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I am a philosopher interested in photography. Back in the early 1970s I worked for Chard Jenkins, the advertising photographer who discovered the James Bond star George Lazenby. I attended evening classes in photojournalism under the Jorge Lewinski at the London College of Printing (now London College of Communication). I was a stringer for the Fleet Street agency Barratts Photo-Press, and while there photographed the film star Olivia de Havilland and Sonja Kristina of the rock band Curved Air. After gaining my D.Phil in Philosophy in 1982, I continued my interest in photography. In 2007, I was invited to give a presentation at George Watson College, Edinburgh on 'Metaphysics of the Photograph'. In 2016, my photo-series 'Sheffield Lanes' was included in 'Bourn', at the Stryx Gallery, Birmingham. I continue to explore the interface between photographic image making and philosophy, and welcome dialogue with other philosophers interested in the medium of photography.