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…

Adiós 2018

What a great year it’s been on the Sorolla project. The first third was taken up writing scripts, organising filming permits and arranging interviews for a week-long shoot for a work-in-progress Documentary down in Sevilla during the incredible April Fair. I was joined by an amazing team and many thanks go to Phil, Jack G, Jack K, James and Tom for making things a reality - I can’t think of a better bunch of guys to work with. The rest of the year was all about translating interviews, editing shots, recording voice-overs and putting together a showreel teaser and sequence. Now begins the hard work of generating some interest and getting the full doc made which will hopefully in 2019 - the centenary of the completion of Sorolla’s masterpiece, “Vision of Spain”. Watch this space…

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....

Valencia: Corpus Christi, June 2017

In June, for the third time for this project, I crossed Spain and found myself once again in Valencia. This time it was to see the famed Corpus Christi celebrations there on the 19th.  The goal was to find some of the characters that populate Sorolla's canvas from that region. I wasn't disappointed...

Couples on Horseback, Joaquin Sorolla, 1916

Couples on Horseback, Joaquin Sorolla, 1916