Exploring the Quiet Details of Everyday Life Through Visual Storytelling and Psychological Inquiry.
Photography first made an impression on me in primary school, when I took a picture of someone using a pinhole camera I built from black cardboard and a milk-bottle top. From that early experience, two lifelong interests emerged—taking photos and understanding people.
This website brings those two interests together. Here, you can view photographic stories of everyday life, read psychological insights on contemporary social issues, and learn skills to support academic success—alongside exploring how photography can support wellbeing.
However, my career was far from straightforward. I began as a cricket bat maker for Gray-Nicolls, before completing an apprenticeship in carpentry and joinery. After being made redundant, I changed direction. Having left school with few qualifications, I spent a year learning psychology, biology, and maths to gain entry into higher education. I went on to study psychology and neuroscience at Keele University, driven by a growing fascination with human behaviour and its biological basis.
After graduating, I continued my studies at University College London (reading neuroscience), before working at Oxford University, using MRI to explore how the brain supports creativity. I later completed a PhD in psychology at the University of Birmingham, using EEG to investigate how the brain supports cognition and action in healthy ageing and disease.
I’m now an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Birmingham, where I teach, supervise students, carry out research, and contribute to public engagement and academic leadership. For over twenty years, my work has examined how cognition and action arise from neural processes—and how we can enhance them.
Alongside my doctoral studies, I started a photography business, completing over 500 assignments and gaining international recognition for my commercial and editorial work. My images have appeared in leading publications, and I have worked at major cultural venues, including the House of Lords and the Palace of Westminster. I’m the author of a practical guide on how to take better photos, and have delivered public talks on photography, including a presentation about the Millennium Dome exhibition in London.
Today, I work at the intersection of visual storytelling and psychological inquiry, exploring the quiet, often overlooked details of everyday life and how photography can support wellbeing by encouraging reflection, emotional understanding, and human connection.
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