About

"Chasing light or sometimes hiding from it"

I am a senior lecturer and image maker based in the South Wales valleys. For ten years I was the course leader for BA Photojournalism at the University of South Wales in Cardiff and I now teach across multiple courses at USW.

As well as digital image making I also have an interest in "alternate processes": wet plate collodion, cyanotype, pinhole, salt prints & gum bi-chromate.

I've been at the university since September 2008, previously I taught for eleven years at Birmingham city university. During that time I ran the PgCert element of the MA Visual communication course and then moved over to the BA visual communication course to oversee the second year.

During my time at BCU I taught motion design, interactive media, film, photography, graphics and animation. All of which now comes into play with the way photojournalist's & journalists have to work.

I have also worked in the areas of interactive design and technical departmental management.

Qualifications:

MA Graphic Communication (Distinction)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education academy
PgCert in Education (SEDA accredited course)
BA Film & Photography (2:1)
Fine art foundation (Distinction)