La Santa Playing Field. 2026. Behind the parked car, while my son sat on his potty, presented a good location. I’ve always loved Hopper, and this devine scene appeared in La Santa, the windy coastal town of Lanzarote.
I was sad to hear about the passing of Sir Tom Stoppard yesterday. Sir Tom was a fearless writer and a great intellect of our time. I took this portrait of him 13 years ago when he won the PEN Pinter Prize.
By coincidence, in the years that followed, I ended up living in a communal warehouse space-share with his son, who became a friend. I always enjoyed engaging with Tom whenever he would visit - there was always a humorous exchange to be had. I even ended up doing some headshots for his teenage grandson, who shared the same striking features and strong jaw-line as his grandfather in his younger days.
My thoughts and condolences go out to his family.
RIP x
@EnglishPen_
#Stoppard
#TomStoppard
Yes, it was a mad ol ceilidh hoedown rave-up at The Round Chapel in Hackney for a Halloween special with the incredible band @CutAShine smashing out the country dancing classics.
It’s been a looooong time since I’d photographed Cut a Shine (2007!😬), but nothing significant changes in this cosmic haze we call reality.
It was a great pleasure to be involved photo-documenting the installation and the opening night of Quantum Untangled at the Science Gallery @scigallerylon
It's a cosmic mind twisting show that featured two large immersive installations from Conrad Shawcross RA, sculptural installations by Alistair McClymont, Monica C. LoCascio & Daniela Brill Estrada and Matthew Woodham, Robin Baumgarten’s playful installation Quantum Jungle, poetry from Studio Quantum’s artist in residence Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, photography by David Severn and films developed with the King’s Quantum community.
Quantum Untangled fuses art, science, and extraordinary interdisciplinary research together to consider big quantum questions and reveal the power quantum possesses to transform our futures.
Congratulations to Leila Aboulela, winner of the #PENPinterPrize 2025 a prize awarded annually to a writer of outstanding literary merit who casts an "unflinching, unswerving" gaze upon the world.
I was proud to document this moment again for @EnglishPen_ last week.
Leila announced her choice of Stella Gaitano as this year’s Writer of Courage, a prize awarded annually to a writer who is active in defence of freedom of expression, often at great risk to their own safety and liberty.
#LeilaAboulela #BritishLibrary
Jeremy Corbyn portrait taken for @BeyondBordersScotland for their Wall of Fame.
I was anticipating a bit of political chat, but ending up just having football chat as Arsenal were smashing Leeds 5 nil while we were shooting.
Thanks yet again to the fantasic mob at Traquair House for employing me and putting on such a groundbreaking festival 🙏🏼
#JeremyCorbyn #Corbyn
I'm catching up with some posts finally from earlier in the summer. These are some images from London Pride 🏳️🌈
I feel especially lucky as I remember coming to Pride a quarter of a century ago (!) to capture images for my portfolio. I feel blessed to keep returning on commission 📸
Thanks to all the amazing people and the vibes ✨️ 🌈
#Pride #londonpride
It was the usual unique blend of high brow content at the @BeyondBordersScotland Festival last month. All set around the beautiful @TraquairHouse in the Scottish Borders.
It was such a huge pleasure to be there again. You may recognise some participants (way too many to include them all!). Posted is just a wee taster.
#Corbyn #Sturgeon #NicolaSturgeon #JeremyCorbyn #TraquairHouse #Traquair #Jacobean
A recent(ish) shoot with the irrepressible @EllaVaday to promote NYX Professional Makeup’s new ‘Face Glue primer. Thanks to all the team, especially Ella, for hanging in there.
The commission and build were down to the @OceanOutdoor
Post 1/2: Portraits and Installations for the excellent Science Gallery, London. (Each artist portrait appears before their artworks).
- Cathy Mager - Night Bloom
--Birungi Kawooya - A Space for Resistance and Renewal
- Louise Mackenzie - Sh*t Happens!
@cathymagerprojects@birungiart@scigallerylon@louisekmackenzie
