About me

Background :: Work :: Education :: Exhibitions :: Publications

I am a multi-award-winning visual artist, photographer and new media developer and designer. I studied Contemporary Art and Photography and have worked as an editorial photographer and video producer.
Throughout my early professional life in Spain, I developed a strong interest in all aspects of photography, moving images, environmental, space sciences and natural history. I graduated in the early ’90s from the Luis Buñuel Institute in Madrid. I worked for several record and management music companies. I worked for the Spanish branches of Greenpeace and Amnesty International.
From 2001 to 2003 I was the New Media Developer and Digital Assets Manager at Adrian Bloom Horticultural Ltd and Bloompictures.com  one of the most important botanical picture libraries in the UK and at the forefront of the move to digital asset management.

I hold a First Class Bsc (Hons) in Biological Imaging and have worked on numerous projects for the European Union, The British Council, The British Library, The Natural History Museum and The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research where I was the New Media Manager from 2006 until 2018.
I have been a drone pilot for several years and have flown on 3 different continents. I have years of experience in underwater photography both in Europe and Oceania (Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Polynesia).
I've worked on multiple stock and editorial projects as well as advertising and fashion though my main work is composed of Fine Art projects.
AWARDS
2022
New York Photography Awards.
Gold Winner at the New York Photography Awards 2022 for my collection "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand" under the Professional Nature Photography - Underwater category. 
Muse Photography Awards.

Gold Winner at the Muse Photography Awards 2022 for my collection "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand" under the Professional Nature Photography - Wildlife category.
Gold Winner at the Muse Photography Awards 2022 for my collection "Deconstruction of a Cannonball Tree Bloom" under the Professional Mobile Photography - Nature category.
Gold Winner at the Muse Photography Awards 2022 for my collection "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand" under the Professional Nature Photography - Underwater category.
Gold Winner at the Muse Photography Awards 2022 for my collection "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand" under the Professional Fine Art Photography - Wildlife category.
Silver Winner at the Muse Photography Awards 2022 for my collection "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand" under the Professional Nature Photography - Wildlife category.
Silver Winner at the Muse Photography Awards 2022 for my collection "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand" under the Professional Nature Photography - Wildlife category.
Silver Winner at the Muse Photography Awards 2022for my collection "Ambushed by Dragons" under the Professional Nature Photography - Wildlife category.
Silver Winner at the Muse Photography Awards 2022 for my collection "Ambushed by Dragons" under the Professional Black & White Photography - Wildlife category.
Prix de la Photographie, Paris.
Silver Medal in category: Nature-Underwater (Professional) with "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand".
Budapest International Photography Awards.
Honourable Mention in the category: Nature- Underwater (Professional) with "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand"
International Photography Awards.
Honourable Mention at the 8th International Photography Awards 2022 for my collection "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand" under the Professional Nature-Underwater category.
Fine Art Photography Awards.
Nominated at the 8th Fine Art Photography Awards, 2022 for my collection "Antipodean Fur Seals of Australia and New Zealand" under the Professional Wildlife/Animals category.
2017
Fine Art Photography Awards, London.
Nominee in category: Nature (Professional) with "Song to the Siren"
Nominee in category: Photomanipulation (Professional) with "Song to the Siren"
Nominee in category: Wildlife/Animals (Professional) with "Song to the Siren"
2016
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris.
First Prize Gold Medal in category: Press/Environmental for "Like Fish out of water".
First Prize Gold Medal in category: Nature/Underwater for "Song to the Siren".
Third Prize Bronze Medal in category: Nature/Other for "Like Fish out of water".
Honourable Mention in the category: Nature/Wildlife for "Song to the Siren".
International Photographer of the Year Award.
Honourable Mention in the category: Wildlife for "Song to the Siren".
Monochrome Awards, USA.
Honourable Mention in the category: Wildlife for "Calf's portrait".
Honourable Mention in the category: Wildlife for "Pirouette".
Black & White Spider Awards, USA.
Honourable Mention in the category: Wildlife for "Hide and Seek".
Honourable Mention in the category: Wildlife for "Eye to Eye Contact".
2015
Fine Art Photography Awards, London.
Winner First Prize Gold Medal in category: Wildlife / Animals for "Whale Nation: Humpback Whales of the South Pacific".
Nominee in Nature category for "Strandings".
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris.
Winner First Price Gold Medal in category: Nature/Underwater for Whale Nation: "Humpback Whales of the South Pacific".
People's Choice in category: Nature/Underwater for Whale Nation: "Humpback Whales of the South Pacific".
Winner Third Prize Bronze Medal in category: Nature for Whale Nation: "Humpback Whales of the South Pacific".
International Photographer of the Year Award.
Third Place Winner in category: Nature/Wildlife for Whale Nation: "Humpback Whales of the South Pacific".
Honourable Mention in the category: Photojournalism/Story for "Like fish out of water".
Monochrome Awards, USA.
5 Honourable Mentions in Wildlife, Fine Art, Nature and Portraits categories.
Outdoor Photographer of the Year.
Finalist 'Outdoor Photographer of the Year" 2015.
EXHIBITIONS
I have exhibited all over the world both as a solo artist and on join exhibitions.
2015: Malaga, Spain. "Humpback Whales of the South Pacific" with Lisa Rackstraw.
2013: The Gallery@OXO, London, Great Britain.
2011: Dublin Arts Council, Ohio, USA.
2010: One Exchange Square, Hong Kong. Istanbul, Turkey. The Gallery@OXO, London, Great Britain.
2009: The Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax, Canada. The Gallery@OXO, London, Great Britain.
2008: The Gallery@OXO, London, Great Britain.

