Of university and coming out — As I sit at the kitchen table with a coffee on a drizzly Sunday afternoon, I feel as though I am in between lives somewhat. …

Speed thrills and kills — On the morning of the accident, Tom was woken up by his phone ringing. …

America’s ’last great literary star’ and me — I first encountered Susan Sontag when leafing through a book by Annie Leibovitz, photographer and Sontag’s long-term partner in the final years of her life. Intrigued by this character who appeared in so many of Leibovitz’s personal photos, I endeavoured to find out more. Soon, I was hooked, and upon…

Am I … enough? — Second year of university — I’ve just turned 19 years old, and I like to think I’m just starting to get the hang of the whole being gay thing. Only, I haven’t really, because to be gay isn’t enough, is it? One must also act gay. …

A lasting legacy. — Why Photography? This question always gives me a bit of a fright when it is presented, truth be told. It has a simple answer, but the answer invites further questions, many of which make me uncomfortable. I might say that I take photographs because I want to capture the world, and to…

There will never be an ‘ecology of images’. — Photography can be viewed as the art of mixing charm with banality. The camera has the ability to record astounding events of rareness and intrigue, but it must do so within the confines of the real. That which is not real may not be photographed. Roland Barthes noted this in…

There Is Still Much More to Prove — I have just finished my four-year integrated master’s degree at the University of Bristol. Barring any seriously unforseen circumstances, come July 28th, I will have a master’s degree in physics. …

On contagion and its rhetorical targets — Coronavirus — officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organisation— is now considered to be a pandemic. …

An experiment: digital only! — I’ve just returned from a five-day trip to Seville in Andalusia, Spain. Ever since I started to become obsessed with photography and the joy and satisfaction it brings, I no longer go on holiday just to look at things. …