JPB

Bonjour. I guess Anglo French Photographer would be a start at describing myself. I've lived in several European capitals working in a variety of fields from Merchant Banking & European Government in Brussels to setting up & running the French office of a transnational music magazine in Paris (Out Soon). I have worked in video, radio and event production & was more recently International Marketing & Promotions manager for a record label in London (React). In 2002, I returned to photography which was my teenage passion and for which I trained in the 80's. What we can do now in imaging was beyond many's wildest dreams in those days... With so much satisfaction in what I do, you'll appreciate I enjoy it enormously. Portraits are my forte, often for publicity, artwork or as features. A good proportion of my work is conceived with some form of publication in mind. I have had 20 magazine covers published, about as many posters and a few record covers & large banners. Sometimes I also shoot special events, performances & festivals from a reportage angle, but my particular affinity is for a more intimate & compassionate form of photography with people who are increasingly working in and around Film, Music, Entertainment & Performance Art. My studio is based in London for now but I jump at the opportunity of combining travel with my work and often shoot in Paris and Ibiza where I have strong ties. I also spend disordinate amounts of time in Photoshop which allows me to experiment on the interpretative qualities of some of my work.