A few snapshots from our week in Cornwall at the beginning of September. I was there with Angela Harding to photograph her next book which will be out next year but took the family with me to make it into a bit of a holiday. We stayed near Zennor just outside of St Ives and the light down there is so beautiful, I really get it now why so many artists are drawn to be there. A really special week full of inspiration and family time.
Taylors of Harrogate coffee photographed for ASDA magazine
Dr Amir Khan photographed for the May 2023 issue of Country Living magazine
Plus a favourite outtake…
Violin maker and repairer, Emma of Hardy Violins photographed in her home workshop in Sheffield
E. Oldroyd’s & Sons based in West Yorkshire (and the rhubarb triangle) photographed for Waitrose Weekend. The rhubarb is grown in the ground for a couple of years and then it’s carefully lifted and placed inside the sheds which are dark but warm - the roots think it’s spring so they start to grow. As they’re not planted in soil inside the sheds the rhubarb has to grow from the roots’ glucose which is why forced rhubarb is sweeter and less acidic than if grown outside in the daylight. The roots live in the sheds for about 5 weeks until it’s time for them to be collected. If you listen carefully you can hear the roots creaking as they grow! Really fascinating and loved meeting Janet whose father owned the farm before she did and at 70 she is showing no signs of retiring any time soon.
A few pictures from when I headed up to Ambleside in the Lake District to photograph The Yan at Broadrayne for Guardian Feast. I actually photographed this in 2021 but time has slipped away and I didn’t realise I hadn’t shared them, a lovely restaurant which Grace Dent loved too.
Flora Collingwood Norris, knitwear designer, maker and visible mender photographed for the February 2023 issue of Country Living UK magazine
