I grew up during the tailend of the cold war, with these two huge opposing superpowers always omnipresent.
I have since travelled extensively through both regions. This book is a collection of images which highlights the visual difference between the two.
Photographed over ten years on 6x7 film.
Over the last twenty years or so I have worked as a freelance director of photography. Within that time frame I have worked across different genres: documentary, drama, and more recently 3D. Many of the films I have photographed have been fortunate enough to win awards. Most notably I received a BAFTA in 2007 for the photography in 'Power of Art: Van Gogh'. I was also recently nominated for another Bafta for photography for the film 'How Earth Made Us in 2010, the 3D Imax film with David Attenborough won a BAFTA in 2011 for best picture, I won best Cinematography in the Televisual Awards 2008 for 'Earth: Power of The Planet', and was awarded the Award of Excellence, by the British Guild of Cameramen in 2006 for my work on the film 'Geldof In Africa'.
I have photographed many films for internationally know people: Sir David Attenborough, Richard Dawkins, Niall Ferguson, Hilary Mantel, Sir Bob Geldof, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dame Sheila Hancock, King of Jordan, Sultan of Brunei..