Untitled. (2024)
I moved to the north west in late 2023 after leaving my job in London. Seeking new opportunities, I quickly found myself in a job hunting cycle, tailoring CVs, writing cover letters, attending interviews, receiving rejections and limited feedback.
After 4 months of applications I was finding it hard to stay motivated. We had a log burner I enjoyed sitting by whilst I job searched, through the winter. I bought a splitting axe as a means to get me off the computer. I started collecting wood, felled by disease or in bad weather. I processed the wood for the fire at home, cutting, chopping, stacking.
Those two cycles were a big part of my life during the 9 months I was out of full time work. I found settling into a new place and transitioning on from being a graduate a big period of change. At the time, one of the cycles felt ineffectual, though the other felt worthwhile with something to show for it. I made this sequence of self-portraits to reflect those cycles, with a cabled trigger underfoot, using 120 film.
After 4 months of applications I was finding it hard to stay motivated. We had a log burner I enjoyed sitting by whilst I job searched, through the winter. I bought a splitting axe as a means to get me off the computer. I started collecting wood, felled by disease or in bad weather. I processed the wood for the fire at home, cutting, chopping, stacking.
Those two cycles were a big part of my life during the 9 months I was out of full time work. I found settling into a new place and transitioning on from being a graduate a big period of change. At the time, one of the cycles felt ineffectual, though the other felt worthwhile with something to show for it. I made this sequence of self-portraits to reflect those cycles, with a cabled trigger underfoot, using 120 film.
My Sister, Grace. (2022)
My sister, Grace, was diagnosed with an anaplastic astrocytoma in July of 2018, a week later we visited Durdle Door beach. Between pandemic lockdowns and medical requirements, the beach was often the best escape for Grace, it became her favourite place. Grace passed away in November of 2020. These images show Grace’s favourite places.
My Sister, Grace. provides an observation in memorandum, exploring themes of identity, landscape and memory. The project revisits the coasts I visited with my sister and family as Grace fought her brain tumour, and after she passed away.
Banal, broad landscapes allude to the sublime. A focus on time is presented by a continuous horizon line. Three instant emulsion lift photographs tail the coastal images, their fragility an acknowledgement of the memories they hold and their materiality a link to family photography. Salt water from the exposure sites is incorporated into the image processing, introducing a sense of place into the landscapes. Text from family members attempts to disclose punctum and relay memory, seated at the end of the presentation to retroactively frame the four landscape images.
Organic Places (2020)
This work looks at the dynamic relationship between identity and environment through the context of Hill House Allotments. The body of work aims to show how people impact space with their identities, creating personal meaning and place.
Biographical information about each member narrates their section of the book. Digital portraits document the allotmenteers working on their plot; planting, pruning and personalising. Drone photography gives a unique and uniform viewpoint of each plot. The consistent perspective of the plots is used to show the difference between each allotment as a reflection of their holders.
The book highlights the hybridity of place, which results from identities impacting space. There is a quasi-triptych of each member, who are ordered from newest to most senior, highlighting process and growth at Hill House Allotments.
Exhibitions and Shows
Cosy Kreations, Sips and Stories, Liverpool (2025)
Beyond Borders, Kythera (2022)
UNFOLD: Coventry University Degree Show, Coventry (2022)
Dot Dot Dot, Coventry (2022)
Exposure Photo Festival, Coventry (2021)