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Photography has been at the heart of my practice for over thirty years. Whether creating personal artwork, developing participatory projects or working in education, I use photography to explore identity, memory, belonging and our relationship with place.

My work often begins with a photograph but rarely ends there. Through a photographic transfer process I have developed over many years, I combine images with natural and found materials including stone, driftwood, rusted metal and concrete. Rather than acting as a surface, each material becomes part of the process, allowing the photograph to evolve in response to time, weather and physical change.

Alongside my artistic practice, I collaborate with communities and organisations to create projects that use photography as a way of sharing stories and building connection. Working with refugees, young people, schools, health organisations and community groups, I create opportunities for people to reflect on identity, memory and lived experience through creative participation.

Across both personal and collaborative work, the thread remains the same: creative storytelling through visual content. Whether exhibited in a gallery, developed through community participation or created for a public commission, my work seeks to reveal the connections between people, place and the stories we carry.

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ABOUT

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Supported by Epson UK
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Master-of-Photography Winner series 2
Arts Council Develop Your Creative Practice
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Sky Arts master of photography winner
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