Hidden away in the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles is the Garden of Oz, a peaceful, whimsical and surreal secret garden, which can only be accessed by those who are in possession of a key.

I won't reveal its address, instead I leave you to your own devices to find it, should you wish to discover it.

Photography is prohibited; 'remember it with your heart' reads the sign.

WINTER WONDERLAND, POSTPONED.

The Whitehouse Photo stream is well worth adding to your favorites. There's something about it that makes the Obamas somewhat tangible.

Amit and Jyoti, July 2009

Lil Wayne - The Carter Documentary

(click to watch)

'The Carter is a documentary about Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. aka Lil' Wayne. An internationally known rapper, his most recent album went platinum in a week, and he just might be the voice of his generation. But this ain't no VH1 rock doc. Rather, it is an intoxicating, cinematic journey into the thoughts and world of an extremely complicated man whose creative force is something to behold. He never stops recording. He has a portable studio that he carries around in a black bag, and it allows him to lay down a track anytime anywhere. It is his pressure valve and makes him a refreshing anomaly in a sea of manufactured prefab ""singers."" His work is his own: unfiltered, uncensored, raw, and powerful. Director Adam Bhala Lough, whose fiction film Weapons premiered in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, has unbelievable access to Lil' Wayne's public and private lives. He captures remarkably candid moments, such as Lil' Wayne recounting his first sexual experience, as well as him talking openly about his drug habits. Following him all over the country and to Amsterdam, Lough mixes fly-on-the-wall footage of Lil' Wayne in his hotel room and on his bus with artfully composed concert footage. The result is a shockingly intimate portrait of one of the most inspired (and eccentric) musicians of modern America.'

- Sundance Film Festival

Great Ocean Road, Australia. August 2009

NEW JE T'AIMEY.

Some unseen photographs from my shoot with Je T'Aimey last month.

25 MINUTES
Buses in Birmingham will make you angry. Manchester has it on point.

Monday 9th November @ 4.54 pm.

Jay Z, Alexandra Palace, November 2009

Lady Garden are an all-female sketch troupe who have taken the comedy circuit by storm since their first show at The Comedy Store, Manchester in Feburary 2008. After two very successful years at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and sell out shows at the Manchester, Sheffield and Leicester Comedy Festivals, they now host a monthly comedy night 'Ladygarden and Friends' at the Wilmington Arms in Islington. This month's took place on November 3rd and featured The Four Gallants as well as the fantastic Idiots of Ants, Daniel Rigby, Anna and Katy and Frisky and Mannish. I was on hand with my camera to capture some of the gig at the request of the girls' PR company.

Be sure to check out Ladygarden's fantastic satisfak-designed website for more information about their upcoming shows - with them having been named one of the top 5 sketch comedy acts in the UK by The Independent, you'd be mad to miss them.