My Photo Gallery

This page contains various photos of me that have been used in my blog and elsewhere. Click the images to see larger versions. You can also see my tagged photos on Instagram.

If I’ve given you my consent to use images of me, then you’re welcome to use any of the photos on this page. Otherwise, please don’t repost these photos without my permission.

Collages
Documentaries
TV Appearances
Disability
Socialising
Exhibitions
Theatre
Out & About
Childhood
Christmas

Collages

2017, 2018 & 2019

Collage of 9 photos of Glen in 2018. The tall central photo shows Glen, Claire and James smiling and giving thumbs up below the tall Orbit Tower after their abseil. A column of 4 photos on the left shows Glen flying over Hogwarts castle on a broomstick, sitting in front of the London Eye, standing by the Freddie Mercury waxwork, and smiling while holding a plunger with a small model toilet on his head. The column of 4 photos on the right show Glen posing with members of East London Vision, student artist Nihan Karim, Aniridia Network members Fern and Jenny, and South East London Vision events organiser Jessica.

A collage of 9 images of me, including at a quiz night, at an escape room, in a TV audience, with Emily Davison, posing with sunglasses by an old building, posing with a crowd on a football pitch, posing with 2 ladies on Tower bridge, looking at a piece of fur with a lady at the Natural History Museum, and giving a public talk.

Collage of 9 photos of me in 2019, some with friends and some by myself. They show me admiring the view from a bridge in a park, riding on the Emirates Airline cable car, wearing my green-tinted sunglasses outside the Science Museum, posing by a red postbox in the Postal Museum and a War Horse model at the National Theatre, enjoying a pub social, giving a conference speech, eating dinner on a vintage Tube train, and appearing on 5 News on TV.

Christmas – Using images up to 2019

Collage of festive photos of Glen. The tall central photo shows him smiling and wearing a Santa hat. Columns of 3 photos on either side show him wearing a smaller Santa hat, wearing a hat from a Christmas cracker, standing in front of Christmas trees and decorations, and as a child sitting on Santa's lap.

Documentaries

What Is Normal? by Met Film School. See blog post.

Glen gesturing with his hand out in front of him as he is interviewed by Stella in a living room.

Close-up of Glen gesturing with his fingers near his eye, during his interview in a living room.

Glen sitting on a sofa with his hands clasped together, resting his elbow on the cushion next to him, while being interviewed by Stella.

Standing in front of a large church, Glen is wearing earphones and sunglasses while looking at his phone.

Behind the scenes view of Glen standing on the pavement and looking at his phone, while Olivia films him with a large camera resting on her shoulder.

Glen being served a bowl of porridge at a table outdoors in the sunshine.

Close-up of Glen's eye, which doesn't have an iris, the coloured circle, around the pupil. The students filming Glen can be seen in the reflection in his pupil.

In a park, blonde female student Amy looks through Glen's monocular while he stands beside her.

Amy and Glen standing and smiling together in the park in the sunshine.

Laura, Amy and Glen smiling as they relax on a bridge together in the sunshine in the park. Laura is sitting on the rail while Amy and Glen are leaning on it, all of them looking out at the scenery in front of them.

See Differently by Yiwen Feng. See blog post.

Glen wearing a red top while seated in front of a red background,

Close-up of Glen wearing his green-tinted sunglasses while standing outside the Science Museum.

Glen wearing sunglasses as he walks down a busy street.

Glen smiling at the camera while in the Driverless exhibition at the Science Museum.

TV Appearances

5 News, 2 December 2019 – Digital Accessibility Interview

Glen and Krissie sitting next to each other at a glass desk in the Channel 5 News studio, with a purple backdrop behind them.

Close-up of Glen on 5 News, wearing a green chequered shirt with the studio's purple backdrop behind him. His name is shown on a caption at the bottom of the screen.

Close-up of Krissie Barrick on 5 News, with a backdrop of purple vertical stripes behind her. At the bottom of the screen is a caption showing her name and job title, Head of Digital Influencing at Scope.

Glen smiling as he stands next to a tall sign, made of black bordered rows with black lettering, showing what's on each floor of the building. Most say ITN or ITV, but the sign also mentions Globecast, Warner Brothers, TRT World and Metapack, plus the reception desk.

The Last Leg, 30 June 2017 – Studio Audience

Screenshot of the audience laughing on The Last Leg, including Glen on the right wearing a navy t-shirt with thin white and light-blue stripes.

Screenshot of the audience applauding on The Last Leg, including Glen on the right wearing a navy t-shirt with thin white and light-blue stripes.

Disability

Sunglasses selfies at home

Selfie in my sunny back garden, in which I'm smiling and wearing my green tinted sunglasses.

Selfie of me wearing green-tinted sunglasses and smiling.

“My impairment’s just a dropped stitch in life’s rich tapestry. I’m successful, independent, it’s no barrier to me.” – Motivational quote I created for Yoocan

Glen smiling and holding up a piece of paper showing a handwritten quote that says - My impairment’s just a dropped stitch in life’s rich tapestry. I’m successful, independent, it’s no barrier to me.

