Leitwolf

I seem to be back in the groove of things, with portraiture being my daily bread. Today Klaus Hommels of Benchmark Capital is on the menu, a frank and outspoken investor in internet ventures. The usual restrictions were in place - small meeting room, limited time, bad light and the inevitable clash between interviewer and photographer, but it all worked out in the end...

Meet Mrs London Stock Exchange

Just back from Canada, I now am at the opposite end of the photographic spectrum - shooting Clara Furse, Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange. The LSE is my client this time, so while I try to produce a portrait that shows more than a headshot, restrictions on the edit are tight as the press department needs to approve any image before releasing it for usage. A few of the final results are below:

Visiting Alberta Oil Sands, Canada

We are now in Calgary, Canada on our first day of a week-long trip to document the scale and impact of the booming Athabasca Oil Sands industry.

As I have not yet posted images from my recent trip to Norway with WWF, it is unlikely that you will see any pictures from the story until after my return to London. Now both stories are available in the stories section of my website, and  the slideshow below lists the full archive from this trip:

Rest in peace

This portrait of paralysed construction worker Noel Martin I shot for the second time on May 1st. Just over 10 years ago, a neo-Nazi attack in Germany left him paralyzed from the neck down. We first met about 7 years ago when his spirits were higher, or there were still things left for him to do. However, our second encounter is likely to have been our last - this broken man has long waited for his wish of assisted suicide to be fulfilled, and it seems that on his birthday, July 23th 2007, it will become reality. On that evening, his pulse will gradually slow down until it stops completely. He has decided to die as a result of a lethal blend of drugs - administered in Switzerland by Dignitas, an organization that offers its clients medically assisted suicide.