DESCRIPTION
I take an observational view of how our present circumstances govern our behaviour individually and in crowds. Progressively, we appear to interact with each other only on a synthetic basis. We attempt to mass connect with the aid of modern technology, but in so doing pay less attention to individual connection. I think this is compounded by the increasingly designed environment we inhabit. The codes we see, hear and read within it impact upon our behavioural processes and ultimately isolate us.
In developing scenes, I try to choose architectural backgrounds against which I can display separated figures, distributing or choreographing them across the frame. The architecture becomes incidental to a scene or situation that may or may not evolve within it. I tend to look for sites or places where people pass through without congregating. To begin with, if there is one figure or two or more figures who are positioned apart, I’ll wait until they’re joined by others in the hope that they’ll create a spatial and enigmatic dialogue. The figures often take on the look of stressed automatons acting out prescribed scenes.
AUTHOR
Born Dundee, Scotland
2016 Finalist, LensCulture Street Photography Awards
2017 Series Winner, PHoS Athens
Finalist, Miami Street Photography Festival
2018 Finalist, Italian Street Photography Festival, Rome
2019 Winner, Best Series, Streetfoto’19, San Francisco
Series winner, Street Photography category (non-pro), 13th Pollux Awards
Series Finalist, Aussie Street 2019 International Street Photography Competition, Sydney
Category winner, Neutral Density Awards (Street photography)
2020 Series Finalist, Bangkok Street Photography Festival
Gold award, San Francisco Bay International Photography Awards
Featured in “The Square Mile” iN-PUBLiC Online Exhibition
Jurors’ Pick, 2019/2020 Chelsea International Photography Competition, New York
Honourable mention, “Dis/harmony” Group Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest
First prize, “Street Photography” New York Center for Photographic Arts, New York
Shortlist, 212 Photography Competition, Istanbul
2021 Photographic Visions – Winter 2021, PH21 Gallery, Budapest
“The Poetry of the Ordinary”, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
“Taking Pictures: 2021”, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon
“Composed”, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
“Motion”, Group Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest
Honourable Mention, “The Streets”, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
International Photo Competition, Viewpoint Gallery, Bedford, Nova Scotia
Honourable mention, Vienna International Photo Award (VIEpa)
Passepartout Photo Prize, Plazza di Pietra Gallery, Rome
“Minimalism”, Decode Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Budapest International Foto Awards, 1st place winner, People category
