Photography
I shoot in black and white because colour gets in the way.
Street and travel, mostly. I'm chasing the same thing on a camera that I chase everywhere else: the moment someone's face says more than they meant it to.
Strip out the colour, and the person is all that's left.
Black and white is the pared-back version. No colour to distract, no pretty sky doing the work for you. It heroes the subject: the wrinkle, the glance, the half-second of a real expression.
That's the whole point for me, not the place, the person. It's a minimalist medium, and minimalist mediums are good at telling stories. There's nowhere for the eye to hide.
The Last Fisherman, Sorrento
Wonders of Japan, Tokyo
No setups, no studio lights, just what's already happening.
I shoot on my phone, in the moment, whatever's in front of me. A chef mid-order in a Tokyo kitchen. A porter counting the morning's notes on the Capri marina. A fisherman rowing out of Sorrento at dusk.
Same instinct as the code and the garden. Pay attention, and the story's usually already there.
Every trip, I come back with more faces than landmarks.
Everyone photographs the view. I'm usually looking at whoever's standing in front of it, counting the tip, checking the time, somewhere else entirely in their head.
Icons of Italy, Capri
