Who am I?
From Broadcast to Brushstroke: Discovering the Secret Stories of the Overlooked
My photography uncovers the silent stories of the abandoned, the forgotten, the ignored. My work highlights the poignant beauty of decay and the unexpected elegance of things left behind, inviting the viewer to find new beauty where others see desolation.
After a career spent framing stories for the screen as a UK television editor and director, I have turned my lens toward the quiet, enduring narratives found in the margins of the everyday. Based on Hayling Island, my work is deeply rooted in the coastal and rural character of the South Coast—from the weathered hulls of beached boats to the stark geometries of local architecture and the hushed depths of nearby woodland.
My mission is to ignite a sense of wonder for the things the world has passed by. I find inspiration in the ignored and the "expired"—subjects that have been side-lined by today’s obsession with the new. Whether it is the rugged, rhythmic outline of a stack of timber or the graceful, feminine curve of a salt-worn hull, I see a history worth revealing.
For the viewer and the collector, my work offers a moment of reflection in a fast-paced world. By isolating these subjects and layering them with abstract textures, light, and grain, I create stylised compositions that elevate the unremarkable into something ethereal. These pieces are an invitation to look closer: to decode the "secret story" within the frame and rediscover the profound beauty in what remains.
Case Study 1: This artwork features a dense forest of tall, slender trees with a forest floor covered in fallen trunks and branches. The most distinctive element is the rust-texture overlay, which creates a "peeling paint" or corroded metal effect across the sky and canopy.
Colour Palette: A high-contrast mix of fiery oranges, deep ambers, and earthy browns against patches of cool teal and cyan in the background.
Atmosphere: The composition feels both organic and decayed, as if the forest is being viewed through an ancient, oxidizing mirror.
Details: The bottom left corner displays map coordinates of where the subject was photographed and the bottom right my signature.
Case Study 2: Finding the extraordinary in the everyday. In this piece, the "unremarkable" becomes the extraordinary. Taking inspiration from the coastal relics surrounding Hayling Island, I have isolated a weathered, red boat and stripped it of its traditional harbour context.
By layering the subject with distressed textures, urban-inspired grain, and an ethereal play of light, the work moves beyond a simple photograph into a abstracted composition. The bright red hull stands as a defiant pulse of life against the muted, "expired" atmosphere of the background. I invite the viewer to look past the salt-worn exterior and use their imagination to decode the hidden history of this vessel—transforming a forgotten object into a profound focal point of beauty and value.