Famous Faces

Throughout my career as a cinematographer, I've had the privilege of working with some of the world's most recognisable figures from sport, music, film and the arts. While my primary role has always been to create moving images, I've often used the moments before, during and after filming to take portraits.

Many of these portraits were created while filming documentaries, commercial campaigns, sports productions and branded content around the world. Working within fast-paced productions has taught me to respond instinctively, making the most of available light, limited time and spontaneous opportunities. Rather than constructing elaborate sets, I prefer to create portraits that feel honest, cinematic and timeless, allowing personality to take precedence over performance.

Although these are familiar faces, my approach remains the same whether I'm photographing a world-famous athlete, an Oscar-winning actor or someone I've met in a remote village halfway across the world. Fame has never been the subject of the photograph. Character is. Every portrait is an attempt to reveal something authentic, creating an image that feels genuine rather than manufactured.

These photographs represent only a small part of the people I've encountered during more than twenty-five years filming across over ninety countries. They sit comfortably alongside the portraits of fishermen, farmers, refugees, musicians and strangers found throughout the rest of my work. For me, there has never been a distinction between famous and unknown. Every person deserves the same curiosity, respect and attention, and every portrait begins with the same simple question: what makes this individual uniquely themselves?