About | Scooter Shooter

Miles began his career in the 1980’s taking photos at an advertising studio and freelancing for newspapers and magazines.

He moved into moving image when photography turned digital, spending the next 20 years working as a news cameraman, journalist and director mostly for the BBC.

In late 2013 he was diagnosed with primary lateral sclerosis - a slowly developing type of motor neurone disease. Six months later, having become quite disabled, he was forced to stop working.

He now takes photographs while travelling on a mobility scooter. His work has been exhibited at shows in London and the West Midlands raising thousands of pounds for neurological charities in picture sales.

Most of the images in the gallery on this website were taken from the seat of his mobility scooter. Some were taken on two feet before his diagnosis. It can be interesting to try and spot the difference in perspective and style.

Miles gives inspiring talks raising awareness of MND. If you would like to book him for a talk (or to buy some of his work) please get in touch using the contact link in the menu.

Events, publications and exhibitions:

May 2024 – Exhibition at "Battersea Place", Albert Bridge Road, London SW1.
March 2023 – Solo exhibition alongside "Journeys" book launch at Worcester's Artery gallery.
March 2023 – Photography used for the cover of "Journeys", a poetry anthology published by Bite Poetry Press.
October 2019 – "Art Beyond Limits" exhibition at OXO Tower, South Bank, London.
October 2019 – “26 Miles 4 MND” book published to coincide with the MND Association’s 40th anniversary. It is a photographic and written record created over four years about a group of people whose lives have been affected in different ways by motor neurone disease.
August to September 2018 – “26 Miles 4 MND” photo campaign across social media.
September 2017 – Exhibition at Tabernacle Arts Centre, Notting Hill, London.
April 2017 – Guest speaker for Worcester Visual Arts Meet-Up on the "stories behind the pictures" in the solo exhibition at Worcester Arts Workshop.
March and April 2017 – Solo exhibition at Worcester Arts Workshop.
March 2017 – Guest speaker for “Rewired” at the Royal Geographical Society. Rewired is an innovative Art / Science event created by Movement for Hope.
2016 – Contributor to the 20th anniversary celebration book of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
2016 – "Neurocreativity" exhibition for Movement for Hope at Tabernacle Arts Centre.
2013 – "Lunchbreak Pictures" - A self published book of photography taken over two years during breaks from work in Birmingham.