Green Tech - HCP Exhibition

I have returned from my various globe-trotting adventures for the green tech assignment and am now busy editing this stuff down to something manageable. In total, I have shot somewhere over 13000 frames across five cities in three continents in the space of less than four weeks. Still recovering from jet lag, we had to be brutal with the images and selected a final 19 for the upcoming exhibition. Today I received my invite: The HSBC Climate Partnership has kindly invited me to The Orangery at Kensington Palace where these and other images will be shown. A sneak preview of my edit is here:

Green Tech - Part I

Last week I began shooting an exciting global assignment on green technologies for a new client. We're looking at low-carbon industries and initiatives that seek to reduce the carbon footprint of transport, lighting and energy uses in order to counter the effects of climate change. I will be working in five world cities, and have (almost) completed the first stage in London; next on the list are Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai and finally, New York. I can't wait...

Mothers' Day Special

A few days ago I was commissioned by a large German Sunday newspaper to shoot a feature on Mothers' Day. We found the rather lovely German actress Susanne Gaertner who agreed to do a shoot with her young son Callum while doing some gardening on her allotment plot. The only caveat was that Callum should not be recognisable in the pictures in order to protect her young family's privacy.

Given that she has recently starred in the ZDF TV drama by Rosamunde Pilcher, "Liebe am Horizont", I thought it apt to shoot the feature with an equally 'ideal world' feel as the movie. So we used some extra lights and filters, the sunny weather and the bright colours she wore helped it along tremendously. The end result is almost too kitch to be true, but somehow it happened, and it felt good. Susanne has been a dream to work with, easy-going and trusting; Personally, I think there's a lot more to come from this rising star. View the full portrait gallery of Susanne Gaertner here.

Pavement Graffiti

Just ahead of the general election, I get asked to photograph a bit of clandestine campaigning. Take a pressure washer, a few drums of water, a van and a stencil, and set off to clean the city's pavements in a particular style. Pavement graffiti removes the dirt and grime from select parts of any surface, leaving a cleaner area which carries the messaging plotted through the stencil.

View the full pavement graffiti set here.

Meeting Mrs Yahoo

At the Tate Modern, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz held a presentation and briefing for the press, and I was assigned to attend a one-on-one interview with her, followed by a short portrait session. She's an impressive, very forward and challenging woman, American in style and demeanour and certainly a top-ranking CEO in the world of internet business. I have compiled a short slideshow below, and go here for the full set of portraits of Carol Bartz.