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)

WE Party at the Electric Brixton

Sink the Pink

64th and Social

Brüt

Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights

Sex Circus at Fire

Infernos

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

Beyond

A:M

MEAT at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Princess Julia and Betsy

Club Kali

DJ Michel Mizrahi at Beyond

Halloween at The Glory

Beyond

Dalston Superstore

Powerhouse: Eden, at Circa

Blithe Saxon at O-U-T

We Party Sundia at Ministry of Sound

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

Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights

Circa The Club

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

Dalston Supertore

Heat at Fire

Lady Olé

Horse Meat Disco at Hangar

Private party

Hard On

Beyond at Fire

Klub

John Thomas and Rogan Richards at Hard On

The Block

Southsider Cocktail Club, Clapham Junction

Powerhouse: Eden, at Circa

Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights

Reopening of the Two Brewers after lockdown

WE Party Halloween at the Electric Brixton

Drag Brunch at The Fence

WE Party

Brüt

Electric Brixton

Launch of Lucky You! at Circa Club

Lady Olé

Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights

Comptons of Soho

Cheers!

Hard On

The Block

Beyond at Fire

Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights

The Glory

Sex Circus at Fire

Reopening of the RVT after lockdown

Brüt

Athena at the Eagle

Hard On at Fire

Circa the Club

Christmas at The Glory

Kuch Kuch Bollywood Nights

Fire

Promotional image for a club night

Promotional image

Promotional images for a new club
