Dave Freeman is a tattoo artist who works at the tattoo parlour in Monsters of Art. I met him through Dan, who owns the gallery and I asked Dave if he would be happy to be photographed. He agreed and although he was very shy, I thought he made an excellent and extremely handsome model. He is a very artistic young man and as well as creating art pieces that people can display on their bodies forever, he also creates art for walls.
I met April when I photographed her for a book on yoga with Random House. We shot it at a yoga studio in town called Blue Cow Yoga, where April exercised daily. The team asked her to model for the book and on the day of the shoot we got chatting and she told me that she loved to dress up and go to amazing events in extraordinary costumes. I thought it would be great to photograph her in costume and so we came up with a plan for a shoot and ended up working together another three times. It is always a pleasure to photograph her as she is so joyful and interesting. She is very creative and designs the costumes herself.
This is beautiful Ching He Huang, a TV Chef and food writer who specialises in Chinese cuisine. I photographed her for Red Magazine for a feature about Sunday rituals. Her ritual is to eat at the Goldfish Chinese restaurant in Hampstead. The food there is delicious and during the shoot we got to sample it, which is always a bonus! Ching He Huang was really charming and easy to work with.
I photographed the irrepressible Richard E Grant for Tatler in the screening rooms at the Soho Hotel. Richard was much taller in real life than I imagined, full of life, impossibly charming and quite naughty! I think my cheeks remained a brilliant shade of crimson throughout the shoot, much to the amusement of the Tatler team!
I photographed the wonderful gardener Alys Fowler for Red Magazine for a story about Sunday rituals. Her ritual was to bake fresh bread and listen to the Archers. We turned up to the shoot on a really cold snowy day and Alys made us the most delicious porridge. I absolutely love the fact her dog is wearing a jumper in this shot and all the colours in the image blend perfectly.
Abigail Zoe Martin