“Photography is haiku -Photography is the art of limitless choices” Shomei Tomatsu

There are times I like photographs to speak volumes… to have a narrative… to tell a story… at others, only to allude and therefore to invite the viewer in to search... sometimes there is a single photograph, sometimes several contribute to the image.I've always been a keen photographer since I was given my first Brownie camera and I’ve always been fascinated by the naturally occurring abstractions of nature. Digital photography and the computer have enabled me to experiment with the many different ways of translating the reality of the captured image into the unreality or ‘surreality’ of the manipulated image and to take abstractions through various incarnations. Many of these ‘visions’ reflect my preoccupations and are inextricably linked to the themes and symbology at the heart of my poetry and shorts. I regard my images as ‘visual poems’ and in my photographic montages, sometimes combine image and word; in English and/or French to reflect my dual heritage.