I am based in the North of England and have exhibited in the USA (Boston – New England School of Art and Design Gallery Space, 2003, 2004) and France (Paris – WICE ArtSpace, 2007). My first UK exhibition opens in the European City of Culture 2008 on May 9 2008 at the Domino Gallery, Liverpool thanks to Felicity Wren. My work has appeared in a variety of print publications in the USA and France and has featured in corporate spaces.

I studied photography at secondary school in the UK, learning to shoot in black and white and how to process and print my work. Before I made the switch to digital my mantra was "film is your cheapest commodity". I then studied digital photography and art direction at the New England School of Art and Design in Boston and at RISD in Providence, Rhode Island. In Paris I joined a class, led by Leah Pollack, in Documentary Photography in an attempt to get some people into my work. This exhibition had its seed sown in those classes. My latest mantra is "keep your eyes open" and this principle guides my new work, I look for irony, beauty and the unexpected in everyday lives.

"The Other Side of Paris" is the result of one year's worth of photographs of the lesser-known quartiers of the City of Light. In documenting the city through the changing seasons and arrondissements it became apparent that the city is timeless – neither the clothes nor the architecture nor the graffiti give away when the photos were taken.