The idea of using the internet as a gallery for one’s photographic work hardly seems original. Go to any of the big search engines, type in the word ‘photographer’ and you’ll be presented with a list of names that runs into hundreds, if not thousands. Yet the concept still fascinates and appeals. Partly because it is now possible to show your work to anyone, anywhere, without filtration by the idiosyncratic taste or economic concerns of gallery owner or publisher. And partly because photography stands at a significant crossroads; the digital darkroom is now a serious contender in all fields, and the internet itself a medium that might one day give even the matte-cutters and framers a run for their money.



I’m not a great believer in lengthy explanations of creative work; if you have to talk about it a lot then there is surely something lacking in the way that the images communicate. I prefer to allow the photographs in each portfolio to speak for themselves, and for the viewer to form their own impressions and opinions. Having said that, a little anecdotal background has become an expected convention and I have provided a short paragraph of introduction to each of the portfolios.



Just as we talk too much about photographs we often ask too much about the person who took them, and our reaction to the work becomes subconsciously coloured by what we know of the photographer. For those who would like to know about me, I was born in 1953 and studied Graphic Design at art college before a circuitous route eventually led me into the advertising world. My job brought me to Asia in 1985 where I subsequently met my Singaporean wife and jewellery designer Julinda Chia Morgan. In 1988 we moved to Hong Kong, then spent two years in Japan and two years in Thailand before returning to Singapore in 1993 to start our own company. Photography took a back seat between my art school days and 1990, when I re-disovered my love for the black and white world and began to explore Asia with my camera. The results of the last ten years or so are what you see in these portfolios.