45 RPM (2009 – 2010) takes a fresh look at music photography. Using long exposure to capture the length of each song, the images capture the entirety of the performance; the event, audience and the performer, and provide a record of eclectic venues in London. Film reciprocity gives each song its own visual appearance, vivid colour - a unique approach to the genre.

Depending on the band’s movement, the venue’s lighting and the crowd’s action, each exposure yields varied results. Despite being created by noise, the photos hold a silent and ghostly quality – yet you can hear and feel the music that created them. The images contain subtle abstract elements that capture the charged energy created at a gig and are full of incidental elements that render them unconventional portraits.

Looking back over the past generation's music legacy we find rich & iconic images - The Clash's ‘London Calling’ cover shot, the infamous ‘Abbey Road’ cover, Leibovitz's intimate portrait of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Bailey's shots of the Rolling Stones.

These are permanently etched into the memories of music fans around the world. Born from an era previous to digital photography, they were shot with the blood, sweat and tears of film/ analogue/traditional techniques. This series of contemporary images draws inspiration from this generation of photographers.