Mallorca apartment: 25 Beautiful HomesNice illustration of the lead-times and publication schedules typical of home interest magazines: I shot this place in June 2008, lovely home belonging to a charming couple from Leeds who run their business in Palma, Mallorca, and it appeared in print this summer. Managed to achieve a mention in the feature for their business, with website URL, always helpful. |
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London terraced house: Guardian WeekendAs a writer as well as a photographer, I can still get paid for a feature even when a picture desk prefers to use one of its own snappers.... In this case I didn't mind at all, since I was covering the house in parallel for a complete illustrated feature in a monthly magazine (forthcoming) and did my own picture shoot for that. |
Hampshire luxury home: kitchen featureVia his PR agents I was put in touch with ex-Southampton FC player Francis Benali, who's a property developer these days. I gained a commission from IPC's Beautiful Kitchens glossy, to feature the lovely stylish kitchen Francis & Karen installed in their impressive new-build house between Romsey and Southampton. |
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Twickenham & Isle of Wight: Build It magazineOne of my most regular editorial clients, the latest issue has two features they commissioned from me: an intriguing, beautifully done rebuild of a 1960s box in Twickenham, and a lovely individual home on the Isle of Wight designed by Kingston architect John Onken - this last made the cover too. |
Costa del Sol home featureI covered a striking modern home for Build It magazine, a house built for himself by American architect Michael Earle and his partner Trisha Miller. He lived locally as a child, loves the area and its culture, and employed a fascinating mix of traditional materials such as mud brick together with sophisticated design and an uncompromisingly radical interior. This shot shows the entrance to the "street" separating living from sleeping areas, based on a traditional Andalusian pueblo. |
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East Dulwich feature homePublished in SelfBuild & Design magazine, this is another home built for himself by an architect, in this case Mathew Borowiecki. Demolishing a small bungalow on this elevated plot with sweeping views across South London and all the way to the City, Mathew erected a beautiful customised kit-house - which came from Lithuania in five truckloads! Terrific project, gorgeously spacious, bright, comfortable modern home. |
Marrakech: The Guardian Magazine - Jimmy Boyle, riad interior photo DPSI was dealing with yet another PR company about the possibility of featuring their clients' homes abroad when someone who knew him asked if I'd be interested in covering Jimmy Boyle's place in Morocco. I jumped at the chance, and spent a long weekend in Marrakech, getting on very well with Jimmy, his partner Kate, his ever-helpful PA Fouad, and the result looked nice in The Guardian Weekend's 'Space' section. Not every day one gets to shoot the home of a guy who did 15 years in Barlinnie on a murder rap, then went on to become an acclaimed sculptor. Great meeting you, Jimmy. |
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historic Hampstead house: Sunday Times - Old WyldesWhen I got a lead to the oldest recorded house in Hampstead (thanks Yasmin!) I realised it might well appeal to one of the national broadsheets: competition for space is such that it takes something really special to grab editors' attention. And this house is special, not just very old with medieval farmhouse origins, but occupied for a while by Charles Dickens, who wrote at least some of Oliver Twist there. |
Sunday Times feature as published: Old Wyldes, historic houseSo it was snapped up quickly by The Sunday Times "Home" supplement, with very little time elapsing between my shooting & interviewing, and final publication. Such features can help to encourage sales interest when a place is on the market as this was for £2.75 million. |
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