Perou

02/06/2026

a happy, little studio encounter with the wonderful recently
for
thankyou
Daphne is one of those remarkable, striking, people who demand attention through their fantastic uniqueness.
a fashion and style pioneer and ICON: forging her own path.
Also, a brilliant musician (heard here) and charming, easy company.
Daphne has been photographed by some of my hero (legend) photographers and so it was an honour to join that roster.
great to work with legend again and super also.
good to see and thankyou to laura and christina too.
a good day at the office

27/05/2026

mill pond
https://www.secretdiary.perou.co.uk/?date=2026-05-26

13/05/2026

well, its a long one butt…coulda been longer:
had to cut this down to 20 for instaflan attention span.
a sensitive little reportage and band shoot, originally shot for 
when was (more widely known as) THE word on who to listen to
here’s 
20 years ago :o when they were kids, and Blaine’s dad Henry was on bass,
starting out from eel pie island. 
i’m inspired to post this while listening to their latest AWESOME new track (after a 6 year gap) ‘black sage’ 
looking cooler than ever, and sounding ever SO good
huge respect to them and gratitude for lighting up the studio stereo today.
was a grey and dismal day on eel pie island (a small, special place in the middle of the thames) back in 2006 when I shot this, roundabout their ‘making dens’ debut.
album, but the energy on that island was palpable.
can you feel the vibe?
did eye communicate it…?
who could imagine then, we’d all be right here (right now…thankyou ?

08/05/2026

100 today
and still working
the trusted voice of the natural world
the nation’s favourite grandpa
happy birthday
photographed here, at home, when he was a mere 80yrs old, with a sparkle in his eye, charming, engaging and full of life.
a national treasure, but also an international treasure.
Not sure naming a parasitic wasp after sir David is the most appropriate honor but we salute you anyway and thankyou for your long service educating us about the natural world and how we should protect it.

29/04/2026

'Reciprocity Failure'
new music by me-me
video by maximum perou and me-me

1 like. "Reciprocity Failure"

26/04/2026

took snoop for some hydrotherapy: swimming in the waves at dungeness.
took ourselves for amazing fresh sea bass and tatties at the fish shack.
(they don’t do fish and ti***es: it’s not that kind of shack)
took some fine photos of me-me for my new album cover…
new music and video by coming this week
watch this outer space
moron me secret diary (link in bio)

26/04/2026

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME
https://www.secretdiary.perou.co.uk/?date=2026-04-26

18/04/2026

Handsome chap, SnoopDogg-LeftEyeLopez is recovering well now:
thanks for all the wishes well,
NO thanks to the vet that decided to cut out the benign lump from his leg and 2cm round and under it, without waiting for the test results
(that would have meant we coulda left the lump or just removed it without a large chuck of healthy dog flesh)
Full boosting will resume soon.
Till then, the fetching inflatable ruff remains…

15/04/2026

1996
30 years ago :o
me-me and photographed by my sister-from-another-mister
(who kindly sent this recently)
eye had commissioned nanaco to photograph herself for the article in we were doing on her music.
nanaco is an amazing singer, musician, photographer, poet and bread maker.
eye went to the hotel she was staying at, in london, to collect the photos and reached out my hand as eye introduced myself.
nanaco stared at my fingers, each of which was adorned with an eye ring 👁️
‘AMAZING!’ she declared and showed me the sketch she had drawn that morning after she had dreamed about a foot with eyes on every toe.
Wrong digits but it was clearly a sign that we would be friends forever, or maybe have always been friends who found each other again.
Over these years we have shared many happy adventures and times together:
in England (including searching for king Arthur’s round table) and in Japan: searching for the bosozoku and finding
Eye really do feel that Nanaco is my sister.
Eye have a brother in Japan too: another great photographer
pretty sure eye was Japanese in a former life.
Can’t wait to get back there to see my Japanese family.
Has been too long!

11/04/2026

eye think, there 4 eye am