Reenactment | Knight
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Reenactment | Knight

A knight in shining armour, Dominic and his beautiful Friesian cross stallion Faraon.

Having someone in full steel-plated armor, mounted on a colossal horse, charging towards you at full tilt is quite the intimidating experience. Having felt the rumbling, thundering hooves and clanking metal plates, I can clearly see why, six centuries ago, these imposing juggernauts would have been a terrifying sight and sound on the medieval battlefield. Dominic aptly compared medieval knights to the battle tanks of their era. For those familiar, this also brings back fond memories of the pilot episode of Game of Thrones and the jousting tournament.

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Carla Denyer | Green Party
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Carla Denyer | Green Party

Green Party Co-Leader and newly elected MP for Bristol Central, Carla Denyer. This 5-minute portrait was taken the morning after the general election. Despite not having slept since the previous night's count, Carla was beaming, happily posing for selfies with well-wishers and chatting with her new constituents. Clearly running on pure elation (and probably lots of coffee).

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George Mombiot
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George Mombiot

A few weeks ago, I photographed George Monbiot for an article in the Guardian Saturday magazine.The subject matter was both interesting and relevant – exploring the proliferation of conspiracy theories and Monbiot's conversation with Jason Liosatos, a prominent conspiracy theorist

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Giancarlo Esposito
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Giancarlo Esposito

News of Francis Ford Coppola's forthcoming film 'Megalopolis' debuting at Cannes in May prompted me to share these recent portraits of actor Giancarlo Esposito, which I'm fond of.

I photographed Giancarlo while collaborating with the BBC Maestro team as they filmed the artist Jonathan Yeo painting his portrait in Yeo's West London studio.

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Rise Of The Machines
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Rise Of The Machines

Pure image generation as well as artificial intelligence based tools are advancing at an breathtaking pace. Photoshop Firefly is both amazing and terrifying. I'm all for embracing change, but I cannot help but wonder what mine and any other visual artists future holds. These next few years are going to be a wild ride. How do others feel about this unchartered territory?

*These are both photographs I have taken, but they could quite easily have been AI generated.

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Mo Gawdat
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Mo Gawdat

The former chief business officer for Google X - one of the most prominent voices in the AI space and just an all-around wonderful human. Mo has been through some extremely challenging personal experiences but has made happiness his life's work. He has dived deep into the subject, conversing with wise minds on his podcast Slo Mo and created a thought-provoking course with BBC Maestro titled 'Happiness'.

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Chantal Lyons / Groundbreakers
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Chantal Lyons / Groundbreakers

Chantal Lyons, the author of the book 'Groundbreakers,' which explores the resurgence of Britain's Wild Boar populations, 700 years after their human led demise. The book was released yesterday and is a fascinating read. If you are familiar with wild Boars, you'll notice something awry in image number 1, and it's not Chantal... the wonders of Photoshop! In image 3, you can observe a Boar's wallow in the beautiful Forest of Dean and a tree that the muddy, wet boars like to rub themselves all over.

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