The Studio Journal
Where Sydney Meets the Sea
Sydney's ocean pools sit in a strange position. They are part swimming pool, part coastline. From the ground, they are places to swim. From above, they become something else.
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Florence Always Leads Back to the Duomo
There are cities where you can walk for hours without one building dominating the view. Florence isn't one of them. The Duomo keeps finding you.
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London Is Always Looking Back
London is one of those cities where it is almost impossible to photograph only the present. The city doesn't seem particularly interested in choosing one visual identity. It keeps all of them.
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Hong Kong Is Built in Layers
Hong Kong can feel almost impossible to take in at once. There is always something behind something else. The city doesn't really spread out. It stacks.
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Italy Never Looks Like One Place
Italy is difficult to describe through a single photograph. Every time I travel through another part of the country, the visual language seems to change.
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Venice Is Never Still
Venice is one of those places where almost everything looks as though it has been there forever. The city feels ancient. The photograph is often about something that lasts only a moment.
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New York Doesn't Give You an Empty Frame
New York is one of the hardest cities to simplify. Almost everywhere you point a camera, something else enters the frame. The city doesn't really give you an empty frame.
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Mount Fuji Is Never Just the Mountain
Mount Fuji might be one of the easiest mountains in the world to recognise. That doesn't make it easy to photograph. My favourite photographs of Mount Fuji are rarely just photographs of Mount Fuji.
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Japan, Somewhere Between Stillness and Noise
Japan is one of those places I never seem to finish photographing. Every time I think I understand what draws me to it, something completely different catches my attention.
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Cinque Terre, Built Into the Landscape
Cinque Terre is one of those places that seems almost too perfectly arranged to be real. From above, the scale changes completely.
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The Amalfi Coast Beyond the Postcard
There are some places that feel familiar before you have ever been there. The Amalfi Coast is one of them. How do you photograph something everybody already recognises?
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Sydney, Every Time I See It Again
I don't live in Sydney, and I think that changes the way I photograph it. Every time I return, there is still a moment when the harbour appears and I remember just how extraordinary the city actually looks.
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