Standing outside, surrounded by helicopters and near a full-scale 1-1 replica of a Lockheed Martin F-35 jet, I heard a woman onstage opening the 34th annual International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO 2026). Welcoming exhibitors and guests to the expo, the… Read More »MSPO 2026
Snipers! What? Secret Service snipers! Seriously? Look… With the partial solar eclipse only a couple of hours away, my friend Jaap and I cycled down to the Copernicus Science Centre on the Boulevard of the Wisła River. The idea, of… Read More »Solar Eclipse 2026
We’ve just come out of the third or fourth heatwave of the summer, Marta’s gone off for a holiday with her friends, and I’m sitting with our dog, Lottie, in the relative cool of our north-west-facing windows. After my own… Read More »f/Stops #1: Vandalism, Struggle Memes and Defining America
Before photography, I was an indie-label underachiever. From 2002 until 2019, I owned and managed the Glasgow and Warsaw indie record label, Too Many Fireworks. On January 21st 2027, Too Many Fireworks will turn 25 years old. To celebrate, I… Read More »TOO MANY FIREWORKS. AN ORAL HISTORY, MOSTLY. 2MF014
Before photography, I was an indie-label underachiever. From 2002 until 2019, I owned and managed the Glasgow and Warsaw indie record label, Too Many Fireworks. On January 21st 2027, Too Many Fireworks will turn 25 years old. To celebrate, I… Read More »TOO MANY FIREWORKS. AN ORAL HISTORY, MOSTLY. 2MF003
In the cold winter of 2021, a singular moment of stupidity as I changed a roll of film caused my Leica M6 to drop from my hand and bounce on the concrete. Its storied life flashed before my panicked eyes.… Read More »The Leica M3: A Comprehensive Guide
This article was originally written in November 2023, when it was already clear that Israel had the full intention to commit genocide against the Palestinians. Almost 3 years on, Gaza has been destroyed, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are dead,… Read More »Free Palestine!
Every few years I find myself answering the Proust Questionnaire to see how my answers change over time. The famed questionnaire itself came from a French parlour game and, though not devised by Marcel Proust, he certainly popularised it with… Read More »The Proust Questionnaire
Before photography, I was an indie-label underachiever. From 2002 until 2019, I owned and managed the Glasgow and Warsaw indie record label, Too Many Fireworks. On January 21st 2027, Too Many Fireworks will turn 25 years old. To celebrate, I… Read More »TOO MANY FIREWORKS. AN ORAL HISTORY, MOSTLY. 2MF019
It’s summer! Half a year has shot past since I last wrote to you. Back then, I was looking at the year behind us and sharing some wee stories. Now, I’m choosing to press the reset button, and I wanted… Read More »Photos, mostly becomes The Contact Sheet