i guess that’s not exactly a talent…

What image is permanently etched into your brain and thank goodness for it?

Two Joels!

New York, 1975 by Joel Meyerowitz

Exhausted Renegade Elephant, Woodland, Washington, June, 1979 by Joel Sternfeld

Who are three of your favorite living artists?
Todd Hido
Larry Sultan
Christoph Büchel (swiss installation artist)

What does the spring and beyond have in its forecast for you?
Lots of retouching! Continuing personal projects on British youth culture. Helping to publish a book with photodebut.org - a young photographers guide to the industry in London.

Share 3 of your favorite links with us.
www.toddhido.com
www.glenerler.com
riverbendblog.blogspot.com

What led you to enter Hey, Hot Shot!?
A recommendation on Alec Soth’s blog.

Anything about you––exciting news, oddball facts, or otherwise––that we should know?
Just signed up to PYMCA.com - the Photographic Youth and Music Culture Archive; Up until a year ago I worked as a bartender for ten years… I love a good whisky sours… anyone who can reccomend the best place in New York for a sours.. please let me know!

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