I stopped taking photographs in the mid 70s when I lost my darkroom..my experiences with photo labs was expensive and  a waste of time as they didnt see what I saw  so I gave up and threw away all my darkroom. I began again when digital arrived as it was possible then to crop and reset the image how I wanted it ..many of my early images were poorly printed as I was learning as I went.  I am not a photographer , I just take photographs along the way and care little for expensive equipment relying more on where I point the camera and when I press the shutter..I like to see what the camera does within its own technical manufacture  almost as much as my own capability .No matter how poorly designed  I like to see how it performs ...   In fact it adds to my interest the cheaper and more basic as its like a pinhole camera ..the first one .  I wish I could start taking pictures again from the beginning as I would do it differently.

Photography is just like painting, expensive equipment wont make it good . its what your mind sees that makes it of interest to someone else .... and we do it all for someone else to look at.   It is a struggle to be what we believe we are .

      Digital

Digital

      Yashica 35mm

With John Burrows  ...     First Director of Exhibitions  for  Claes Oldenburg          Photo courtesy of Jeremy Cooper 

Nikkormat FT2

Digital...   Richmond

    .Nikkormat FT2

Soho...      Digital enhanced

Model   ... Nikkormat FT2

       Yashica   35mm 

    Digital

          Digital reflection    

Covent Garden 7am ..      Digital

  Nikkormat FT2

    digital through glass 

..Digital  

 Deptford  ..   Nikkormat FT2

Deptford High St  1973    Nikkormat   ...  

the back wall that first took my attention