Originally trained as a method actress in London. Together with Helen Fry I ran a little theatre company with the unlikely name of The Cloth Horse Theatre Company. We worked on the London Fringe for about five years. At some point I got an MA from RADA, thinking that maybe I'd go into teaching drama (I think it was 1995). I decided however to give the theatre one last shot and went to Poland to set up an English speaking theatre company which never really took off and I turned to photography.
I went back to London and studied at the London College of Printing for three years. Then I came here for a holiday and fell in love with the place! Another change:) Now I have a gorgeous fully equipped studio in Pest. My clients vary - it could be someone wanting a decent passport picture or something they can put on a dating site.
Today a girl asked me if I would do some pictures of her in various states of undress as she wants to give her boyfriend a calendar featuring her glamorous self for Christmas - that's the kind of job I enjoy - you can really have a lot of fun. I'm also working on my next exhibition (it's been three years since the last one which was a great success. Mata'v even borrowed the pictures for their annual launch and I ended up being interviewed on a breakfast TV show in Hungarian. Oh yes, and along the way I also picked up some other languages too and occasionally work as a freelance interpreter.
Interview:
1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
In 2001 from London. I can't remember really. Seemed like a very good idea at the time.
2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
Yes. Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy and Poland.
3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
Old people giving up their seats to children on public transport!!! It was the other way round when I was a child!
4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend--what must they absolutely see and do?
The amazing thermal baths.
5. What is your favorite Hungarian food?
Almás rétes
6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
film
7. What is your favorite Hungarian word?
Következik. (As in "A Bajza Utca következik")!
8. What do you miss the most from home?
The buzz
9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
Creative side of advertising
10. What's a job you would definitely never want?
Anything permanent
11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Croatia. It was great!
12. Where do you hope to spend your next one?
Croatia!
13 What was your favorite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
'Blow Up' by Antonioni - although some of it seems so dated now.
14. What can't you resist?
Temptation!
15. Red wine or white?
Don't drink
16. Book or movie?
Lost Highway
17. Morning person or night person?
Night person
18. Dog person or cat person?
Have two cats
19. Buda side or Pest side?
Pest
20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Sic biscuitus disintegrat (Latin: Thats the way the cookie crumbles)