My Work

I would label myself as an opportunistic photographer. I make photographs based upon instinctive reactions to the world around me.

As someone who has Irlen Syndrome (hyper light sensitivity) and Autism, my view and the way I understand the world can often be convoluted. I use photography as a means of interpreting and connecting with wider life and society in my own unique way. 

Fighting a battle between the desire to fit in, and discomfort within social norms, my photography combines an affinity with isolation whilst trying to understand humanity from a safe distance. 

On the surface, my minimalist style simplifies the complexities of the world, whilst providing a stand-offish window into a different way of interpreting it. By compartmentalising what I see, and slowing down my fast paced surroundings; the photographs I produce become a source of personal analysis.

My Background

I have always enjoyed taking photographs, however, whilst studying for an undergraduate degree in website design, my view of photography was changed for the better.

Until 2008 I would have labelled my photography 'sunshine, lollipops and rainbows everything.' Sickly, chocolate boxy subjects that documented my life seen through rose-tinted spectacles, but not the reality.

Whilst studying for a BSc in Internet Product Design in 2008, I was placed on a module in photography, which was to completely change my perception of what the medium could offer.

I discovered the work of influential photographers like Edward Burtnsky, William Eggleston, Andreas Gursky, and Stephen Shore; photographers that took the medium beyond aesthetics, to produce a form of visual analysis of their subject matter and themselves. From this moment on, photography became my creative means of expression and career path.

In 2014 I graduated, with merit, from the University of Westminster's Photographic Studies Masters Degree Course and I now continue to use photography to provide a window into my unique understanding of the world.

I also love to inspire others through my Yorkshire Photo Walks, on which I teach small groups of people, whilst helping them to improve their photography skills and go beyond the basics of camera settings and composition to think more about the why as well as the how of photography.