Career
He is well known for his striking portraits of musicians, usually in the heavy rock arena. He regularly shoots covers for Metal Hammer magazine and Total Guitar magazine and also contributes to Rolling Stone (United States of America) and Q magazine (United Kingdom). He is the official photographer for Iron Maiden and author of the book Iron Maiden: On Board Flight 666, a behind-the-scenes photo documentary.
lieutenant includes photographs taken during the Somewhere Back In Time Tour (2008-2009) and The Final Frontier Tour (2010-2011) aboard the band"s custom Boeing 757, Editor Force One.
A presentation of the book was held from 5 to 31 August 2011 at the British Music Experience at the London O2. On 20 November 2014, the paperback version of On Board Flight 666 was published by Orion.
He was a runner-up for News Photographer of the Year in 2011 and was nominated for the 2012 Terry O"Neill award. He was listed in Professional Photographer magazine"s "100 Photography Heroes" 2013 special issue.
He is an ambassador for Manfrotto"s School of excellence.
He was a guest speaker at "the Photography Show" 2014. The "Super 7" on the Super Stage were Joe McNally, Rankin, John McMurtrie, Terry O"Neill, Colin Prior, Steve McCurry and Michael Freeman.