JONATHAN CHERRY: What gets you up in the morning?

JADE BIRTCHNALL: Usually my alarm or house mates stomping around. The joys of living with 5 other women!

JC: Are there any emerging photographers inspiring you at the moment?

JB: So many to choose from but probably Joao Canziani & Emiliano Granado their work is amazing!

JC: What is your current project all about?

JB: I am currently between a million different projects, I hate limiting myself so I am constantly shooting something or other.

At the moment I am in the middle of a project with a friend of mine, we are doing a series on strip clubs in Manchester, and have just been given permission to do some shoots at a strip club / karaoke bar in Blackpool. I am also photographing a group of young nuns (one of whom used to be an olympic speed skater… nobody believes me when I tell them!) and I have just done a shoot with a Dominatrix which was pretty surreal! 

JC: What are your plans for 2012?

JB: My plans for 2012 are to finally graduate and try to start setting up my own studio.

JC: What initially drew you to photography?

JB: I was a pretty late starter compared to most people, I was about 16 and a boyfriend at the time bought me a canon 300D and then I got hooked. But I was always fascinated by photos during school in history class, I remember being captivated by Nick Uts image of kim phuc and that photo of Mussolini and his wife hanging upside down! 

JC: Favourite tree?

JB: Birch tree