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• Trailer for the new Don McCullin documentary
• Electricity Substations
• Supplying photographs for Good Vibrations
• Image published in Yours magazine
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• The Archers recording studio, BBC Birmingham.
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RAF Hack Green nuclear bunker, near Nantwich in Cheshire.
Images taken in August 1994, when I was a freelance press photographer covering Manchester, Leeds and the North West.

RAF Hack Green nuclear bunker

Air filters and food preparation area.

Control room.

One of 17 Regional Government Headquarters around the UK, in the event of a nuclear war the bunker would have protected the area between Liverpool and Birmingham.
Fully functional, the base was the 7th most powerful nuclear power in the world.

I took the pictures shortly after the MOD abandoned the building, when it was put up for sale.
Today it is open to the public as a museum.

One of my favourite photographers, film is out later this year, directed by Jacqui Morris who began her career as assistant to Don McCullin.

Shot over the past 6 months, I’ve now completed my latest body of personal work, Electricity substations.
Continuing from my last book on Midlands Industrial estates I’m interested in the everyday objects that all effect our lives, but are often missed or ignored. Without these objects our lives would be very different.

Recently spent 1 day in London and 2 mornings shooting inside HMP Swinfen, Lichfield for Good Vibrations, a charity that helps prisoners and patients in secure units develop life and work skills by participating in Gamelan (Indonesian bronze percussion.) Brief was to capture the vibrancy and energy of the participants.

Nice comment from the client “Hi Jo The photos are fantastic! Thanks so much. And please can you pass on my huge thanks to Ed?”

I was commissioned before Christmas to take portraits of Marilyn Perks with her partner Brian by Yours magazine.
Story was about how they met through caring for their partners, who both had developed Alzhemeirs.
Just one example of the editorial photography I have supplied recently for trade and consumer magazines.

Cadbury chocolate taste tester, taken in 2008 at the Bournville factory in Birmingham.
Most peoples dream job, the testers taste the chocolate under red lighting, this way they are not influenced by the colour of the chocolate.

I was granted rare access to photograph behind the scenes of the BBC’s long running radio 4 programme The Archers recently.
Images were commissioned by the Lady magazine for a several page feature.

The main studio where the Archers are recorded in the BBC studios, Mailbox, Birmingham.

Felicity Finch who plays Ruth Archer and Robert Atlee who plays Kenton

Stables doorbell

Recording microphone

Sound effects

Some of my favourite pictures taken this year.
Best viewed in 720hd.

Spent an interesting evening a few weeks ago shooting stills for Channel 4’s Christmas edition of “Come dine with me.”
Taking part in this years edition are Paul Tonkinson, Gina Yashere, Duncan Norvelle and Sean Hughes.
Programme will be broadcast on 23rd December at 8.00pm.

Aston University

QE Hospital in Birmingham

This time of year is perfect for commercial photography at dusk, here are 2 architecture images I’ve shot for clients this week.

Recently published and available from independent book sellers and online retailers.
Images were shot at the authors home. In addition I provided images for his website and marketing material.

One from 1997, taken at the start of the Network Q Rally in Cheltenham.
Still makes me smile as the car had only travelled around 1/2 a mile before it required the help of several marshals and spectators.
The car and driver eventually continued the stage, which went into Wales.

Over the next few days I’ll be updating the homepage and image galleries, main change will be to remove Adobe flash, making the website more mobile friendly and major changes to the image gallery navigation.
I’ll also be adding several new projects to my personal section.
Apologies if all sections don’t work during your visit.

Work should be completed by 1st December 2011.

29/11/11
All work is now complete, new images can be found in the personal category.

A few images from the recently published Walsall College prospectus 2012/3.
Images for 3 prospectuses were shot over 2 days, using students as models. Images were retouched in-house.

Just uploaded some new black and white images to my Photography print shop
Click on the above link to purchase prints.