August 3rd, 2014
With only a few hours notice I found myself flying to Hamilton, Ontario for The Mail On Sunday newspaper, with reporter Lina Das. Hamilton is home to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, which houses Canada’s only flying WWII Avro Lancaster Mk X bomber. The crew are preparing to fly the historic aircraft to England where it will be reunited […]
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May 5th, 2014
Take a few minutes and check out this amazing video from someone who is a true inspiration to me. Celebrity photographer Paul Harris gave me my first job in the US almost 18 years ago, and he remains one of my absolute heroes, amassing 38 years of amazing photography.
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October 25th, 2013
In May 2010, fearing it would be Leonard Chapple’s last journey from the southwest of England to Texas, my younger brother Dean and I flew to Houston and interviewed him about his life. Armed with a video camera, lights, mics and a black velvet backdrop we discovered the legend behind a man we […]
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