My boy Billy Clarke(8) of Skippers Hill School, East Sussex and Joshua(11) and Thomas(8) Mogford of Bickley Park School, Kent with their heavy school bags. These were shot for today’s Daily Mail who expose the truth behind school bag heaviness and whats happening to our children’s spines.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2144429/Is-childs-school-bag-harming-spine.html
In a radical move away from taking pictures of the front of people, this is the back of a suited man taking in the gloomy view from the top of London’s Gherkin this morning. Although I was commissioned to shoot the face of this unnamed business man, I thought this might make an interesting financial stock image that tries to illustrate the bleak view of banking in these recessionary times. I also learnt that The Gherkin is a popular venue for gay weddings.
Some monkeys yesterday. They are javan langurs from Howletts Zoo and although at the time they seemed quite happy, looking at these pictures again there seems to be a real element of melancholy. Or maybe it’s just my mood on a wet Monday afternoon.
My wife, Sue, and I agreed for James to photograph us for the Daily Mail, as part of our campaign to outlaw an anti-inflammatory drug, Carprofen, which led to the death of our black Labrador, Abby. She was given the drug by Tender Paws, in West Wickham, Kent, to ease arthritis, but, after just four tablets, developed the most distressing side-effects and, sadly, had to be put to sleep a few days later. We won’t rest until the drug is banned.
It’s always exciting to see your own pictures out there being looked at in the public domain. This, at least double life-sized version, is my biggest so far. It’s geordie surfer Conel Freeman who was one of the models for my diabetic portraits exhibition, the picture, among others of mine is now being used as part of the re-branding campaign for Diabetes UK, here it is on show at a recent health charity conference. Let’s get the next one on the side of a bus!
More about Conel and that picture here: http://jamesclarke.me/family-and-child-portraits/blood-sugar-is-down-but-surfs-up/