What does a travel photography assignment involve? How does a photographer plan for a successful reportage away from home? I’m not a full-time travel photographer, but am often sent on commission, be it close to home in the South of France, Italy or Switzerland, or further afield, to illustrate magazine features about a place. Recently, I headed to Provence for a reportage about Montpellier and its medieval past. Here is how I approached the assignment. Continue reading…
Shop ’til you drop, Monaco-style
Forget queues, sales and stress: Monaco knows how to shop. Champagne while you browse? The sultry beats of a live, in-store DJ? London’s Monocle magazine recently sent me to shoot a brand new fashion concept store in Monaco. While my original assignment as editorial photographer was complicated by the fact that Monaco Marine’s ‘Merci La Mer’ wasn’t actually finished, I returned later as commercial photographer to shoot the completed interiors, and again, as event photographer, for the launch party of a new collection. The life of the store unfolded before my eyes. Continue reading…
Love Island, Cannes
I’ve been a photographer in France for 12 years now and, although British, I confess to being entirely out-of-date with English television. So when asked to photograph some stars of a current reality TV show for a UK-based corporate client of mine, ITV Studios, at the international entertainment industry trade fair ‘MIPCOM’ in Cannes, I had to look closely at the reference pictures beforehand. ‘Love Island’ had come to this annual South of France event as part of a considerable PR initiative, and success was not hard to find, and photograph. Continue reading…
