A Piano Portrait

Now and then I get what feels like a one-of-a-kind commission, and photographing Jesse at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance was one of them.

My big regret of this shoot is not bringing my audio recorder with me. I asked Jesse to play whilst I worked on making images around him.

The next hour or so was some of the most incredible musicianship I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing up close. As the sun went down outside, the room was filled with classical, jazz, and moments of the blues. It washed over me as I photographed, my daughter sat with Jesse’s mum. Listening and talking quietly about schools and GCSEs.