The Movement Movement

Finally the first edition of the Movement Movement has been released and I shot the cover story last summer. The piece is about a English professional rugby player Poppy Cleall . What a jokes shoot, we didn’t havePoppy for long but we made sure we got the shots we needed and had a laugh doing it. 

Running backwards whilst Poppy is charging towards me is challenging definitely took some skill not to fall over and to stop everyone from laughing. 

Just watching xxx train with her fellow team mates had me in awe, you could see the skill and dominance she has, she really looked like she was on another level. she’d put me on my arse in a match I’m sure of it. An absolute pleasure to work with Poppy and Ellie on this piece. 

Be sure to grab yourself the first copy of the Movement a movement Here.

Also, the magazine features a piece on The Southwark Stars Woman’s team. Now this was a great day. Anyone who knows me and my work, know that I have worked closely with Southwark Stars FC over the last two years. 

Seeing the team being represented again and this time in print really does make it all very rewarding. Such a sweet bunch & their manager Louis is an absolute legend. 

We shot this piece during the hight of summer, probably on the hottest day of the year. It was the first time the woman’s team had played a competitive match. It wasn’t the easiest day for them, the lack of female players in the disability league was telling this day. With the team coming up against very well drilled and physically big and stronger players, I think the pictures tell this story. 

Saying that, the women held their own and scored a few goals, even getting a win in one of their matches. 

We really captured some beautiful images that day and everyone had a laugh, ending the day meeting MC Harvey from So Solid Crew. LOL!

Head over to the People & Places section to see more images from this day.