There's a moment, going back through the frames from a sitting, where you can feel the difference between a photograph that merely records a face and one that holds the room. It is rarely a question of the camera. Almost always it comes down to two things: how the light falls, and how the person in front of you was directed in the seconds before the shutter.

New York, 9–13 August: Actor Headshots and Corporate Portraits in Midtown Manhattan

I return to New York this August. From Saturday 9 to Wednesday 13 August, my studio at 580 8th Avenue — twenty floors above the Garment District, a few minutes' walk from Times Square and the theatre houses — will be open for actor headshots, portrait sittings, and corporate headshots.

Inside the Portrait: A Four-Hour Lighting & Direction Masterclass at B&H New York 13th August 2026

Back in New York: 25–31 May