Statement
My work is informed by the connection between people and their immediate environment but also the disconnection. This work often explores concepts around identity, place, memory and time.
This exploration stems from, what has become, a constant quest to understand people, their way of living, the environments they create, the groups they gravitate too, their beliefs and their customs.
I photograph primarily on analogue film, I see and respond differently looking through an analogue viewfinder than that of a digital camera. My way of working can be as immediate as it is visceral but it’s foundation is strengthened through research and learning, bringing a deeper understanding to the projects, the people, the environments and my response to them.
Contact
+44 (0) 7530544299
Selected Awards
Portrait of Britain 2020 Winner
Fujifilm Merit Award, Winner, 2006
Selected Exhibitions
Co-Curator, Work In Progress: The Auxiliary, Middlesbrough, 2022
The Few: MIMA 2020
Co-Curator, Disposable Project: Basecamp, Middlesbrough, 2018
Sleep, Awake: The WAX House, Middlesbrough, 2017
Last Seen: Village, Leeds, 2012
The Road: Heritage Gallery, Middlesbrough, 2011
Co-Curator, Pistol & Fur New Contemporaries, Middlesbrough, 2010
How We Are Photographing Britain: included in How We Are Now, Tate Britain, 2007
Collectives
Co-Creator, WAX Collective, 2017-2022
Creator, Pistol & Fur: International Photography Collective, 2008 - 2010