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A look at queerness during wartime in Ukraine
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Embracing Eurovision
People keep asking me, “You must be exhausted?” Sure, I have no current concept of time and I feel like I’m swaying like I’ve spent 10 hours on a boat, but exhausted? No. Eurovision has been ADHD candy. 10 days of something to photograph. This energy overpowers my
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Stay Queer. No matter war.
As part of Eurovision in Liverpool, what a thing to be able to write, there are photography exhibitions springing up around the city. One of which is ‘Stay Queer. No matter war’ presented by UKRAINEPRIDE X Homotopia. “Sometimes, being queer is not about colours. Being queer is about freedom.” I
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Things I can do
This week I had a few photos featured in an exhibition at a top UK photography gallery. The project looks at the joy and community of these swimmers in the strange industrial landscape of the River Mersey. My photos were chosen by Sony World Photography Judge, Lindsay Taylor. What? I
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Was my camera an early stimming toy?
A few years ago I found some Super 8 mm film footage of me playing with a camera as a young boy. I may have been 4 or 5 at the time. The camera has a range finder like look to it, but I doubt my parents were able to
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Attending Pride as a non-binary photographer
Viewscreen This week’s photos are from Liverpool Pride 2022. Captain’s Log For my 17th birthday I went to Forbidden Planet in Liverpool and I got a Star Trek: Voyager com-badge and from the model shop close by a Revell model kit of the USS Voyager to never
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How do I know I’m a photographer?
hello camera This week’s photos are from the recent Strawberry Supermoon. You can get prints of the photos in this weeks newsletter on my print store or you can tip me on Ko-Fi so I can buy film for my camera. How do I know I’m a
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Has anything helped my depression?
hello camera This week’s photos are from Venice. Back when all I needed was a simple camera and new view. You can get prints of the photos in this weeks newsletter on my print store or you can tip me on Ko-Fi so I can buy film for
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Photographer anxiety
hello friend Sorry friend. No newsletter last week. I was doing a big photography job for multiple clients and the week just got away from me. It’s been a while then. How are you? Did you survive Storm Ciara? Are you prepared for Storm Dennis this weekend? I’m
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The shadows
hello friend It’s Friday. Did you have a good week? I’ve been trying out a mood tracking app called Moodpath to ask me questions randomly throughout the day and track my mood. Most times I say I feel blank. Not empty. Just blank. Devoid of emotion. Today though
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The Netherlands
hello friend Happy New Year. Did you have a good time? I hope it is what you needed and not what society expected. We spent a few days post Christmas and pre-New Year in Amsterdam followed by New Year in The Hague. It has been interesting and quite different