Bourse de Commerce: beauty in the building
"Beauty is the promise of happiness,” wrote French writer Stendhal in 1822. I went along to the Bourse de Commerce, in Paris' 1st...
26 November, 2021 / 0 Comments
Hydra: The greek island with no cars
Hydra, a Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, is a rare luxury in today's world – an island with no cars. It...
11 October, 2021 / 1 Comment
How to view masculinity (ies)
The exhibition at London’s Barbican Centre, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography, which opened this spring (2020), is a subject that touches all of us,...
03 March, 2020 / 0 Comments
How to buy your first art print
It's been a year since I bought my first limited-edition art photography print – ‘Camelia’ by Andrea Torres Balaguer, which is now...
08 February, 2020 / 0 Comments
Rakowitz: the artist who makes art out of date syrup (E1)
Ancient Iraq. Dates. Art. Cooking. A link made possible by Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz, whose artistic recreation of the winged bull Lamassu stands...
03 August, 2019 / 3 Comments
London day out at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
A contemporary art treasure trove in the heart of the English countryside. That is how I would describe Hauser & Wirth Somerset....
22 July, 2019 / 0 Comments
My favourite art spots in Shanghai
With 7 days to discover the world's biggest city, Shanghai, I only had enough time this April to dart around the art scene. Shanghai...
03 May, 2019 / 2 Comments
Feast for the Eyes in Amsterdam and Berlin
Before the winter is out, lovers of food photography might like to take a trip to Foam Museum in Amsterdam, overlooking the canal....
17 February, 2019 / 0 Comments
A visit to Cadaqués on the Costa Brava
Salvador Dalí believed that he was a reincarnation of the rugged Cap de Creus – the headland just north of Cadaqués, on the Costa Brava,...
20 September, 2018 / 0 Comments
Musings on identity, art & Black Country risotto
I stayed in London this summer, and went instead on a day trip to Birmingham to find my identity and to catch artist Mahtab...
16 August, 2018 / 0 Comments
A visit to Fotostiftung Schweiz in Winterthur
I'm rather fond of the Japanese concept of ikigai. A rough translation is a 'reason for being'. I also like to have a...
05 July, 2018 / 0 Comments
Fotografiska: a new frame on the world
Sweden is a small country with a big punch. It's revolutionised our lives in terms of music (Spotify), design (IKEA), crime fiction (Nordic...
21 March, 2018 / 0 Comments
Autumn & graffiti in Barcelona
The best time to visit the Mediterranean is in the autumn. The skies are clear, the temperatures cooler and the crowds are...
13 December, 2017 / 0 Comments
How to take better travel photos
I want to take better travel photographs. Especially as we're all suffering from chronic image fatigue syndrome, with the trillions of photos unleashed...
30 January, 2017 / 0 Comments