Over a 40 year career span, Tom has been a UK based international portrait and fine art photographer recognised for his expertise in digital image capture and has accumulated multiple international awards throughout. With a global reputation as a published author, he has written several books in his own right and collaborated with other renowned authors. He also writes extensively for the photographic press at home and abroad including ‘Rangefinder’, ‘Professional ImageMaker’, ‘Digital Photographer’ and ‘Focal Points’.

Tom’s current interests revolve about alternative processes rooted in the origins of photography, such as Wet Plate Ferrotypes, Ambrotypes, Platinum Palladium, Van Dyke Brown, Salt and Cyanotype printing. Photography only became widely used and popular with the public from the 1850’s and the images produced were truly unique. Artisans of the day worked at a much slower pace than today’s digital creatives and are a mix of the artist skill and alchemy.

Tom is also a respected educator having given numerous seminars and sat on several photographic judging panels internationally. Tom has recently completed photographic exhibitions in Malta and London, with invitations from galleries in Japan, Rome and America.

Tom is a Grand Master of the Societies and holds several Fellowships from other renowned organisations at home and abroad.

Qualifications:

• FSWPP (Fellow of the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers)
• CrSWPP (Craftsman of the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers)
• FMIPP (Fellow of the Maltese Institute of Professional Photography)
• ARPS (Associate of the Royal Photographic Society)
• Master Photographer (The Societies)
• Authorised Artist (Digigraphie by Epson)

Chronology:

• 2002 – Fellowship of the SWPP (Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers)
• 2002 – Inaugurated as Vice President of SWPP.
• 2007 – Authored Digital Capture and Workflow for Professional Photographers (Amherst Media)
• 2007 – Awarded for outstanding contribution to the photographic industry
• 2007 – Awarded Craftsman of the Societies.
• 2008 – Co-Author of Photographing Women with Norman Phillips (Amherst Media)
• 2012 – Fellowship of the MIPP (Maltese Institution of Professional Photography)
• 2012 – Technical Consultant for Reflecmedia Chromakey
• 2013 – Installed as a Master Photographer of the Societies.
• 2013 – Innocence Turned Exhibited in London
• 2014 – Membership of the prestigious Epson Digigraphie Authorised Artist programme
• 2018 – Illusions of Reality, Solo exhibition of contemporary photographic art in Malta.
• 2019 – The Cuban Series, exhibited at the Brick Lane Gallery, London
• 2019 – MIPP Photography Award of Recognition
• 2019 – 14th Spider Awards Nominee (2 images)
• 2019 – Awarded Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society (Fine Art)