Jamie Burroughs in Focus

Jamie Burroughs at London Airport - photo by Nigel A.  JAMES

Travelling Made Him

I had the very great pleasure of meeting Jamie Burroughs whilst passing through London airport last week, and, maybe, the airport was the best place to meet him, for, this man is a traveller and airports have been, for him, the starting points of many discoveries.

And, it is not only places and people that one meets upon one’s travels; one can also find hidden surprises that have been lying in wait and deep down within us for a very long time. And that’s exactly what happened to Jamie whilst he was cutting and hacking his way through the untamed snake infested and disease ridden jungles of Borneo.

He had just finished his second book; a novel with a deep philosophical slant, when the urge to leave his native England overtook him, and so it was, that he took leave of Southend, his home base in England, and went to the east!

And there he saw, quite literally, the light. He discovered that the light in the east had something about it that the shades and the shadows of the north were mysteriously missing. And, so fascinating and moving it was, that it brought out his love for photography as a vehicle and means for fine arts. And this was a turning point for Jamie.

And, so he continued his tour of the east, but now with a different perspective to his pictures. He went to Hong Kong, he went to Japan; and many other places as well; and now, back once again upon his native shores, things are changing, too.

He is, right now, in the process of opening a brand new studio which will not only allow more space for his fine-art photography, but also, enable him to maintain his excellent portrait work, for which he is already well known

And, what then will follow for this man of destinations? More exhibitions, maybe? A new book? A new direction? Only the future can tell, but, one thing is certain, Jamie Burroughs is a man to be watched!

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