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Archive: ARTS & CULTURE { 31 galleries }

Over the years, I have photographed scores of personalities and celebrities from the world of arts, culture and entertainment. The highlight has been the annual Edinburgh International Book Festival, the world's largest literary event, with its diverse collection of authors, playwrights, commentators and critics from across the world in attendance.

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  • 2000 Edinburgh Festival
    2000 Edinburgh Festival
    96 images
    The 2000 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2001 Edinburgh Festival
    2001 Edinburgh Festival
    232 images
    The 2001 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2002 Edinburgh Festival
    2002 Edinburgh Festival
    413 images
    The 2002 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2003 Edinburgh Festival
    2003 Edinburgh Festival
    699 images
    The 2003 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2004 Edinburgh Festival
    2004 Edinburgh Festival
    652 images
    The 2004 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2004 Liverpool Biennial
    2004 Liverpool Biennial
    42 images
    The 3rd Liverpool Biennial, staged in 2004. The international festival of contemporary art stages events throughout Liverpool and runs from September 18 to November 2010. The 2008 event attracted 975,000 visitors and was the largest contemporary arts festival in the UK.
  • 2005 Edinburgh Festival
    2005 Edinburgh Festival
    750 images
    The 2005 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2006 Edinburgh Festival
    2006 Edinburgh Festival
    696 images
    The 2006 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2007 Bollywood Awards
    2007 Bollywood Awards
    62 images
    The International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) ceremony at the Hallam Arena in Sheffield for the annual IIFA awards. The awards were known as the 'Bollywood Oscars' and ran from 7-10th June. They were watched by an estimated global television audience 500 million people.
  • 2007 Edinburgh Festival
    2007 Edinburgh Festival
    917 images
  • 2008 Edinburgh Festival
    2008 Edinburgh Festival
    575 images
    The 2008 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2008 Liverpool Biennial
    2008 Liverpool Biennial
    37 images
    The 5th Liverpool Biennial, staged in 2008. The international festival of contemporary art stages events throughout Liverpool and runs from September 18 to November 2010. The 2008 event attracted 975,000 visitors and was the largest contemporary arts festival in the UK.
  • 2008 Liverpool Capital of Culture
    2008 Liverpool Capital of Culture
    43 images
    In 2008, Liverpool was European Capital of Culture with a year of cultural celebrations taking place across the city.
  • 2009 David Nash
    2009 David Nash
    8 images
    Artist and sculptor David Nash, pictured with his creation entitled "Ash Dome" near his home in Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. "Ash Dome", planted as saplings in 1977, is now a mature dome centred on a plot of woodland, Nash's 'laboratory' for growing works and a place for thinking.
  • 2009 Edinburgh Festival
    2009 Edinburgh Festival
    667 images
    The 2009 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2010 Edinburgh Festival
    2010 Edinburgh Festival
    624 images
    The 2010 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2010 Liverpool Biennial
    2010 Liverpool Biennial
    15 images
    The 6th Liverpool Biennial, staged in 2010. The international festival of contemporary art stages events throughout Liverpool and runs from September 18 to November 2010. The 2008 event attracted 975,000 visitors and was the largest contemporary arts festival in the UK.
  • 2011 Edinburgh Festival
    2011 Edinburgh Festival
    374 images
    The 2011 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2011 Format Festival, Derby
    2011 Format Festival, Derby
    27 images
  • 2012 Edinburgh Festival
    2012 Edinburgh Festival
    554 images
    The 2012 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2013 Edinburgh Festival
    2013 Edinburgh Festival
    387 images
    The 2013 Edinburgh Festival, comprising portraits and photographs of actors, authors, artists and musicians attending the annual event.
  • 2014 Edinburgh Festival
    2014 Edinburgh Festival
    472 images
    Writers, authors, journalists, critics, poets, playwrights... and photographers attend the 31st annual Edinburgh International Book Festival. Here is my collection of the best of this year's event in portraits.
  • 2014 Pipefest, Stirling
    2014 Pipefest, Stirling
    26 images
    Around 1600 pipers, dancers and other musicians from across the world took place in Pipefest Stirling, which was held in the city of Stirling in central Scotland to coincide with the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, which took place in the year 1314 in nearby Bannockburn.
  • 2015 iSessions Final
    2015 iSessions Final
    59 images
    The final of the iSessions, a competition run by the iPaper for bands from universities across the United Kingdom. The final was staged at Gorilla in Manchester and the winning band was Man Like Nells from the University of Westminster.
  • 2015 Sculptor Andy Scott
    2015 Sculptor Andy Scott
    50 images
    Scottish sculptor Andy Scott, pictured at his workshop in Maryhill, Glasgow, during the construction of his memorial sculpture to Scotland's steel men, which will be located at Ravenscraig, Lanarkshire in spring 2015.
  • 2016 Blossoms
    2016 Blossoms
    34 images
    Stockport band Blossoms, pictured in a scaffolders' yard in the town. The guitar pop band have come fourth on the BBC Sound of 2016 list, which highlights the hottest new acts for the new year. The five members, who were all born in the same Stockport hospital, formed in 2013 and have honed their sound by rehearsing in their bassist's granddad's scaffolding yard take their name from a local pub. The group are comprised of: Tom Ogden, vocals, Charlie Salt, bass, Josh Dewhurst , lead guitar, Joe Donovan, drums and Myles Kellock, keyboards.
  • 2016 Russell T Davies
    2016 Russell T Davies
    25 images
    British television screenwriter and director Russell T Davies, pictured in Manchester. Stephen Russell Davies, OBE (born 27 April 1963), is better known by his pen name Russell T Davies, is a Welsh television producer and screenwriter whose works include Queer as Folk, Bob & Rose, The Second Coming, Casanova, the 2005 revival of the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who, and the trilogy Cucumber, Tofu, and Banana. He is currently working on a BBC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, due to be released in 2016.
  • 2020 Artists and Creatives
    2020 Artists and Creatives
    13 images
    Features and portraits of artists, creative people, those who enrich our culture through the visual arts.
  • 2020 Authors, Writers etc.
    2020 Authors, Writers etc.
    250 images
    A compendium of authors, writers, poets, novelists and journalists photographed across the country and down the years.
  • 2020 Music Business
    2020 Music Business
    199 images
    A compendium of musicians photographed across the country and down the years.
  • 2020 Stage & Screen
    2020 Stage & Screen
    180 images
    A compendium of celebrities and stars photographed across the country and down the years.