Shot on film on a 5x4 camera which encourages a slow working process. They are called the happenings as each scene played out in front of the camera and my decision was in a sense what to include in the frame and what to leave out. Having made the decision to set the camera up in a particular place which involved building the camera parts together I could sometimes find myself rooted to the spot for hours waiting for what I felt was the right moment to make the photograph. I think of these as documentary images with a greater overview which gives them a connection as a series.

Philip Sinden is a fashion and portrait/still life photographer.
He is known for his relaxed but structured work bringing the conventions of portraiture into his fashion and still life photography in the studio with natural lighting techniques or on location. Sinden’s intuitive eye captures a moment in time and his relaxed manner means his sitters are immediately at ease be they actors,models or people less familiar with being photographed. He travels extensively which feeds his observational work.