Frank Bruno

People in the public eye often have limited time available for a photo shoot, and when shooting celebrity portraits I’ve often had to work quickly in difficult situations. Yet when I’m under pressure and time is short, the results are often as good as, or better than, those from a longer shoot. That’s certainly true of my experience photographing former heavyweight boxing champion Frank Bruno.

My first shoot with him was in 2004, when I was commissioned by . It took place at an event organised by Kids Company, a charity which supported excluded and disturbed teenagers, based in Camberwell, south-west London. Bruno was there to publicise his involvement in that year’s Sport Relief event, from which Kids Company would benefit.