TPOD

My earliest professional experiences as a photographer were intense creative collaborations and influences which helped to shape my passion for teamwork. My early mentor and friend, Vaughan Oliver from Design group V23, played a major role in influencing myself as their shared passion in art, photography, design and music came to fruition in the form of album covers for The Pixies and with Italian fashion house Aspesi to name a few.

It was during my master's degree at the Royal College of Art that I encountered the writer, lecturer and artist, Helen Chadwick who helped to shape my ideas and interest in photography of the darker sides of science and medicine.

Further fashion influences came through collaborations with Alexander McQueen who chose to work with myself because of my macro style which was in sync with McQueens infamous Highland Rape show and our collaboration continued through the years.

A love of art books and respect for the work of contemporaries drove me to start an independent art publishing company that later merged with the bringing together of creative talents with brands, producing campaigns and curating exhibitions.

The joy of creativity and collaboration continues today with a further step taken towards companies and causes that create social change for the betterment of the world. With Pocko Social, based in Berlin, I am using all of my resources and connections to work on projects that make a bigger impact on helping in building a better society for the future.

I am very honoured to be part of the TPOD’s network as I share the passion for culture and design applied to space and architecture.