My first camera was an old Kodak that got melted on the back shelf of my dad’s car when I was four. The images on that roll of film are long gone, but the memory, and the instinct to capture moments stuck with me.
I got serious about photography in my teens with a Zorki 4K. I failed gloriously trying to shoot a local talent show, but I was hooked. After a decade working as a lighting designer, I transitioned into full-time photography in the early 1990s, shooting architecture, product work, events, and fashion.
My foundation is in film. I worked with 35mm and medium format, Canon A1, Yashicamat 124-G, Bronica ETRS and S2A, and spent countless hours processing E6 and C41, printing black-and-white and colour in the darkroom. It taught me how lens choice, format, and film stock shape the mood and structure of an image: depth, light falloff, and how the frame breathes.
My creative journey hasn’t followed one straight line, it’s taken shape over years through photography, filmmaking, publishing, and music. I’ve always been drawn to visual storytelling, whether through a still image or a sequence of moving ones. Music has been a constant influence, and even now, my interest in sound and film technology continues to shape the tone and styling of my AI-generated image work, as well as guide my ongoing experiments with AI-generated music and video.
In the late 1980s, I studied fashion photography at the London College of Fashion. That interest in image-making soon expanded into filmmaking, and I later trained in film and video production at Panico’s Media Workshop (now part of the London Film Academy). Over the years, I’ve worked as a director and camera operator on several independent music videos - most of them captured on tape, as was the way back then.
With the shift to digital, I moved into editing, retouching, and colour grading workflows. Today, I work at the intersection of photography and generative AI, creating stylised portraits, fashion editorials, and cinematic visual studies that fuse technical craft with new image-making tools.
Alongside my lighting design background, I’ve worked extensively with studio flash, continuous lights, and natural daylight, both in photography and video. That hands-on knowledge helps when shaping scenes or writing prompts. It’s not about chasing perfection, it’s about knowing what’s off, and nudging things until they feel right.
I now use tools like ComfyUI, Fooocus, Krita, and custom LoRAs, combining prompt design, image-to-image processes, and video workflows to explore identity, memory, and visual storytelling in new ways. Whether it’s a photo I’ve taken or an image I’ve generated, my aim is the same: to make it feel thoughtful, crafted, and human.
Creative Projects & Journey
Between 1998 and 2001, I ran my own stock photography agency and online store, showcasing exclusively my own work. The first version was built with custom HTML pages and a JavaScript/.txt search I coded myself, before upgrading to a bespoke ASP site with improved e-commerce functionality. This was well before off-the-shelf CMS or store solutions were widely available, so it was quite a technical challenge at the time. The agency gained some recognition, with features in magazines and images included on CD-ROM cover discs.
Building on that foundation, from September 2008 to March 2013, I launched Somojo Radio, a 24/7 internet streaming station for independent and unsigned musicians. The station reached a global audience.
From June 2009 to March 2013, I also created Somojo Magazine, a digital music and arts publication spotlighting emerging talent and was even mentioned on Slovenian TV.
These weren’t just side projects, they were full-time ventures, blending creative instinct with steep technical learning curves, all fuelled by a deep connection to music and visual culture.
Over the years, experience has taught me I don’t need to be constantly fired up or push every boundary. Instead, I focus on using the tools available to work smarter, not harder, investing energy where it truly counts.
Driven by curiosity and a love for exploring new creative tools and ideas, I aim to make work that feels thoughtful and authentic, not just done for the sake of it.