Aniridia Network Conferences 2018 & 2019

Glen, Galina and James posing and smiling together at the Aniridia Network Conference.

Fern, Glen and Jenny posing and smiling together at the Aniridia Network Conference. Fern's golden coloured guide dog is on the floor next to her.

Photo by Zoe Klib

Photo by Zoe Klib

Aniridia Day 2018 with James Buller

Glen and James smiling and wearing white Aniridia Network t-shirts, while sitting in front of a laptop computer on which there is a presentation slide from a live webinar they're watching.

Charity Abseil for Nystagmus Research with Claire Amoroso, James Buller & Matthew Dawson (the latter dressed as Tigger!)

Matt, Claire and Glen ready to abseil in their harnesses and helmets. Matt and Glen also have GoPro cameras attached to their helmets. Glen and Claire are wearing their Moorfields Eye Charity t-shirts and normal trousers, but Matt is wearing an orange furry Tigger bodysuit, to look like the character from the Winnie The Pooh stories. It has black tiger stripes, a yellow chest, and a big round grey nose poking out from under his helmet.

Glen holding on to the abseil rope, sitting in mid-air as he steps off the main platform on to the ledge beneath, while the instructor holds the rope tightly above him.

Photo by a spectator on the ground, zoomed in on Claire and Glen at the top of the tower, abseiling in mid-air a short distance below the platform.

Glen and Claire doing a free-fall abseil off the Orbit tower in London's Olympic Park, a tall structure surrounded by curving red girders and a helter-skelter slide, with a cbig ircular platform at the top from which the abseil began.

Glen, Claire and James smiling and giving a thumbs up, posing in their Moorfields Eye Charity abseil t-shirts, as the Orbit Tower stands high over them in the background.

Glen, Claire and James smiling as they pose in their Moorfields Eye Charity abseil t-shirts, in front of the tall Orbit Tower, with the London Stadium visible just behind it.

Nystagmus Network Open Day 2017

Me speaking in front of a large group of people, wearing a white shirt with dark tie and trousers.

Socialising

Supporting the London Marathon 2017 with Carol from Metro Blind Sport and Nicola from London Vision East on Tower Bridge

Me with Carol from Metro Blind Sport and Nicola from East London Vision on Tower Bridge.

Me with Carol from Metro Blind Sport and Nicola from East London Vision on Tower Bridge. Photo credit: East London Vision

London Vision South East socials – February 2018 Social & Christmas 2018 Meal (with Jessica Beal)

Selfie of Glen in a pub, smiling and holding a pint of cider.

Glen with his arm around Jessica as they sit together and smile at the camera. Both are wearing Christmas hats from their Christmas crackers. Glen is wearing an Only Fools And Horses Christmas jumper, with large yellow letters saying Cushty Christmas above the yellow 3 wheeled van owned by the Trotters in the TV show, surrounded by snowflakes. Jess is wearing a white top covered in little Christmas trees, holly leaves, etc, with red sleeves.

Thinking Bob events – Escape Room – Leo’s Path, Big Bob Quiz Of The Year 2016 & medal for Tubeopoly

Myself a lady standing beside a model of a shark head by the wall. The other guy in our group is crouched down inside the shark's gaping mouth. A graphic at the bottom shows our team name - Something bob - with a time of 55 minutes and 23 seconds, and the date of February 6th 2017.

Photo credit: Archimedes Inspiration

Me among 5 people sat around a pub table, with drinks and quiz sheets on the table.

Photo credit: Thinking Bob

Glen wearing his Thinking Bob medal. Gold surrounds a white circle in the centre, which contains the text My Clever Medal - thinkingbob.co.uk

Fashioneyesta Meetup – Knole Park

Myself and Emily smiling as we sit next to each other chatting on the train.

Image Credit: Emily Davison

Selfie of Glen with Emily Davison, sitting together on some grass in the shade, with trees and sunshine in the background.

Photo Credit: Emily Davison

Emily and Glen smiling while walking along a street.

Image Credit: Emily Davison

Glen smiling and wearing a red t-shirt and green tinted sunglasses, standing in front of the large Knole House building, which is blurred in the background.

Photo Credit: Emily Davison

Birthday Meal – August 2020

Glen sitting at a table in a pub, smiling as he holds up a pint of cider. In front of him is a dinner of streak and chips, with peas, mushroom and tomato.

Photo by James Buller

Exhibitions

Harry Potter Studio Tour – Broomstick ride & Hagrid model

Glen in a brown robe, smiling and waving as he hovers on a broomstick over Hogwarts Castle.

Overhead view of Glen in a brown robe with yellow inner lining, flying on a broomstick over Hogwarts Castle.

Glen in a brown robe, flying on a broomstick over the River Thames, with Westminster Bridge, Big Ben and the Houses Of Parliament in the background.

Glen in a brown robe flying on a broomstick, down the middle of a busy London road at night, with a red London bus in the background.

Glen looking around as he flies down a busy London street at night on a broomstick.

In front of a plain green background, Glen is wearing a brown robe with a yellow inner lining visible, while mounted on a broomstick as if ready to fly, with his hands clasped around the handle at the front.

