I have spent several years working for news agencies and the UK's national newspapers, covering news stories and shooting feature pictures in the UK and overseas. My pictures have been used regularly in the British press including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Star, The Sun, News of the World, Metro, London Paper, London Lite, The Scotsman, The Daily Record as well as celebrity / industry magazines and newspaper supplements. I now cover international news, including the Nordic countries, from Stockholm.
In 2009 I made two trips to Calais to document the lives of some of the thousands of asylum seekers who make their way to the French port in the hope of reaching the UK. These predominantly young Afghan men, escaping conflict and Taliban recruitment, some little more than children, had found themselves living in a squalid camp built from tarpaulin sheets and other scavenged materials, close to the ferry terminals and truck refueling stations. The camp became known as 'The Jungle'. It is from here the migrants attempt to stow away on trucks bound for the UK. On 22nd September 2009, the camp was raided by the French authorities and leveled to the ground. Many of the more than one thousand inhabitants fled to nearby smaller camps, or successfully got to the UK on trucks. At least two hundred stayed to greet the French border police, the PAF, as they stormed the camp at first light.