Jon's raison d'être is to elicit the stories that lie hidden, or simply unnoticed, within the fabric of the city that surrounds us.  His approach is generally a very systematic one, believing that by devising and following a strict process and applying this to each location in a series, it is the individual location that offers up itself and reveals something about its nature, character, history or memory.

He draws cues from psycho-geographers such as Sinclair and Ackroyd, and inspiration from Calvino's beguiling descriptions of Venice. As such he is greatly interested in concepts such as imbued memory, and the very way we perceive the city. His works often use multiple images and often contain considerable detail; they tend to reward the viewer who will take the time to be drawn into the stories being told.

Bandstand Series:

Playing on the form of these structures, these ethereal images evoke a sense of their long lives and varied fortunes. The bandstands are recast as noble sentinels, bearing witness to the changing times around them.

Poliptych Series:

Asking how the pedestrian may perceive the world around them, this series creates images as a patchwork of tone and form.

Poliptych v Capriccio Series:

Following on from the original Poliptych Series, in the new Poliptych vs Capriccio pieces Jon has taken images from various different locations to produce mythical visions of another London.

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