Born 1977

Leeds Metropolitan University 1999 — BA (Hons) Fine Art.

University of Lancashire 2007 — MA with Distinction in Fine Art Painting and Printmaking.

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2018

Presented with the Vice Chancellor's Award for innovation in Teaching and Learning in 2017–2018 and nominated by students for a Golden Roses Creative Teaching award in 2019–2020.

Recipient of the 'Award for Photographic Publishing', from the Royal Photographic Society.

Finalist for 'International Photographic Editing', in the Lucie Awards.

Shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize.

Exhibited widely.

Research submitted for Research Excellence Framework 2014 and  2021 including a double-weighted Impact Case Study titled, Café Royal Books: Preserving, promoting and making accessible, at-risk post-war photographic archives. The case study work was said to be, "four star,  of international significance".

I have taught since 2000. My work has been featured in The New York Times, the FT, Jazz Wise, The Observer, The Times, and used by Adidas, Orange, Esquire, GQ, La Cigale and Ju Musica among others.

I set up the publishing house, Café Royal Books in 2005. CRB is collected, sold, and cited internationally as a primary resource for photographers, researchers, historians, and academics. More importantly, it gets the previously unseen work of  many photographers seen. Collectors are wide and varied but include, MoMA NY, Harvard University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, The British Library, The Hyman Collection, Martin Parr Foundation, TATE, V&A / National Art Library). There is a lot of information available online regarding CRB.