Cards on the table, I've been around a bit ...

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Early in my career, it became clear that I was far better suited to life behind the camera - and (so far) no one has ever disagreed with that.

 

My journey in broadcast news began as I winged myself a job as a cameraman and VT editor at an independent television facility in Westminster. From there, I joined Sky News in Osterley, where I was sent on multiple assignments, including covering the Bosnian conflict and Nelson Mandela’s triumphant election in South Africa.

 

The Associated Press (AP), the world’s largest news agency, was launching its television arm and offered me the position of Production Director. There, I trained the next generation of multi-skilled operators in news camera and VT editing techniques.

 

In 1997, I returned to a camera/editing role, and shortly after, the AP transferred me to Paris. Just five months later, tragedy struck when Princess Diana’s car crashed in the Pont d’Alma tunnel. I was on the scene within an hour.

 

The following year, the FIFA World Cup circus rolled into town, and as the millennium approached, CNN sent me to cover the Kosovo conflict. In 2005, the BBC sent me out into the Atlantic to look for Ellen MacArthur (now Dame Ellen) as she completed her record-breaking solo circumnavigation - a seafaring adventure I haven’t repeated since.

 

Over the next decade, I traveled across Europe, working with some of the most respected broadcasters. I filmed and edited headline news stories for BBC News, BBC World, and flagship programmes like Newsnight and Panorama.

 

Eventually, I stepped sideways into news and editorial stills photography. Represented by NTI (UK), World Picture News (NY), and Paris-based agency Le Desk, I worked on commissions for anglophone publications while covering breaking news and current affairs in and around the French capital.

 

Balancing television and photography, I was invited by the École Supérieure de Journalisme to lecture on television news production. It was an opportunity I eagerly embraced, guiding students through practical techniques to prepare them for real-world assignments.

 

After nearly 20 years of living and working in France, I returned to the UK, where I continue to pursue news and editorial photography with the same passion and dedication.