My name isn't important.
Like "Banksy" I have a pseudonym , just call me Tedy Salad.
I grew up in North London in the 1960's and 70's - a time of change, colour and character. All of my working life was spent in the city, around The West End, Camden Town and Kings Cross - places full of life and stories waiting to be noticed.
I've never been an academic ; I've always preferred creating, making and seeing things from a different angle. I got my first camera when I was six, and my first real one - an Olympus OM10 - in the late 1970's. Around that time I got into diving, joining BsOUP, "The British Society of Underwater Photographers". That 35mm OM10 along with a later OM2n would be used in an underwater housing, followed by a series of 35mm Nikonos underwater cameras.
Since then, I owned more cameras than I can count - from Olympus to Nikon, Fujifilm and now Leica. These days, I mostly shoot with a compact Leica D-Lux8 or my iPhone when wandering around. It's not about the equipment - it's about the moment, when light, shape, and feeling all come together.
My line of work gave me early retirement, and now living outside London, life moves at a gentler pace. The Red Kites soar above, the local football team are in free fall down the leagues, and I'm as fascinated as ever by the world around me - always looking for the next image that makes me stop, smile and press the shutter.
