I’m not a natural clubber. Never really have been. I became a club photographer by chance, having been asked in 2015 almost simultaneously by both Club Kali and QX Magazine if I would be interested. In the case of QX, they were only looking for someone to help them out. Three years later I’m still at it, at the high point, shooting every weekend in at least one club, usually two or three.
Despite my lack of specific interest in clubbing, I enjoy photographing in clubs. I am, by nature, a witness, a spectator, which is clearly why I feel so at home taking pictures. Being asked to photograph an event, not only gives me a reason to be there but also something to do once I’m there. And of course, I am in my own limited and imperfect way recording a tiny chunk of social history.
Once in a club, I fleetingly interact with some of the revellers, and, more importantly, I’m able to soak in the energy and atmosphere of the night. Those can, somehow, be very varied. Each venue, each night, has its own clientele, caters for its own little clique and therefore develops its own vibe; an ethereal and intangible alchemy takes place as the music pulses, the bodies sway and the night wears on.
Hopefully my images capture and retain some of that.
(A version of this appeared in Jack The Lad in January 2019 as introduction to a selection of my images)
Eagle London
Beyond
64th and Social
A:M
ARCH Clapham
WE Party at the Electric Brixton
Sex Circus at Fire
Sink the Pink
Brüt
Hustlaball London
Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights
Infernos
ARCH Clapham
Kelly Osbourne and friends at the launch of Lucky You! at Circa Club
WE Party
64th and Social
Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights
Dalton Superstore
Stooshe at the Launch of O.U.T. at Protocol/Fire
Club Kali
Drag Brunch at The Fence
Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights
The Hoist
Dalston Superstore
MEAT at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Princess Julia and Betsy
DJ Michel Mizrahi at Beyond
Halloween at The Glory
Hard On London
Beyond
Dalston Superstore
Powerhouse: Eden, at Circa
Blithe Saxon at O-U-T
We Party Sundia at Ministry of Sound
Kuch Kuch
Adam All and Baby Lame, hosts of Man Up!
Flamingo bar
Halloween at Beyond
Launch of Lucky You! at Circa Club
Beyond at Fire
Klub
Staff Christmas party at Pachamama East
The winners of Man Up!
Berlin Berlin at Egg
Hard On at Fire
New Year's Eve at Rupert Street
Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights
We Party Sundia at Ministry of Sound
Orange at Protocol
The Cock Tavern, Kennington
Circa The Club
Sex Circus at Fire
WE Party Frozen at the Electric Brixton
ARCH Clapham
Dalston Supertore
Hustlaball London
Heat at Fire
ARCH Clapham
Kuch Kuch
Lady Olé
Horse Meat Disco at Hangar
Mastery at the backstreet
Private party
Kuch Kuch
Hard On
Klub
John Thomas and Rogan Richards at Hard On
The Block
Southsider Cocktail Club, Clapham Junction
Powerhouse: Eden, at Circa
Zodiac
NYE at Zodiac
ARCH Clapham
Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights
Reopening of the Two Brewers after lockdown
ARCH Clapham
WE Party Halloween at the Electric Brixton
30 anniversary of TRADE at EGG
Duckie meet Club Kali
Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights
Drag Brunch at The Fence
WE Party
Brüt
Duckie and Club Kali
Electric Brixton
Hustlaball London
Mastery at the backstreet
ARCH Clapham
Launch of Lucky You! at Circa Club
Duckie meet Club Kali
ARCH Clapham
Hustlaball London
Lady Olé
Comptons of Soho
Cheers!
Hard On
ARCH Clapham
ARCH Clapham
The Block
Beyond at Fire
The Glory
The Eagle
Sex Circus at Fire
Reopening of the RVT after lockdown
Brüt
Athena at the Eagle
Christmas at The Glory
Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights
ARCH Clapham
Fire
Promotional image for a club night
Promotional image
Promotional images for a new club
