Education

1990 University of Huddersfield. BA(Hons) Economics and Finance.
1999 London College of Printing. Postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism.

Work Experience

March 1999: Macedonia. Albania. Kosovo. Covered ‘The work of War Child’ in the region for internal publications and an exhibition for The War Child charity. (Exhibition June 1999)December 1999: Sierra Leone. Covered the after effects of the war in Sierra Leone. Reportage of ‘The Amputees of Sierra Leone’ and ‘The Internally Displaced People of Sierra Leone’. ( Sunday Times Magazine and Marie Claire, September 2000)January 2000: Ghana. Covered ‘The Slave Children of Accra’ working in the mines and the stone quarries of Ghana for the charity Children in Need. (published internally)March 2000: Sierra Leone. Covered ‘The RUF Rebels Diamond Mining in Sierra Leone’ for the Sunday Times Magazine, London. (Sunday Times Magazine, June 2000)April 2000: Republic of Congo. Covered ‘The exodus of refugees’ for MSF and The UN in Brazzaville, Impfondu and Betou. (’One Hundred Years of Darkness’ work in progress)November 2000: Kenya. Covered ‘The drought in Kenya’ for the Telegraph Saturday Magazine Christmas Charity appeal’. (Telegraph Saturday Magazine, December 2000)December 2000: Uganda. Covered ‘The Ebola Outbreak in Gulu, Uganda’ for the Telegraph Saturday Magazine. (published National Geographic (Europe), May 2001)March 2001: Uganda. Covered ‘The Lords Resistance Army, Gulu, Uganda’ for the Telegraph Saturday Magazine. (published Telegraph Saturday Magazine, July 2000)April 2001: Ethiopia. Covered ‘The Afar salt trails, Danakil Depression (unpublished ).September 2001: Pakistan. Covered ‘RAWA in Peshawar’ for Jane Magazine and Marie Claire US.March 2002: Sierra Leone. ‘HIV, Prostitution and Post War Sierra Leone’ Ford Foundation USA.October-December 2002: China China’s Economic Miracle? China’s coal mining nightmare. The most polluted city in the worldFebruary–April 2003: Iraq Covering the conflict from Kurdistan – Sunday Times Magazine, The New York times and the New YorkerJune 2003: Uganda The Northern Conflict – Uganda’s Forgotten War The Lords Resistance Army – Sunday Times MagazineJuly-September 2003: Uganda Cannibalism in the Congo – The Telegraph Magazine, Harpers MagazineJanuary 2004: Sudan The Ethnic CleansingApril 2004: Sudan The Ethnic CleansingJune 2004 DRC Exploitation of natural resources in Congo – DiamondsAugust 2004: DRC Exploitation of natural resources in Congo – Cassiterite/ColtanSeptember2004: DRC Exploitation of natural resources in Congo – GoldExhibitions
June 1999: War Child the Balkans War. Spitz Gallery, London
June 2000: LCP Sierra Leone Diamond Mining and The Amputees of Sierra Leone. London College of Printing
September 2000: Sunday Times Nikon Ian Parry Award Exhibition. Tom Blau Gallery, London.
September 2000: Children at War. Spitz Gallery, London.
July 2001: Sunday Times, Nikon, Ian Parry Awards Exhibition. Tom Blau Gallery, London.
August 2002: One Hundred Years of Darkness. Spitz Gallery, London.
January 2004: One Hundred Years of Darkness. The Frontline Club, London
September 2004 Photokina October CologneBooks
One Hundred Years of Darkness, explores the Congo River one hundred years after Joseph Conrad Published his book “The Heart of Darkness” using Conrad’s words and my pictures I illustrate how Congo’s colonial past is still haunting this beautiful yet confused nation. I spent three and a half years travelling around the River Congo investigating life, war and the effects of 150 years of harsh rule.

Awards

Sunday Times Nikon Ian Parry Award 2000 Photojournalist of the Year
Marie Claire -Young Photojournalist of the Year 2000.
Picture of the Year USA 2003 Magazine Features
Picture of the Year USA 2003 Portraits
UNICEF Photo of the Year Award 2003, Honorable mention “Uganda”
3PPP 1st place 2004 “One Hundred Years of Darkness”
NPPA Magazine News Story 1st Place 2004
Picture of the Year USA Magazine 1st Place 2004
Picture of the Year USA Portraits 2004
UNICEF Photo of the Year Award 2004, 1st Place