| 1987-1997
I developed an interest in photographs when
I was about 14, and a couple of years later
started taking pictures of boxing clubs and
fighters in Glasgow, where I had previously
trained and fought myself. From this I developed
an obsession with documentary photography.
1997-1999 After
winning a couple of photographic competitions
I started to secure commissions from Scotland
on Sunday, the Scotsman and the Sunday Herald
newspapers and Magazines.
1999-Present On building
up a sound client base as a photographer
I quit my full time employment to enable
me to concentrate more on social/humanitarian
documentary projects which I could then
fund from photographic commissions.
Achievements Herald Saturday
Magazine Awarded Best Magazine for photographs
in the UK in May 2003 for edition with my
cover story “Russian Roulette”
– published November 2002.
Herald Saturday Magazine
Awarded Best Magazine for photographs in
the UK in May 2005 for edition with my cover
story “The Lost Generation”
– published January 2005.
2005 – Shortlisted
for Amnesty International Media Award in
Photojournalism for my work “The Lost
Generation” highlighting the plight
of homeless children in the Former Soviet
Union.
2005 – Nominated
in category of “Most Influential Style
Photographer” at the Scottish Style
Awards.
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