Lululemon

Lululemon have recently opened their new store in Spitalfields and I had the dream job of photographing some local spots around East London (my stomping ground!) http://info.lululemon.com/features/this-just-in/we-re-the-neighbours-spitafields-london

Makomboki Tea Factory

Alice is a farmer from Makomboki, Kenya. She has been working in the tea industry for 30 years and makes the majority of her income selling green tea leaves. She picks with her family all year round and is able to employ casual workers during peak season.

Mokomboki landscape. The area under tea is 1742 hectares with a total of 16,389,667 tea bushes. 

Jane is a farmer from Makomboki, Kenya. She has 3 acres of land that she uses to grow tea or income generation along with vegetables for her families consumption.

Young light green tea leaf is can be picked every 7 days. Farmers rotate the areas they pluck so they can pick tea everyday.

A factory workers monitors the large quantities of green leaf as it starts the withering process. 

First the green leaf is withered in large troughs with hot air to reduce the moisture in the leaf.

A factory worker fuels the boilers with green fuel. 

Makomboki Tea Factory in Kenya has taken climate change mitigation measures to reduce the amount of firewood used to fuel the boilers. It now uses cheaper greener fuel made from biomass briquettes along with sawdust and cashew and macadamia nut husks. 

Biomass briquettes. 

Through donors, Living Earth Foundation UK provided Makomboki Tea Factory with a briquette press machine where they are able to produce their own biomass briquettes which are used to fuel their boilers. This has reduced energy tremendously and saved tens of thousands of trees from being cut down to serve this purpose. 

ried tea s checked for grade and quality

95% of Makomboki's tea is exported worldwide. 

I have recently been photographing some inspiring women for Sézane Journal. The first to be featured was the lovely Shonagh Marshall an independent Fashion Curator. You can read the interview by Olivia Lidbury here 

Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo

Looking through my pictures from a recent trip to Mexico I realised just how much I loved this building! Designed and built by the renowned architect and artist Mexican Juan O'Gorman for Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo who lived and worked here from 1934

Broadcaster, traveller and adventurer Ben Fogle photographed for the Telegraph Magazine

Beautiful actress Rachel Sterling photographed for the Telegraph Magazine

Ivo Dawnay London Director of the National Trust photographed for The London Magazine

Jo Berryman and Anna Hewitt photographed in Jo’s beautiful home for the launch of the new Jo Berryman Studio website  http://www.joberryman.com/

Guardians is an ongoing personal project looking at the lives of property guardians. More work can be seen on my website 

I was recently seeking new guardians to photograph and this incredible house full of creative individuals responded to my flyer and generously gave me their time on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Thank you Mick, Rosemary, Rob and Sahera. 

Okwui Enwezor photographed at the Italian Cultural Institute in London for the Financial Times.  

Enwezor has been appointed to curate the Venice Biennale 2015

It was such a joy to photograph the beautiful Ella Woodward for Lululemon. You can read the full feature by Rebecca Tay here 

I recently photographed the talented artist George Butler for the March issue of Monocle. Here are few of my favourite outtakes from the shoot.