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Lenten Rites
On Good Friday, thousands of Filipino Christians engage in violent acts of penitence in a tradition which dates back to the 1950’s. Near the city of San Fernando, north of Manila, hundreds of men have their backs cut open and then parade through the streets whipping themselves in with wooden flails until their backs are […]
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Young Photographer of the Year 2017
Here is my portfolio that was commended at the Picture Editor’s Guild Awards in the Young Photographer of the Year category Queen Elizabeth II and an Asiatic Lion Flowers placed through bullet holes in the window of Le Carillon Day one of the Notting Hill Carnival. A woman run across the catwalk area Cheryl
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2016
My 2016 in pictures A woman run across the catwalk area after the Anya Hindmarch Show Julian Assange looking out through a door at the Embassy Geoff Sobelle performing ‘Hose’ inside a 13 foot water tank as part of the London’s Burning Festival A veteran looking at the Armed Forces Memorial Participants watch as the […]
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Victoria’s Secret 2016
Recently I had the very difficult job of travelling to Paris to photograph backstage at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Several hours of waiting, led to 20 minutes of frantic running around and shooting backstage before being shooed away. Bella Hadid backstage Gigi Hadid backstage at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in Paris Flavia Lucini […]
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Young Photographer of the Year 2016
Here is my winning portfolio for the Fixation Young Photographer of the Year Award 2016 Westminster, UK. Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg posing with Simon Hughes in the House of Commons. Photo by James Gourley/Liberal Democrats A child in a Darth Vader (Star Wars) outfit tries on a Storm […]
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Operation Unified Response
Operation Unified Response was Europe’s largest ever disaster training exercise which involved over 70 agencies and 2000 volunteers. Staged over four days at a disused power station, which was converted into Waterloo station, in which they simulated a tower block collapsing onto the underground station, destroying trains and trapping hundreds of people. A member of […]
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