2001: “First Photographic contest” The Royal Orchid Society. London. Great Britain.
2000: “Annual Open Exhibition”. Norwich Art Centre. Norwich Great Britain.
1999: “Portraits” a one-man exhibition at the “Olvidados Room”  Luís Buñuel Image and Technology Institute. Madrid, Spain.
1994: “Angels”. Fritz Photographic Showroom. Madrid, Spain.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
2022
"Strandings: Confessions of a Whale Scavenger" by Peter Riley. Profile Books Ltd. 24 February 2022.
2016
"Outdoors Photographer of the Year: Portfolio I". Edited by: Ammonite Press. ISBN-139781781452592. Publishers: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd Ammonite Press. 1 Mar 2016. Description: Featured as one of the photographers who collaborated with the project.

PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris. Annual PX3 Book No. 10 (2016). Featured as one of the award-winning photographers.
2015
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris. Annual PX3 Book No. 9 (2015). Featured as one of the award-winning photographers.
2013
As part of my ongoing collaboration with the Sifting Perspectives, I am one of the proud artists represented in the book “Sifting Perspectives 205-2012”.
The images in this book draw upon many different themes, from intimate family life to asking if Down's syndrome occurs within every race or culture, from an actress recreating Vermeer paintings to portraits of teenage girls. From photographs taken by people with Down's syndrome to people with Down's syndrome in the workplace. From lovers and married couples to newborn babies. 
2010
"A Different Journey...". Self-published. Dec 16, 2010. A series of portraits were taken between 2008 and 2010.
"Shifting Perspectives Exhibition Catalogue 2010". Feb 2010. GlaxoSmithKline. Publication description: Catalogue of the Shifting Perspectives exhibition 2010. 8-10 pp.
MAGAZINES AND ARTICLES
AOL UK / Huffington Post (UK). Burda Senator Verlag GmbH (Germany). Daily Mirror (UK). Eden Co. (UK). Mail Online (UK). Mondadori Magazines (France). OutHouse Publishing (UK). Sunday Express Magazine (UK). The British Journal of Photography (UK).
EDUCATION
2002-1999 Bsc (Hons) in Biological Imaging. The University of Derby. Derby. Great Britain. First Class Honours Degree.
1999-1998 Natural Sciences Access Course. Norwich City College. Norwich, Great Britain.
1995-1991 HND in Media and Photography. Luís Buñuel Institute. Madrid Spain.
1993 Diploma in Advanced Photography. The Centre for the Study of Video and Image. Madrid, Spain.
1992 Diploma in Video and Video Editing. Madrid Local   Government. Madrid, Spain.

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