Artist Statement
I particularly like shooting in failing schools where they make large prints of the photos and hang them around the building. The students love seeing themselves in such a positive light. It helps lift their self-esteem and can even bring in parents who've never been through the gates before.
I've always been interested in education and in the everyday.
My work is held in the Permanent Collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
Starting out, my final year project at Art School was published by Penguin Books (1969) as "Neill & Summerhill: a Man and his Work" with text by Leila Berg, on the well known "Free school" in the UK.
Then I built and ran a public darkroom in an Arts Centre, was a part-time lecturer at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. Also, various Arts Bodies funded exhibitions in the UK & Europe and many projects in schools.
