Biography

I first started to photograph strong, sexy women during the early nineties. My work was first featured in Skin Two magazine and Amateur Photographer in 1998. This was shortly followed by my first solo exhibition entitled "Lipstick & Lashes" at the f-stop gallery in Bath. Most recently my work has been on show in London, with a solo exhibitioin “Kinky Couture” 2007 at La Galleria Pall Mall, followed by “Seduction” 2008 also at La Galleria.

I work within the world of portraiture, fetish, fashion and beauty. I originally specialized in Black & White photography, using a very wide range of techniques encompassing toning and hand tinting on fibre based papers, though now I am equally at home with Colour Photography, which feature strongly in my fashion and beauty work. Attention to detail is very important to me, which stems from my experience as a make-up artist and stylist. Clients include clothes and lingerie designers and hairdressers.

Most of my subjects are women. They are much more relaxed in front of a camera, and much more willing to be photographed, so for me it seems the obvious choice. As I’m a woman myself, I automatically have an empathy with other woman, I’m not actually trying to pull them, so they can feel relaxed and enjoy themselves in front of the camera. At the same time, knowing what it’s like to be a woman, and to feel sexy in tight or revealing clothing helps.

I do photograph men as well, though not as much. I’m very select about which men I would want to work with. There are only about three men that I work with on a regular basis, and each of them are very different, though all equally keen to be photographed.

My work has been published in a variety of magazines,such as Loaded, Maxim, GQ, Front, Kerrang, Skin Two, Marquis, British Journal of Photography, Practical Photography, Amateur Photographer and Professional Photographer, and also in National Newspapers. Many of my images have been used for book and magazine covers, and I have also contributed to a series of books called ‘Masterpieces of Erotic, and Erotic Fantasy Photography’ by Carlton Books, including one of the cover pictures. Some of my images are available as greeting cards and posters from Artscape Publishing.

Images of mine are now available for commercial usage from TREVILLION IMAGES www.trevillion.com

My first book KINKY COUTURE is published by Goliath 2003. For details see the BOOK section.

Examples of my work in print can be seen in these books:

. My Favorite Model Published by Goliath 2007.

. Best of Black & White Erotic Photography edited by Peter Delius & Jacek Slaski. Published by Bucher 2006

. Mammoth Book of Erotic Women in Photographs by Maxim Jakubowski.
Published by Robinson 2005

. Fetish Photo Anthology Volume 4 by Jürgen Boedt. Published by Secret
2004

. Women by Women edited by Peter Delius & Jacek Slaski. Published by
Prestel 2003

. Classic Glamour Photography by Duncan Evans & Iain Banks. Published by
Amphoto Books 2003

. Blonde by Michelle Olley. Published by Carlton Books 2002

. SEX Take a Walk on the Wild Side by Tony Mitchell. Published by Carlton Books
2002

. Femmes by Michelle Olley. Published by Carlton Books 2001

. Love, Lust & Desire by Michelle Olley. Published by Carlton Books 2001

. Printing Special Effects by Julien Busselle. Published by Rotovision SA 2000

. The Bottom. Published by Carlton Books 2000

. Fetish Photo Anthology Volume 3 by Jürgen Boedt. Published by Secret
1999/2000

. Fetish by Tony Mitchell. Published by Carlton Books 1999