A little bit about me then......

I'm a native Mancunian now living in the beautiful county of Norfolk. I grew up in the suburbs of Manchester in the 1970's and always enjoyed drawing and creating things, as well as playing out on my bike with my mates.

I left school in the 80's and joined a YTS scheme. I studied Graphic Design and eventually got placed within a small ad agency in the city centre. During this vibrant 'Madchester' era in pop culture, I was often engaging with artists, illustrators, photographers & creatives as part of my day job. This has had a definite influence on my own ideas and helped form a more creative eye.

As the dawn of Apple Macintosh desk top publishing loomed, I felt that direction wasn't for me and decided on a career change, moving into the retail Motor Industry. Having enjoyed working in this environment for over 30 years, I have still kept my creative eye; busy producing various graphic art for personal enjoyment, friends and family. 

Over recent years I have been fortunate enough to have some of my images featured in various photography publications, the BBC website and on a regional BBC TV news lifestyle segment.

In 2019 I was honoured to win the Historic England Photographer of the Year with an image taken at Roker Pier in the North East UK.

If you got this far, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy viewing the images here as much as I did shooting them.

JP Appleton