What is it about black and white photographs? They seem to touch us more, to hold more resonance and to be somehow ‘truer’ to their subject than colour images. Even though the first colour photographs appeared in the middle of the 19th century, our enduring romance with black and white continues to this day. In a digital age where we can manipulate images to create literally any picture we want, we still hark back to photography’s first incarnation – and black and white pictures are often seen as being artier and more creative. Logically, of course, there’s no reason to think this way – color shots can be equally artistic. So what’s the secret of monochrome appeal? Its timeless, its versatile and its distraction free.

Here you will find a collection of my recent work. Most of this is not timeless, not versatile, and not distraction free. “Recent work” is simply a dump of photos that I have yet to organize into portfolios. But I’ve heard a work in progress is better than no work at all.

The majority of these black and white photos are shot with a Leica M3 with B&W film, and developed and scanned into digital format. There are however, pieces here and there that may have been converted digitally to B&W. Enjoy!