Novelist
Novelist. No he doesn’t write novels. He is a major player in the Grime scene; has worked with Skepta and has already been to Nike’s ‘top secret facilities’ in Oregon to show them exactly how the tracksuit should be worn.
Oh- and if you listen to Rinse FM you’ll probably know him.
Thank yous to Novelist- and Duncan, Hayden, Munnoo, Riya and the rest of the ‘gang’.
Triptych of Jonathan Goddard
Battling demons and landing like an angel.
A triptych of dancer Jonathan Goddard from our minimal shoot.
Jonathan Goddard Triptych
Transformers
For the new issue of Dance Gazette I shot the wonderful transgender, Sophie.
Here is a preview trailer of the issue.
#dancer #ballet #rad #transgender
Dance Gazette feature on transgender dancers
The Man Machine
From my shoot with dancer Jonathan Goddard exploring the ‘traces’ and fluidity of movement.
The shot below captures Jonathan’s incredible strength and sense of structural and dynamic shapes.
Muybridge’s shots of the moving horse came to mind whilst doing this – so I kept it in black and white.
The Man Machine
Prints to adorn your space
Exciting news!
You can now purchase your very own Spiros print.
A selection of my images are now available through this link at ‘The Hub’.
All prints are printed on the phenomenal Canson Baryta giclee gloss paper and you have a selection of sizes to choose from.
You can also choose one of many different frames for your new photo.
Go here to explore further: https://art.tt/xj6
Genee Ballet Competition 2015
The Genee International Ballet Competition returns to London this year. I shot two of the previous medal recipients for The Royal Academy of Dance.
The winner of this year’s competition will be announced at the end of the week.
Here is the enchanting Francesca ‘Frankie’ Hayward who was silver medallist in 2010.
And below a fiery Steven McRae who received gold in 2002.
Here is Steven being interviewed about the Genee competition
I was so pleased with the layout of the programme that landed on my door step today that I’ll share it with you below:
Dance Gazette Cover Shoot
I was recently invited to do a cover shoot of prima ballerina Francesca Hayward for Dance Gazette.
We did the shoot at the Royal Opera House which is always buzzing with energy in its warren of corridors and studios, packed with dancers focused on their next task, or simply getting a moment’s rest before the next rehearsal.
It is a challenge to photograph something with such an extensive visual history like ballet in a ‘new’ or ‘different’ way. And why should one even attempt to do that ? We are all most at ease with ‘the familiar’ and ‘the usual’ because we know it works.
Thankfully Francesca, the ROH pr team and the guys at Dance Gazette were made of sterner stuff.
Ant and Dec win at Bafta TV Awards
Congratulations to Ant and Dec for winning at this year’s Bafta TV awards.
Here’s a shot where I pushed the button.
Britta Jaschinski shoots animals
My dear friend and fellow photographer Britta Jaschinski is showing her work at the Phillips photographs auction in London later in May.
Here is an article about her from a while back, with accompanying portrait shot by me.
Download the complete article with photos here
Trans IP
I recently visited Trans IP in The Netherlands to do a series of portraits for their U.K launch.
They do lots of techy stuff that stores things, makes everything run faster and makes people happier. As you can tell I’m a tech wizard.
Here are some of the wonderful people behind the company.
You can join them for their big free launch event in Shoreditch, London this week with lots of great speakers from the tech world.