Colour and Monochrome - a creative tension

For you to truly understand me, my approach and ambition, you need you know about the creative tension that is constantly surfacing in my photography. In short, my work lives in the space between colour and monochrome — not in conflict, but in conversation.

I use colour when I see colour first. When the emotional or compositional weight of a scene is the colour — not an afterthought, but the reason for the photograph. Colour demands its place when it defines the atmosphere, the moment, or the subject’s character. In those moments, it would be dishonest to strip it away.

Monochrome, though, is not a fallback. It’s not about nostalgia or a stylistic shortcut. For me, black and white is essential. It strips a photograph to its bones — light, shadow, form, gesture. It can reveal what colour can distract from. Monochrome photography invites a deeper clarity and a different kind of emotional truth. It’s not about the past; it’s about essence.

I don’t impose a single rule on a project or a body of work. I respond to what’s in front of me — instinctively, but not impulsively. Sometimes the tension between colour and monochrome is unresolved until the final edit. Sometimes; it never is resolved — and that’s part of the process too.