East Coast Para 2 Photograph - Limited Edition of 15

My name is Simon Bolton an award winning photographer with over 25 years experience shooting images professionally. I continue to be inspired by making art work with my camera. I have studied the art of photography for a very long time and it still inspires me to make more work today. I make work that could be considered documentary using an arbitrary way composing and clicking my shutter shooting as life as it happens, but I also use this way making my art work when capturing landscapes and abstracts in nature. I started my photography journey as a trainee photo-journalist and a regional newspaper in Lancashire in the UK. Part of my training was using black and white film ( Ilford 125 or 400) using wet processes to develop film and print in a darkroom. Although the process of photography has changed dramatically the principles of producing great imagery has remained the same whether using darkroom techniques or using post production with digital imagery I recently won an 2 IPA awards 2020 'Oneshot/ Movement/ Highly Commended 2021 'Oneshot/ Our Times/ Highly Commended I started a 8 year project whilst completing my BA in photography and completed it as part of my final piece of work during studying for an MFA in documentary photography. My final piece of work "The Elevator Speech" was exhibited at the Foto Gallery in Wales and published in Hot-shoe Magazine. I have been commissioned by The Daily Telegraph Reveal magazine, NME and The BMJ, Asda, Virgin Media, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Pets for Homes, Hillarys Blinds, Denby Pottery and The National Lottery; IKEA and Toyota, Unilever and Vodaphone, the NHS and The Home Office. I use my camera as a tool to represent beauty, passion, love and fervour using my perceptions and life experiences as my inspiration. An inventive professional photographer creating compelling photographs which tell a stories or convey a sense well being in a collective consciousness that everyone can connect with.