The economy has taken a hit over the past 7 months like none of us have ever known and many of us could never have envisaged. People are losing jobs every day, businesses are struggling to stay afloat as the world continues to battle with the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. Being self-employed carries an…
Fun In The Sun
People rarely feel more relaxed than when they’re in their own home, so if you’re looking to adopt an informal approach to your portraiture, as I love to, where better to photograph them? One of the first couples to contact me off the back of a flyer campaign I launched in June was Dan and…
Finally
Before professional spectator sport was suspended across Europe and right around the world earlier this year, I photographed Liverpool’s defeat to Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, way back on the 11th March, unaware of what lay ahead of us in the weeks and months to come. I spent the entire…
Celia Gabbiani
Having spent more than 3 months camped out at home on Daddy daycare duties, the prospect of journeying up to Newcastle-upon-Tyne to shoot some portraits of French Crossfit athlete Celia Gabbiani was an exciting one. L’Equipe Magazine is always a great publication to shoot for, and I knew I’d have to produce something really sharp…
Allan Saint-Maximin
I can vaguely remember the time I went out and photographed other people. Like…actually left the house and visited them…face-to-face. Had a cup of tea with them…sat down, had a chat. Seems crazy. I shot this particular assignment in the middle of February, with 24 hours’ notice, when the days were shorter and darkness descended…
More Than A Game
It’s almost a week since the news that there would be a temporary halt to all domestic and European football matches was announced, as the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate. As more and more events are cancelled, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the implications of a lack of live sports events reaches far beyond…
Battle Of Nantwich
A football-free Saturday in January? You best believe it. The FA Cup 4th Round draw once again threw up a string of decidedly uninspiring fixtures this year, so I made the decision to head down into my hometown to photograph one of the region’s most popular annual events, the re-enactment of the Battle of Nantwich….
Best of 2019
Sport’s been decent this year, there are no two ways about it. Here are 36 (I know) of my favourite sports pictures taken in 2019. They might not be the best, or the most newsworthy, but I’m not fussed, I just like them…
Riyad Mahrez
The Manchester skyline is evolving; industry has given way to creativity, and iconic glass towers now dominate the land on which factories once stood, and thrived. I met France Football journalist Nabil Djellit in one of the city’s newest structures to interview Manchester City’s Algerian star, Riyad Mahrez, himself an icon both here and back…
A Feast Of Football
The past couple of months have given me plenty of rain, plenty of goals, and plenty of hours I’ll never get back listening (unwillingly) to debates over VAR, football’s Video Assistant Referee system. Throw in a broken ankle (Andre Gomes’, not mine) and a slice of racism (a Man City fan’s, not mine) and you’ve…
Jamie Carragher
There’s aren’t many footballers who could claim to be as dedicated to their club as Jamie Carragher was (and still is) to Liverpool. He began his youth career there in 1988 and stayed with the club right through to his retirement in 2013, some 737 senior games later. France Football had been in touch with…
Jamie Vardy
I’ve photographed all manner of sportsmen and women over the years, but few of them have experienced the meteoric rise to stardom quite like Jamie Vardy. Up until the end of the 2011-2012 season, the Leicester City and now-former England striker was plying his trade in non-league football with Fleetwood Town. His first season in…
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