Author L'Œil de la Photographie

I started photography a long time before I became a photographer. In 1957 I went to Worthing Art School to be a painter. This was my dream, but in 1959…

I arrived in Paris on 30 May 1972. I stayed in a little hotel in Montmartre, 14 francs a night. Just as my money was running out I got a…

Things got simple: a Contax 35mm camera, one Norman flash, one Polaroid 180 camera and one 35mm lens. For everything. This meant I could travel light and keep things as simple…

I moved to New York. My pictures didn’t seem to be in great demand at this moment so I spent a lot of time doing graphic design and typography. But…

In 1962 I went to the royal college of art to study graphic design. I have always loved doing graphics and up till today I still do graphic design jobs.…

When I left the royal college of art in 1965, I totally abandoned my graphic design / painter training. I needed something more direct and emotional - that was music.…

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