Michaela Simpson

Based in North Tyneside, my practice includes both photography and printmaking, with the two disciplines continually informing one another. Together they offer different ways of seeing and shape how I explore and tell visual stories.

I make hand-pulled prints at Northern Print and Edinburgh Printmakers, where I enjoy the contrast between the immediacy of the camera and the slower, more tactile process of printmaking. Moving between the camera and the printing press keeps my work fresh, with each medium influencing the other.

I'm a member of the Royal Photographic Society and its Women in Photography group, and since 2025 I've been proud to be a Sigma Creator - part of Sigma's international community of photographers who share their work, ideas and experiences while creating with Sigma equipment.

Light is central to my work, revealing texture, shaping mood and drawing attention to details that might otherwise go unnoticed.

Rooted in curiosity and close observation, my work celebrates both the extraordinary and the quietly overlooked, inviting people to pause and see the familiar a little differently.

Richard Simpson

Although primarily a documentary and fine art photographer, with an extensive publication and exhibition history, I have also directed broadcast documentaries (as R F Simpson) and written fiction (as J J Salkeld). 

The works featured here are from historic and ongoing projects, exploring everything from issues of national identity (The Debatable Lands) and global warming (SEA LEVEL) to an enduring interest in change and mutability (mono no aware). 

The more recent work tends to be more introspective, featuring repeated metaphorical visual themes - such as the decaying remains of wartime sea defences - while work from earlier decades is more often in the documentary tradition, for example the Hound Trailing series from c1990. We have grouped work into a number of broad thematic categories.

As of 2025 Richard's photography now has its own home. If you're looking for his latest work, you'll find it at Shadowland.