Selfie of Glen standing in front of a model of Hagrid holding a glowing lantern.

Madame Tussauds

Glen smiling and wearing a white t-shirt featuring the colourful crest for the band Queen, as he stands next to a waxwork of Freddie Mercury. Freddie has a red jacket and white trousers on, and is punching the air with his left hand as he sings loudly into the microphone held in his right hand.

Glen kneeling and smiling towards the camera next to a long couch on which are waxworks of The Beatles. Ringo Starr is holding his drumsticks, while the other 3 are playing their guitars.

Glen posing with a waxwork of Jimi Hendrix at Madame Tussauds. Hendrix is looking down at the white and cream coloured guitar in his hands as if about to play.

Glen next to a waxwork of Mo Farah, copying the Mobot stance that Mo is doing, placing both hands on top of his head with his fingers pointing downwards.

Glen next to Usain Bolt's waxwork at Madame Tussaud's, copying his lightning bolt pose where he leans on his back foot while pointing up and ahead with the opposite arm.

Glen smiling as he sits with a waxwork of Emma Watson, who is wearing a sparking black dress.

Glen posing with a waxwork of Benedict Cumberbatch at Madame Tussauds. Benedict is dressed in a smart suit, with a black jacket and trousers, long black tie and a white shirt.

Glen sitting in the driving seat of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, with a waxwork of Chewbacca, a large and very hairy creature, in the seat next to him.

Glen sitting and grasping the steering control in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon, the dashboard of which has black, white and blue chunky, tactile buttons that contrast well against the grey surface. Light outside the cockpit window gives the impression that he's zooming through space.

Natural History Museum

Glen holding a square piece of zebra fur with Sarah, one of the guides at the Natural History Museum.

Picture credit: East London Vision

Camberwell College Of Arts – Student Art Show – With art student Nihan Karim

Glen and Nihan standing next to her artwork made up of pieces of coloured fabric on the wall, each a different colour and size, and either square or rectangular in shape, and each containing a message in braille.

Me standing in front of a very large artwork, considering of large colourful panels, mainly squares and rectangles, but some have diagonal edges on one side.

Glen smiling as he poses next to a red post box, resting his left arm on top of it. He's wearing a red top and light coloured cargo trousers, and has his monocular around his neck.

Glen smiling as he holds the receiver of a morse code device to his ear in a museum.

Glen smiling as he sits in one of the small carriages of the red Mail Rain train.

Theatre

Motown The Musical Touch Tour, Music Workshop & National Theatre Backstage Tour

Glen pretending to use an old rotary dial phone.

Photo by East London Vision

Glen sitting and smiling with a long wooden drum across his lap. It has lengths of string that cross over as they stretch from one end of the drum to the other in diagonal lines. A further length of string goes around Glen's neck, with each end attached to the side of the drum. Glen's hands are positioned on each side of the drum, ready to tap out a beat using both ends of it.

Glen standing with a large wooden frame horse model used in War Horse.

Out & About

London Loo Tour

Glen outside on a busy London street, smiling and wearing his sunglasses, with a small model toilet on his head and a large plunger in his hand.

All The Stations – British Rail Logo Event & An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail

Photo credit: James Buller

River Thames – London Eye & Tower Bridge

Selfie of Glen smiling and wearing sunglasses, with the London Eye behind him on the opposite side of the River Thames.

Selfie of Glen smiling and wearing dark glasses in front of Tower Bridge.

Earls Court Station Tardis

Selfie of Glen smiling, in front of a big blue police phone box that looks like Doctor Who's Tardis.

Selfie of Glen smiling, in front of a big blue police phone box that looks like Doctor Who's Tardis.

London Transport – Paddington Station & District Line Mug

Glen sitting on a bench that's decorated with a painting of Paddington Bear, so it looks like they're sitting next to each other and both smiling at the camera.

Hyde Park Corner

Selfie of Glen in front of the huge gateway to Hyde Park, consisting of 3 tall archways separated by many stone columns.

Childhood

School & University Graduation

A picture of me at school with 2 female friends, each of us holding a white symbol cane in front of us, diagonally across our legs. I'm in the middle, wearing a grey jumper and black trousers, whilst the girls are wearing red jumpers and either a pink or grey skirt respectively.

Me and another boy in a swimming pool, our goggles raised up to our foreheads so we can look at the camera without them in the way.

Glen as a child walking down a few paved steps from a patio into a garden, while his Dad watches.

My graduation photo. I'm wearing a dark navy suit and tie, with light blue strap around the neck, and a mortar board on my head. I'm smiling while holding a rolled up certificate tied with a red ribbon.

My graduation photo in a big gold frame. I'm wearing a dark navy suit and tie, with light blue strap around the neck, and a mortar board on my head. I'm smiling while holding a rolled up certificate tied with a red ribbon.

Christmas

Me as a young child, smiling and leaning against Santa Claus, who has his arm around me. It's my grandad dressed up. We're in front of the Christmas tree and presents, next to the living room window.

Glen smiling and wearing a red and white Santa hat.

A selfie of me standing in front of the massive Covent Garden Christmas tree, which is covered in bright lights.

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