Being a part of the mod subculture before he was a photographer, his regret at not shooting then led him to photograph the UK Garage scene. He did so by working for magazines The Face and Sleazenation, where his editorial work soon gathered attention. In 2005 his series Open Mic documenting the rise of the Grime scene and its most prominent figures, which was later made into an award-winning book of the same name and including text from Martin Parr.