BIOGRAPHY

I come with a lifelong exposure to photography because my father who was also photographer worked in the field for more than 30 years, providing endless photos with happy memories to all. In this scenario it was almost natural that I should lean toward professional photography of still life, commercial, portraiture, weddings and other events.

Art and design have been constant in my life ever since my mid-teens, when I took a intensive course in Industrial Design at the Art & Design Centre, Valletta where I was awarded the Borsa di Studio Amadeo Grutter, an experience that I have continued to utilise to this day.

Following my course I became a Darkroom Operator with P&S International Ltd, where I trained in darkroom techniques and learned the process of burning and developing plates, making contact prints, photo mechanical transfers and films.

My next job was that of a Graphic Designer with JP Advertising Ltd, where I trained in paste-up, computer page layout and more darkroom techniques. In this capacity I designed page layouts for such publications as The Sunday Times Magazine, The Circle, Medical Journal, The Photographic Journal, The Caterer and Informatics.

In 1990 I joined Crown Advertising Ltd as one of their Senior Graphic Designers, where I worked mainly on adverts and was responsible from brief to finish, including visuals and artwork. Crown Advertising was the first publisher of Air Malta's in-flight magazine Malta This Month, so when the company split up in 1991, I stayed on to work as the Art Director for this well-known magazine with Advantage Advertising Ltd.

In this capacity I was responsible for the design and layout of Malta This Month, liaising with photographers to ensure high-quality photographic content, and supervision and quality assessment both when the publication was returned as four-colour films and when it was being printed. I was also responsible for the general management of the graphic studio.

In 2006 I decided to take the leap and start my own business which incorporates my graphic design and photographic knowledge.