Wildlife / Animals 1st place winner

"From space, the planet is blue.
From space, the planet is the territory
Not of humans, but of the whale."

The name of our project is a homage to the Heathcote Williams and his seminal 1988 book long poem "Whale Nation".

The Whale Nation Project started documenting cetacean strandings. Although the genesis of the work was based on a conceptual idea, the final output was to have a strong educational-driven outlook.

The project started on Boxing Day 2011 when a huge 55 feet long Bull Sperm Whale stranded on a North Norfolk beach. Since then the idea has grown out of the constrains of stranded whales.

On the Summer of 2014 we travel all the way to the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in The Kingdom of Tonga or Friendly Islands as James Cook called them after visiting them extensively in his second voyage of discovery around the South Pacific.

We were documenting the migration of the Humpback whales form the cold food-rich waters of the Antarctic Ocean to the warm shallow waters of Tonga.

Bsc (Hons) Biological Imaging. First Class Honours Degree. The University of Derby, Great Britain.

WORK

2011-Present Director and Lead Designer at Atoms and Bits Limited.

2006-Present Work as New Media Manager for the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, Great Britain.


I have exhibited all over the world both as a solo artist and on join exhibitions.

Joint Exhibitions:

2013 The Gallery@OXO, London, Great Britain.

2011 Dublin Arts Council , Ohio, USA.

2010 One Exchange Square, Hong Kong Istanbul, Turkey. The Gallery@OXO, London, Great Britain.

2009 The Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax, Canada. The Gallery@OXO, London, Great Britain.

2008 The Gallery@OXO, London, Great Britain.

2001 “First Photographic contest” The Royal Orchid Society. London. Great Britain.

2000 “Annual Open Exhibition”. Norwich Art Centre. Norwich Great Britain.

Solo Exhibitions:

1999 “Portraits” a one-man exhibition at the “Olvidados Room” Luís Buñuel Image and Technology Institute. Madrid, Spain.

1994: “Angels”. Fritz Photographic Showroom. Madrid, Spain.

Prices and Official selections:

1992. Official Selection International Cinema Festival "Cinema Jove 92", Valencia, Spain. Film "who ate Tracy", Director.