"Aurora - Limited Edition Digital Pigment Print 2/40" Photograph

Journeys My desire to journey started as a young boy. I even dreamed of going on journeys. I started hitch-hiking around the UK at the age of fourteen and on my sixteenth birthday, I was waiting at the ferry point in Dover, England armed with my first passport that would allow me to journey throughout Europe. Over my teenage years, I journeyed through Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France. My journey into adulthood took me to the Glasgow School of Art where I studied Fine Art and Mixed Media. I was disillusioned there by the pervading apathy among the students. After leaving Art School, my life journey took me into a career as a photographer. I set-up my first professional studio in Glasgow and quickly progressed from general photography to working mainly with the pop/rock culture in the UK and with the mainstream London-based music tabloids; Sounds, Melody Maker, Smash Hits and Noise, etc., often covering their main feature for the front and centre pages. Altogether, I worked with over five-hundred different bands including some famous bands like; Spandau Ballet, U2, Simple Minds, Haircut 100, The Bluebells, Altered Images, Culture Club, Toyah, UB40, Marillion, The Clash, The Jam and many Indie and Punk bands like, The Fall, The Exploited, Blancmange, The Anti-Nowhere League, The Birthday Party, The Associates to name a few. After having Arts Council backed exhibitions of my photographs from that time in galleries in Scotland and England, it was time for a change. I arrived in Cordoba, Spain in 1986 and spent over six years living and journeying extensively throughout southern Spain. I lived in Cordoba, Alhaurin el Grande, Torremolinos, La Carihuela, Antequera, Fuengirola, Marbella and Mijas. During that time I took up fine art again. I had exhibitions in La Victoria and in La Conquista in the province of Cordoba. In 1993, the journey of my life took a completely new direction. I trained for Christian ministry and in I997 until 2005 I worked as a full time minister in a church back in Glasgow. During that period, I formed a Christian charity. The work of the charity allows me to journey to and through countries all over the world; Nepal, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Pakistan, India, Israel, Philippines, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, USA, Denmark, Holland, France, Italy and Spain.