My interest in photography began around 1978, while living in Toxteth, Liverpool. The first “proper” camera I bought, egged on by a knowledgeable friend, was a second-hand Pentax ME, semi-auto aperture priority 35mm SLR. I was hooked, and soon acquired various lenses, and a Pentax K1000 manual-only SLR body. I learned the basics of black & white darkroom techniques at a WEA night class at the then embryonic, but soon to be esteemed, Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. The techniques and principles I learned then have stayed with me ever since, and inform my approach to the work that I do now.

Having eventually surrendered to the digital revolution in the mid-2000s, I’ve used lots of brands and models of cameras since. My current kit consists of: