THE PALM GROVE AT ELCHE

A few new images taken in the palm groves of Elche, Alicante. This place is very special and a little slice of North Africa in Spain. The only place in Europe where dates are still harvested using traditional methods…

New B&W images from Seville's April Fair

I’ve finally got around to mixing up some chemicals and processing some rolls of film from Seville last year. It was nice to be back in the darkroom and I’m pretty pleased with the results. All images were shot of Ilford HP5 at 1600ISO with no flash…

2017; A great year for the Sorolla project

As March ticks by and the dust settles on 2017, I've finally got round to a look-back at last year. It's been over 5 years now on the Sorolla trail and 2017 was definitely the most action-packed one yet. I covered a few more thousand kilometres and crossed the country more than a couple of times! Photoshoots in Extremadura, Aragon and Castilla-la-Mancha were a highlight as well as a mad few days down in Seville for the April fair once more, hanging out with fighting bulls and the Matadors that face them. Corpus Christi in Valencia in the early summer heat was another standout and a reminder of how much I love that city. I rounded off the year in the palm groves of Elche in some extraordinary mediterranean winter light unique to this corner of Spain. Oh, I almost forgot, I also had the honor of exhibiting my photographs alongside some paintings of the great man himself over in Cáceres which attracted a few thousand visitors. Thanks to everyone you helped make things a reality. Let's hope 2018 brings many more surprises; I have a feeling it will....

ZARAGOZA: A DANCE IN THE PARK

This summer I headed to Zaragoza in the Spanish province of Aragon to photograph a traditional Jota dance for the Sorolla project. Many thanks to Juan Carlos Serrano and his group, Semblante Aragonés, for organizing what was a fantastic spectacle and experience...

La Jota, Joaquin Sorolla, 1914