These images were all shot during 'Refugee Week' in London, June 2009.They constitute part of a longer project I'm attempting about various aspects of life as a refugee here in London in 2009.For extended text, please see below the images.(CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)(Above: 'Celebrating sanctuary' refugee festival, South Bank 2009. Visitors looking at photo display about refugees. )(Above: 'Celebrating sanctuary' refugee festival, South Bank 2009. Visitors looking at photo display about refug... Read Full Story

(Exhibited under the working title 'Moments of protest' in 2008 + 2009.)-Galleries that have shown this project: R O O M gallery London, Cordy House gallery ('behind the shutters'), Emporium gallery, Bristol.-Images from this project featured in: Time Out, Urban Velo, Venue, British Journal of Photography (twice), Digital Journalist.This project centers around activist culture in London, the capital city of the UK.I am magnetically drawn to explore grassroots culture in my own city, in a time... Read Full Story

This is an extract from a photo-story shot just last week, documenting an exhibition of contemporary art and illustration, located in the crypt of St Pancras Church, North London.Curated by artist Tom G Adriani -who also featured in the show along with many other artists gathered together by Adriani over the last year for the event- the feel of the show was extremely eery, almost gothic in feel -yet un-mistakably tinged with very black, urban humour.The works seemed to lurk in the darkened sp... Read Full Story

Ongoing series of street-photographs from London, the capital city of the UK.The UK has the highest advertising budget per person in Europe. When walking the streets of our capital city, I feel claustrophobic, blasted from all angles by banal imagery and irritating messages... yet somehow the adverts have a rhythm of their own, and a hypnotic attraction akin to an arcade game.This project is my attempt to create a dialogue with the advertisements that pester me. It is part of a larger projec... Read Full Story

This series takes as its subject matter 'activist' culture, which appears in a kaleidoscope of forms, daily in contemporary London.My aim is to explore what motivates people in the capital to get involved with activism in their spare time.Why would someone feel compelled to take to the streets in passionate protest, in a city whose citizens have everything they appear to need?And what do these protests say about the UK in a global context?This project is ongoing, and will continue thr... Read Full Story

Exploring and representing the urban experience. How do people relate to each other, and to the city itself, in contemporary London?[CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE.]Above: Near Canary Wharf, London's tallest building. The day of the London Marathon. 2009.Above: Recent immigrant working as a balloon seller. London Zoo. 2009.Above: Traditional Morris dancers with volunteer. Regent Street, London. 2008.Above: Fairground ride, Regent Street, London. 2008.Above: Sitting for portraits. Near Piccadi... Read Full Story

Images from the London Marathon 2009. I watched the marathon in one of the less crowded areas - around Canary Wharf, London's tallest building.This is the latest chapter in my project examining our relationship with the city, and to other people, in the extreme urban environment of London.Above: UK, London. Commercial district near Canary Wharf. Waiting for the London Marathon. 2009Above: UK, London. Commercial district near Canary Wharf. Waiting for the London Marathon. 2009Above: UK, Lo... Read Full Story

Alghero is an historic port town on the windswept coast of Sardinia.I visited the town briefly this month, and these pictures are significant for me as it was the first time I've photographed a European city since my love of photography began a few years ago.More than anything else, these images represent a stream of consciousness as I tried to examine how London compares with another modern European city. As time went on I found myself returning to recently recurring themes:-our relation... Read Full Story

Above: UK, London. G20 protests. Outside the Bank of England. 2009.Above: UK, London. G20 protests. Outside the Bank of England. 2009.Above: UK, London. G20 protests. Outside the Bank of England. 2009.Above: UK, London. G20 protests. Outside the Bank of England. 2009.Above: UK, London. G20 protests. Protestor leaning into a broken RBS window and starting a fire.Above: UK, London. G20 protests. Smashing windows at the RBS offices.Above: UK, London. Riot police and protesters outside the RBS of... Read Full Story

Exploring and representing the urban experience. How do people relate to each other, and to the city itself, in contemporary London?Billy Macrae moved to London, the capital city of the UK, in late 2007. Originally from Bristol, a city almost one fifteenth the size with an atmosphere to match, Billy was struck immediately by the variety of experiences - but also the physical sensation of being one of around eight million people in a single urban area.This project is a response -  a reflex act... Read Full Story