About Me

My name is Ian Talbot. I am a photographer and I live with my wife, Desirée, in North East London.

I was born in London in 1951 which makes me a "baby boomer”, a fact which has probably greatly influenced my outlook on life.

My images are primarily about form, light and tone but what fascinates me most is how the world, and the things in it, can look as a photograph. For me that was always the magic of photography, the mystery that first drew me to the medium. For me photography still largely remains a mystery...

Most of the colour photography I have seen records reality too faithfully and shows me only what I already know. It is merely information. Neither am I concerned with documenting the world. I leave that to others. Documentary is what it is and art is something other and rarely do the twain meet. I have no interest in recording the world as it is. Accordingly, therefore, I work almost exclusively in monochrome.

I consider all my work to be a collaboration with my beautiful wife, an accomplished photographer in her own right. Without her unfailing love and support nothing would be possible.

She is, quite simply, the inspiration for everything I do.

You can see her photographic images at her website:

Moments and Observations