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Thanksgiving turkey

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Thanksgiving turkey

Happy Thanksgiving to us all. If you have never celebrated Thanksgiving, or are not really sure what it means, here it is in a nutshell: a day to spend time and share a meal with people you love. As simple as that. It also helps the proceedings to have some specific food such as turkey, pumpkin pie and cranberries in some form or other. With all that is going on in the world right now, I am feeling very appreciative of this holiday.

This colourful, and sort of strange-looking, turkey comes from a nearby farm called Townings that I photographed as part of a project on local food producers.

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Renovations at Southover Grange, Lewes

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Renovations at Southover Grange, Lewes

I came across this stairwell at the very end of my most recent shoot of the renovations at Southover Grange in Lewes. I am documenting the building works of this Tudor manor for the owners, East Sussex County Council, so they can keep local residents up-to-date with the progress. As always with this type of job, I never know what I will find to photograph when I go on site. Sometimes it will be dramatic and obvious and sometimes it will be a subtle detail. I was pleased when I found this one.

I liked the split between the beautifully lit clean white staircase on the right to the bare cracked brick wall on the left, with the slightly incongruous blank window of blue and green panes. Even the ceilings are contrasting: white and ascending towards the light to dark splintered wooden lathes supported by struts. Next time I visit, this split will be unified. It will all be beautifully smoothed over and finished with everything in its place. More photographs from this shoot can be found here.

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‘Designer walls’

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‘Designer walls’

This photo of the week is from my most recent shoot at The Depot Cinema in Lewes, where I am documenting the renovation of a former brewery depot as it becomes a community cinema. One of the joys of doing this work is capturing a brief moment in the transitory stages of the development of a building.

This wonderful blue and white abstract pattern is not expensive designer wallpaper. It is merely part of the process of building the walls and will soon be covered with sound-absorbing materials. I particularly like the doorway that hints at further depths of patterned spaces.

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Lewes Bonfire celebrations

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Lewes Bonfire celebrations

The 5th of November is almost upon us. This is the night our little town gets filled to bursting with 80,000 spectators who come to watch the extravaganza that is the Lewes Bonfire celebrations, the most famous Guy Fawkes event in the country. Along with the raucous procession of torch-carrying, costume-clad people setting off bangers and carrying effigies, there is a ceremony of quiet reflection. Early in the evening wreaths are laid at the two war memorials in town (one of them outside my house).

This solemn moment always takes me by surprise. People stand in complete silence as respect and homage is given to fallen soldiers. The prayers are finished with a quiet lighting of a giant poppy and a flaming reminder not to forget past sacrifices. These are held by young men around the same age as the soldiers who fought in the world wars. Last year the weather was abysmal. Although this meant that I battled with a soaking wet camera, the rain gave a beautiful sheen to the cobblestones and created a wall of smoke from the flames.

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Mace-throwing practice

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Mace-throwing practice

I recently completed a shoot for the marketing department of Christ’s Hospital, an independent school in West Sussex. I spent the day capturing the routines of this unusual place and getting unposed, informal photographs of the students. Founded over 450 years ago by King Edward VI, the school is based on some sound ideological principles, such as an admissions process that is based on the child’s potential, not on their family’s ability to pay the fees.

One of the most unusual aspects of the school is a uniform that has remained unchanged since it’s Tudor origins. And what on earth are these boys doing? They are practicing to be Drum Majors by learning how to throw a mace. More photographs from this shoot can be found here.

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Golden California hills

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Golden California hills

I returned to Northern California recently after many years away and found myself mesmerised by the light and the dramatic beauty of the area. When I lived in San Francisco in my mid-twenties and freshly out of university, I had became fascinated by the shapes of the typical California hills. There was something soothing for me in their swells and folds and wrinkles, covered in golden fur-like grass.

When I eventually moved to the South Downs of Southern England many years later, I found myself surrounded by the same curvaceous hills, only green this time instead of golden.

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