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
I composed the State of Street Photography in late 2023 and published on February 28th, 2024. To keep the post relevant after 2 and a half years, I have made more significant edits than to the other Photos, mostly posts.… Read More »The State of Street Photography 2026
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on December 31st, 2025. Hi, I last wrote to you in July when I got to premiere a wee film my friend made of me cutting about… Read More »Hi Chaos: Looking Back at 2025
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on July 16th, 2025. In a previous life as a musician and underachieving record label owner, I was lucky enough to do some memorable things. Radio, TV,… Read More »My Life As A Thief
This slightly edited post was first published on the Substack newsletter, Photos, mostly on October 23rd, 2024. Photos, mostly comes to you a week early this October, and at the expense of my usual havering on street photography. Instead, this month,… Read More »Conversations, mostly 01: A Conversation with Wesley Verhoeve