Pivotal Moments

A journey began and ended in the space of 8 Days. This journey fluctuated between travel and adventure, excitement and despair, elation, confusion, delusion and perfect moments of stunning beauty. Yogyakarta to Solo on a 1969 Honda S90a, train to Surabaya, Surabaya to Malang Malang to the Bromo attempt and the hospitality of the Head of the village, in a place where the Sunsets on one volcano and the full moon rises on the other. Back to Malang, off to Probalingo to pick up a '74 CB100 to split the weight of two on a 42 year old bike and on and...

Focus on the Blur

After shooting my Berlinfra red project, I've discovered the possibility of having a dedicated digital camera for infra red which reduces the shutter speeds to those of standard daylight photography. I was shooting from 15 - 30 seconds depending o the time of day. Looking at the clarity and sharpness of other photographers work in infra red I craved that sharpness in my images, craved the lack of blur. After consideration and the continued development...

Myriad

There are so many different way's of expressing yourself visually. So many that the most important start for me was to see as much as possible and make mental notes of the effect that certain styles have on your psyche... emotionally being the most important for me. On absorbing these visual wonders that rest comfortable on your soul, they slowly affect, inspire and develop you style which in itself, is dynamic. For me the return to film, researching it's many formats, it's myriad of options is forcing my synapses to fire in exciting patterns...

Solo Colonials

We are curious creatures, human nature creating a plethora of contradiction in action. These contradictions seem embedded in the battle between our idealised self and the actual way we react and continue our broken, decrepit patterns of failure. In this statement of confusion, brought about by the process of the solo colonialist, I hope to outline the Idealism versus the actuality of our actions. Case in Point:Any given westerner, in family or alone travels to create a reality, a justification of existence, through pleasant experience and growth,...