Beth Ditto
Beth Ditto, Former leader of ‘The Gossip’, is back with her first solo album, Fake Sugar.
Photographed for Q Magazine in London.
Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara photographed at Manchester’s Albert Hall for Q Magazine
Ellie Simmonds
Ellie Simmonds, OBE, Five times Paralypic Champion and World record holder photographed for Sunday Publishing.
London 2017
Commission for Shortlist
Body Double Aaron Guard and Chef Joe Sharratt
Tv Presenter Michael Absalom and Actor Jake Unsworth
Actor Brooks Livermore and Estate Agent Joshua Helliwell
Guitar Classics
‘My guitar is not a thing.It’s an extension of myself. It’s who I am.’
Joan Jet
Guitar Classics is best described as a source of eye candy to anyone with a love of guitars. Located in Webbs Road in Clapham, the shop opened in 1997. Graham was originally a maths teacher living in Chelsea but following the sale of his flat in Gunter Road, to his neighbour, John Lydon, he moved south of the river and set up the shop.
Vintage Fender Stratocaster, Gretsch, Rickenbacker and Gibson guitars are all sold here and clients include the Maccabees, Maxi Jazz , Mark Owen, The Lavender Hillbillies and ‘a guy who raced in the Tour de France’!! The most expensive guitar sold to date was a Gibson Les Paul which fetched £9000.
For the full interview with Graham written by Luke Cole read here Guitar Classics
Telephone Box Graveyard
Where Phone boxes go to die?
The red telephone box is an icon of 20th century British design. Once commonplace on every street corner and village green, the telephone box is now a rare sight.In 2002 there were 92000 BT payphones across the Uk. Today thanks to mobile phones and 3G/4G connectivity, just 9400 red traditional boxes remain.
Designed by Sir Giles Gibert Scott, the original prototype is still under the left arch at the entrance to the Royal academy.The first telephone kiosks appeared inside shops and hotels in the early 1900s. Since that date there have been a host of variants of design including the original K2 model which stood at 9ft 4in and measured 3ft 6 across.
However all is not lost as the various redesigned variants are highly sought after by collectors.There’s a cemetry like no other just outside London.Dubbed the largest know ‘Telephone Box Graveyard’ you’ll find around 70 Kiosks currently laid to rest. Many of these long lost icons are being brought back to life by craftsmen at Unicorn Restorations. Once cleaned and restored these can cost anywhere between £2000 and £10000 each.
Burial
The long awaited new single, ‘Burial‘ by the five piece Wooden Arms, is soon to be released. The band have recorded ‘an album’s worth’ of new material and showcased some of the new songs at an intimate gig at Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, East London. In between the sound check and going on stage, I photographed the band in the nearby ‘Eldica Records‘ store.
Artist Luc Grant
Luc Grant photographed in the Sculpture Room at London Fine Arts in Battersea
Mercedes Magazine
In the company of Shilpa Bhatnagar and Julian van Marle and loaned a new C220, my day out around London just published for Mercedes, Conde Nast Germany. Thanks to Jenny Buchholz and Minna Rossi.
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