Hi, I’m John,
It doesn’t matter what the photographer sees, what matters is what the lens captures.
I live in London next door to Kent. Married with 2 children and slave to our cat called Keith.
I have been photographing since I was knee high to a Tyrannosaurus Rex, but it is not my job, just part of my life. I don’t specialize in any particular genre, I happen to enjoy pressing that little black button a lot and I don’t particularly care what is in front of the lens, unless it’s the lens cap.
A little bit more about me, I like:
Music from Bowie to Beethoven via Pink Floyd.
Art from Singer Sargent to Turner via Vettriano and Banksy.
Travelling - anywhere as long as I have a camera with me.
Reading books on Art, Photography and Physics. If I wrote a book it would be ‘Quantum Theory of Photographic Colours in Black n White’.
To do my thinking in Caffe Nero, people watching in a wine bar in Madrid and my relaxing in Scotland.
To spend a week on a desert Island with Vivian Maier, Berthe Morisot, Marie Currie and Kate Bush.
To share a bottle of wine with all the people mentioned above plus Caravaggio, George Best, King Leonidas, Boudicca and Lois Lane.
Playing Paintball and watching the Red Devils (when they win).
As for dislikes, let’s not go there, but I would mention just a few; brooms, coat hangers, middle lane drivers and the fourth putt on a golf course.
Years ago many Native Americans would often refuse to have their photo taken as they believed that the process could steal a person's soul. Photographs don’t steal your soul but should portray it.
