Bio

 

Projects and exhibitions
11/18-01/19	“Quarried”, County Hall, Matlock
07/2017	Buxton Art Trail, prints from “Quarried” and the rock & water series
05/2017	“Here & Now” AA2A artists, 5-21 May, Sheffield Hallam University, SIA Gallery, Cantor Building, 153 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NU
04/2017	“Quarried” 30 prints from the Quarried project. 03-28 April 2017. Royal Photographic Society, Fenton House, Bath
03/2017	Ten prints from the “M40 Warwickshire” project included in “Creating the Countryside – Thomas Gainsborough to Today”, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
2016-17	AA2A – Artists Access to Art Colleges placement at Sheffield Hallam University
2016	“Midland Open”, Tarpey Gallery, DE74 2PQ, August 20 – September 17
2016	“Basic Human Needs”, Blaenfos, SA39 0HU, 5-26 June 2016
2016	“The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter” Exhibition of images from the 1983 project at Calumet Photographic, Birmingham, 2-30 April 2016
2013-16	“Quarried” alternative landscapes of the Peak District. Exhibition at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, 6 Feb-10 April 2016
1990-2005	Freelance articles for magazines in the UK, US and Australia.
1990-91	Documentary commission to record the building of the Cable & Wireless college, Coventry.
1989	The fall of the Berlin Wall, freelance photography for national newspapers.
1988	“M40 Warwickshire” exhibition, Ikon gallery, Birmingham. A smaller, lightweight version also toured until 1991 as part of the Ikon gallery touring programme.
1987	Artist in residence Trinity School, Leamington Spa.
1986	The M40 Warwickshire project.
1986	“Farmwork 2” exhibition, a smaller, lightweight version toured until 1989.
1986	“Farmwork”, the work and people of modern British agriculture exhibition ; launched at the 1986 Royal Show and toured to 80 UK venues.
1985	Commission to record the renovation and conversion of new building for West Midlands Arts, Birmingham.
1984	The Farmwork Project
1984	Youth in Coventry, commissioned project documenting the work of Coventry Youth Support Team.
1984	Rotary International Convention, exhibition of the work of Rotary Clubs; the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
1983	Coventry – Reconstructions of the Modern, Ikon gallery touring programme.
1983	The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, black and white prints and text; Ikon gallery touring programme.
1982	Colour in the Urban Landscape, Cibachrome prints; Coventry Polytechnic.
1981	Orkney – Land and People, black and white prints; Coventry Polytechnic.
Books
2016	“Farmwork” Cafe Royal Books
2016	“Jewellery Quarter” Cafe Royal Books
1990	“Sharp voices still lives” (Contributor) Corner House Publications. 1990 ISBN 0948797851
1988	“Farmwork, men and women on the land” Chatto and Windus, London. ISBN 070113299x
1988	“M40 Warwickshire” Ikon gallery. ISBN 0907594239
Collections
“Quarried” exhibition, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery permanent collection
“Farmwork” Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading
“M40 Warwickshire” Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading
Education
2013-15	MA photography (Distinction) Nottingham Trent University. Project about the representation of the rural resulting in an exhibition, “Quarried”, shown at Buxton Museum & Art Gallery, Feb – April 2016.
1982-83	MA Graphic Design (visual communication) City of Birmingham Polytechnic. Photographic projects included a documentation of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter which was an Ikon gallery touring exhibition
1979-82	BA (Hons) Communication Studies, Coventry Polytechnic. Options included, photography, video, sound and art history
Visiting lecturer
06/2016	Blackpool Sixth Form College
01/2016	Nottingham Trent University, MA Photography
09/2015	Central College Nottingham
01/2015	Blackpool Sixth Form College
Employment
1984-2005	Freelance photojournalist
1983-2005	Open University, tutor, student counsellor and assistant senior counsellor (P-T)
1979-1983	Full time higher education
1967-1979	Electronics and radio communication industries