Hello and welcome, my name is Stewart Bourne, 77 years of age, and somewhat surprised to still be here. I live in a small town, more or less in the centre of England. My working background is teaching, psychology and educational research, although I have done other things in other lives. I am really interested in creating images that hint at wider meanings, or are just intriguing to the eye. Fundamentally much of my photography is down to curiosity, I want to see what life looks like when considered in images, and I am reaching that point when I want to know how deep the rabbit hole goes. In general terms I try to create images that are about things, rather than of things.

Hope that this doesn't sound too precious or grandiose, it's not meant to, I got over myself a long time ago. I would still describe myself as a relative newcomer to photography, with much to learn and a journey to undertake.

I have also obtained my Royal Photographic Society Associateship (ARPS) in Visual Art, which was both challenging and hard work. I don't know if this makes me an 'artiste' but Ruth says it confirms what she already suspected.

My images on flickr represent everything from my first tentative efforts at photography to where I am now, probably still getting it wrong, but in a more informed way.

All of my images are copyright and I would ask you not to use them without my permission, they may not be brilliant in the great scheme of things, but at least they are mine and I would politely ask you to respect that. Thank you for taking the trouble to look at my work.