Staff photographer, live

Marrow Live (touring) · UK & EU

Two to four dates a week across arenas, theatres and festivals, filing an edited set to the promoter's press office inside four hours of the last song.

Contributing photographer

Pennine Music Trust · North of England

Season coverage of the trust's venues and its awards night, plus the archive set the trust licenses to press.

Tour photographer

Halden Wire, Marta Sena, The Ivory Bloc · UK, Ireland, Benelux

Full-run tour coverage: the show, the road, the load-in and the press set that comes out of it.

Event photographer

Northern Tech Assembly and other conferences · Manchester & Leeds

Keynotes, panels, exhibition floors and speaker portraits, delivered in batches through the day for teams publishing live.

Picture desk assistant

Regional evening paper · Manchester

Where I learned to cull fast, caption properly and never miss a deadline by more than the length of an apology.

Loudline

Live reviews and festival galleries

The Northern Review

Culture pages, live and portrait

Sonic Quarterly

Two cover stories and a photo essay

Field & Stage

Festival season coverage

Marrow Live press office

Tour announce and campaign sets

Live Photograph of the Year, shortlist

Pennine Music Trust

Festival Portfolio, selected

Northlight Weekender

Young Music Photographer, runner-up

Loudline

Pit access, 41 UK and EU venues

Standing accreditation via promoters and venue press offices

Season pass

Northlight Weekender, Bramble Fields, three regional festivals

Public liability, 5m

Certificate on request for venue and conference paperwork

BA Photography

Manchester School of Art · Manchester

Documentary pathway. Spent most of it in venues rather than the studio, which turned out to be the useful part.