Bio: I was known as ‘China’ when I worked in Fleet Street 25 years ago. In part this was Cockney rhyming slang – china plate, mate. But it was also because of my preoccupation with that ancient, mysterious and remote land which I had first visited in 1979, and later lived in for a year when I was awarded a scholarship to the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing. So, back in London, it was no surprise when I announced in 1985, aged 41, that I was quitting and going to work in Hong Kong as a photo- journalist. I came back to England to live in 2006. Photography has been part of my life since I was 14 years old, but after studying politics at the London School of Economics, the need to earn a living pushed me to the wordy side of journalism. It took me 20 years and a work environment free from the restrictions of trade unions, to do what I wanted – travel around with a camera and be paid for it. |
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