an INTERNATIONAL sports photographer based in london SPECIALIzING in editorial, advertising, portraiture, action and moving image. a bachelor of arts degree in photography set up my career joining getty images in 2004. shooting major sports around the globe, more recently developing a sports + style creative direction. my photography inspiration started when i discovered Allsport photo agency in my early teens. I went on to explore many other genres of photography and the works of Andreas gursky, bechers, Leibovitz, horst, influences from visiting lecturer Martin parr whilst at university helped shape my photography career. away from photography i have an interest for ARCHITECTURE, music, fashion, art, design and when on my travels hunting independent coffee spots. competing in football and tennis from a young age i have a great understanding of sport. calm influence, well organised i like to carefully plan and collaborate a vision from start to finish.
working one on one with the world’s top athletes including roger FEDEREr, usain bolt, sergio garcia, ben stokes, cristiano ronaldo, eden hazard, harry kane, robert lewandowski, Luis suarez, Alexis sanchez, chelsea fc, tottenham hotspur fc, socceroos, england rugby, barbarians, morgan lake, helen glover, james cracknell, alexander zverev, milos raonic, katie swan, joe root, Jofra archer, Jonny BAiRSTOW and virat kohli.
clients: nike, adidas, new balance, Fred perry, the hundred, european tour golf, fifa, uefa, Champions Journal, Fourfourtwo, forever sport, RugbyWorld, tennis head mag, wta tour, atp tour, Laver cup, Tennis australia, lta, wilson, head, asics, prince, sports illustrated, L’equipe, cosmopolitan, radio times, guardian, times, washington post, new york times, stern, iaaf, canon and samsung.
recognition: ipa, LICC, C2A, AP, mifa, poyi, SIENA, aips, UK sja, UK ppy, UK picture guilds and EMEA getty awards.
Highlights….UK picture editor Awards Sports photographer of the year winner 2022, SJA awards Sports portfolio winner 2018, sja awards Football specialist winner 2018, Press photographers year tennis specialist winner 2013.
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