City+ Both thrilling and frightening, massive growth of cities is one of the global features of our time. City+ is a large project that looks at striking city developments in regions at the forefront of this growth – China, India and the Middle East: - In Qatar & UAE brand new skylines have shot up in the last few decades. Epic planning has produced Doha and Dubai as readymade arenas for global finance and cultural showcasing. Streamlined urbanisation to immediately put themselves on the global map. - Existing Chinese cities are being reconfigured for consumerism, corporate culture and mass migration. Extensive commercial and residential construction are the key features of city vistas now prevalent throughout China. - Cairo and Hong Kong, two very different cities dealing with their natural restrictions of geography through extravagant land excavation.
Both thrilling and frightening, massive growth of cities is one of the global features of our time. Working as an architectural photographer since 2000, I've become engrossed by urbanism - its structures, narratives and transformations. For my commercial work I have photographed many high profile construction projects around the world. These include: 1 World Trade Centre, NY / The National Museum of Qatar, Doha / BBC Broadcasting House, London / BBC Media City, Manchester / Hoglands, Grade 1 listed restoration of Henry Moores former home & etching studio.
