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A Portrait of my Daughter Daniella ,a very significant image for me as its one of the most outstanding images i have ever taken and was at the end of a 3month struggle to find inspiration,i was going trough a hard personal period and the usual ease in which i see images had stopped …i literally could not see photographically ,i took my camera everywhere with me and barely took it out.This day i was working with my Family and was near a derelict building ,i saw this broken window and i saw this image as a flash.I called my daughter over my number one muse since day 1.I had her go inside the building and i stepped back and composed so the three non broken panes would reflect the vista behind me,as the windows were covered in cobwebs and dust it gives this beautiful muted look.I wanted Daniella to give me a stoic mona lisa look ,the result is stunning.

I live in Los Angeles but grew up in England the son of and Irish Mother and a Scottish Father.I went to Nottingham University in the early 19980s and did a Visual Communication course where i specialized in Documentary Photography.