Did you always want to be a photographer?

I grew up in Manchester, born and bred, playing football—or soccer, as people from the States call it—and that was the goal for my entire life. I was trying to make it pro, and then it just fizzled out, and I got a job in retail. [Laughs.] I worked at Aldi, and then after my shifts, I would take photos. It slowly progressed into making videos for coffee shops for no money at all, just to create some sort of portfolio. My first properly paid job was a jewelry brand for a local influencer. It was awful. I’m pretty sure those photos are hidden from the world, which is great.

I got put in contact with an agency, and I started doing work for them. We traveled around Europe and the States doing some of the fashion weeks. That was the first time I was like, Okay, this could be a thing, properly. COVID hit when I was starting to get a little bit of traction in having a portfolio that I actually liked. All my work dropped off. I had to start again from scratch. I picked up jobs behind-the-scenes on anything, just to keep me busy. Quite a wild ride the last couple of years.

You mentioned that you still feel like you’re not doing enough, but the version of you a year ago likely never would’ve guessed you’d be here today.

Especially coming off COVID and 18 months of doing not a lot. I was just gaming, playing Warzone for a year straight pretty much. I thought it’d be a slow rise again, but it all came at once.

Love on Tour has been one of the most popular and highest-grossing tours of recent years. Do you feel like you’re documenting music history as it happens?

It’s kind of difficult to see it. It’s hard when you’re inside that bubble. I’m so concentrated on making sure that it all is good, essentially, that I don’t get to take a step back and look at the magnitude of everything. When he wins Grammys, it hits home that it’s actually massive.