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a change is coming
It was September 17, 2016, some three months after the Brexit referendum, that I last crossed the border into Spain. I had already made my decision before then not to bother crossing while the restrictions on Gibraltarians would be so great following Britain’s decision to leave the EU. However, a friend asked me to cover… Read more
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A concept of time, infinity and time travel
Let’s not talk art for a moment. Or better said, lets talk about the ultimate art. People often ask why, if time travel is possible, we do not see evidence of people travelling back from the future. I believe the answer lies in the nature of infinity. If infinity truly exists, then it is difficult… Read more
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Making “My Streets”
It all started to make sense as the design layout of this book took shape. All the anxieties about what order the images should go in soon dissipated. There was no need to provide an order. The moments captured during a period of some seven years had their own narrative as single captures. Mixed into… Read more
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Seeing moments
There was a time back in the late 1980s and early 1990s when such a thing as a digital camera was somewhat a figment of people’s imagination. Then came the personal computer with its digital imaging software, the digital cameras and, of course, the debate. Oh God, do I remember the debate… all photography would… Read more
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NOGAF
What makes this series important is not the artist behind it, but the communication itself.The work is designed to speak directly, openly and without elitism. Art, after all, is a language. If it cannot communicate, if it becomes so abstract that nobody can connect with it, then it risks becoming decoration for intellectual circles rather… Read more
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From blank to magic
You look at the blank page—white, threatening, scary. It’s that moment when you are about to start.That fear seeps through your body, like a shivering tremble, where for a moment you dread beginning. “What if I make a mistake? So clean, such a waste.” You pause. Doubt yourself. And in that moment, it’s the difference… Read more
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The attention economy and the artist’s dilemma
So it’s been over two weeks since I last posted on this blog. Yep, it’s end-of-season time and the workload is as heavy as it gets at this time of year. And of course, there is little time to do my own artwork or even think of writing about my art. Ironically, today is Workers’… Read more
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The silence behind the lens
You know you have a problem when you can no longer see those moments unfolding before you. For some years after I departed the police force, my return to the media saw me pick up a camera and guide my pathway back into the industry. It was a period in which I was labelled a… Read more
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Art and War – Unapologetically Anti-War
Sometimes our civilisation reminds us just how self-centred, greedy, and inhumane we can be. We describe ourselves as civilised, as intelligent beings. Yet common sense tells us, time and again, that an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth leaves everyone blind and broken—while others stand behind them, ready to continue the… Read more
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The Innocence of Child and Nature – Art, Meaning & Story
There’s something quietly powerful about the way children experience the world—unfiltered, curious, and completely immersed in the present moment. “Innocence of Child and Nature” began as an attempt to capture that fleeting feeling. In this illustrative collage, a young child sits beneath the sheltering branches of a tree, mesmerized by the graceful dance of butterflies.… Read more
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