Infinite Forest. Kemble, England. 40x40cm view larger

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Parachute Store. Building 92

Unknown Structure

Station Offices. Building 147

Type “A” Hangar. Building 137

Station Offices. Building 147

Main Stores. Building 90

FFMT Shed. Building 119

Main Workshop. Building 99

Bomb Store. Building 216

Guard House. Building 89

Main Workshop. Building 99

Type “A” Hangar. Building 137

Power House. Building 82

Operations Block. Building 146

Air Raid Shelter

Operations Block. Building 146

Power House (Backup). Building 93

Type “C” Hangar. Building 108

Station Offices. Building 147

Petrol tanker shed. Building 105

Fire Party Hut. Building 88

Type “A” Hangar. Building 79

Station Offices. Building 147

Switchboard, Operations Block.. Building 146

Motor Transport Shed. Building 129

Station Offices. Building 147

Fire Tender & Hucks Starter Shelter. Building 121

Station Offices. Building 147

Walking into the buildings at RAF Bicester in 2013 is like entering a time capsule back to the second world war. RAF Bicester was part of Bomber Command in WW2 being used mainly for training. The RAF left in 1976 and most of the buildings have been left untouched since. The site is of architectural and historical importance being the most complete and untouched example of such a collection of buildings most having being built in the 1920′s. The site contains a number of listed buildings and scheduled monuments.

What I found fascinating about the site as a photographic subject is that the decay and abandonment have added new layers of meaning to the utilitarian buildings so the impression today is an intriguing mix of the evocative and the impenetrable.

In May 2013 the site was sold to Bicester Heritage who kindly gave me permission to photograph the site before they start renovation. My particular thanks to Daniel Geoghegan and Charles Morgan.

An assignment for Arup, Berlin to photograph their lighting design and materials engineering on a sculptural Copper Staircase in Mallorca, Spain. Architect: Studio Mishin, St Petersburg (Sergey Mishin, Katya Larina). Material Science + Structural Engineering (concept only)+ Lighting Design: Arup, Berlin (Jan Wurm, Emily Dufner, Charlotte Heesbeen, Paula Longato, Tim Goeckel, Anselm von Held)

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Pyramid of Khafre, Giza Necropolis, Egypt

Great Pyramid of Giza behind the Pyramid of Khafre

Apex of the Pyramid of Khafre

Corner of the Pyramid of Khafre

Great Pyramid of Giza bisects the modern skyline of Cairo

How to photograph something as iconic yet cliched as the Pyramids? My response was to choose monochrome, use square format and abstract the geometry as much as possible, cropping tight with a telephoto lens to emphasise the scale and texture of the monument.

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An assignment for architectural practice Yeang Creative to photograph their refurbishment of a London apartment to create “habitable art”. www.62stanhopegardens.com

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An assignment for Danish architectural practice C.F. Møller to photograph their refurbishment of an apartment in Mayfair, London. The design combines a refined modernism with a muted palette set against the warmth of a timber floor. The apartment is fitted out with classics of Danish design including a vase by Alvar Aalto, the Poul Henningsen artichoke lamp shade and the PK9 dining chair by Poul Kjaerholm.

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Dune above camp near Bahariya Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Bedouin Tea, served extra sweet

Early morning sunlight illuminates a sand dune, Western Desert

Landcruisers descend into a wadi in the Sahara Suda (Black Desert), Egypt

Sahara Suda (Black Desert) the moment after sunset

Our bedouin guide, Mahmood contemplating the White Desert

Trekking above a sand dune in the White Desert, Egypt

Mahmood collecting fire wood in the White Desert

Mahmood guides us across the White Desert

Sam McConnell prepares for a night under the stars, White Desert

Sand ripples at the edge of the Sahara Beida (White Desert)

4X4 tracks at camp in the Western Desert

Khaled ties camping equipment to the top of the Landcruiser

Monoliths (inselbergs) of the White Desert at sunset

Landcruiser stuck in the sand in the Western Desert

Sam McConnell walks amongst the chalk rock formations of the White Desert

Moments before sunset at El-Khiyam “The Tents”, White Desert

4X4 Camp amongst El-Khiyam “The Tents”, White Desert

Mahmood & Khaled rest after trekking amongst The Tents, White Desert

Sunset abovet El-Khiyam “The Tents”, Sahara Beida (White Desert)

Khaled, deep in thought with a glass of sweet tea. Western Desert

Wind sculpted chalk waves and sand in the White Desert

Moonlit Camp in the White Desert

Chalk sculptures catch the setting sunlight in the White Desert

Sunset above the the chalk rock formations of the White Desert near Farafra

Aish el-Ghorab “The Mushrooms”, chalk sculptures, White Desert, Egypt

The Mushrooms, chalk sculptures, White Desert

Sunset in the White Desert, Egypt

These photographs document a trekking and 4×4 journey through the Western Desert of Egypt. Starting at Bahariya Oasis we travelled through the Sahara Suda (Black Desert) and Sahara Beida (White Desert) ending up near Farafra. As a compliment to these images I produced a second, more abstract series of photographs entitled “Sahara Sands” from the same trip.

The journey was undertaken with desert explorer Sam McConnell who runs highly recommended adventure travel expeditions to the region in collaboration with Abou Anis of Sub Sinai, off-road driver Khaled, and the bedouin of Bahariya Oasis

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An assignment for Harriet Anstruther Studio to photograph their eclectic and witty interior design for a tudor farmhouse in Surrey, England.

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Sahara Sands I (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands II (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands III (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands IV (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands V (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands VI (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands VII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands VIII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands IX (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands X (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XI (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XIII (Western Desert, Egypt)

Sahara Sands XIV (Western Desert, Egypt)

Photographs of Egypt’s Western Desert made during a 10 day trek and 4×4 expedition with desert explorer Sam McConnell. The approach to this work is in part inspired by my earlier abstractions of the River Thames

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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