Modern Loneliness explores feelings of isolation in an ever more connected world.

Over the last five years I’ve explored feelings of isolation and anxiety, how we interact with our world and shut ourselves out from it. Protection, self preservation and regret.

Shot on 35mm film. Developed, scanned and edited by me.

Industrial Nightmares. Delving into that delirious mental state of a 3am walk home and the panic ridden world between dream state and consciousness.

Searching through British industrial estates, walking under creaking metal pylons and through cold empty car parks. Early mornings and late nights, trying to touch on feelings of delirium and fear. Where nobody else is around.

Cold Hands is my ongoing project that started during the lockdown winter of 2020

Reflecting on the pain felt before feelings leave, when endurance blends slowly with long term change. Numb, lacking feeling where it once was. Exploring how humans cope with a lack of stimulation, and our ability to grow accustomed to extremely difficult situations. The potential long term affects of this defence mechanism to feel nothing.

Shot on 35mm film. Developed, scanned and edited by me.

Colour work

In my colour work it’s quite the opposite end of the spectrum with influences from Tim Walker and director Wes Anderson. Attending Tim Walker's fantastic 'Wonderful Things' exhibition at the V&A reminded my of how powerful imagination, dreams and colour can be when creating your own world in photography. The importance of location, outfits and pushing the boundaries to never be boring.

The carefully composed, symmetrical and dreamy cinematic work of Wes Anderson inspired me to shoot more deliberately, to both plan and compose more carefully. Both artists have influenced my styling and model direction, location choice and mood in my colour photography projects, where I aim to blend elegant beauty with passion and energy in a dreamlike state.

Exploring dreams and hallucinatory states in nature and wild spaces, I’m obsessed with colours, light and temporary states. Creating images full of energy, life, passion and elegance. Exploring rich colours, movement and people.

Shot on a mix of 35mm film and digital.

Portraits

‘Not Just You’ is my ongoing portrait project exploring the unique characters in my life and city. All people have their struggles and success, both in life and mental health, and my project aims to remind you that you are not alone. I choose not to share specific struggles, to remind you that you never can tell what anyone is going through or what they have overcome.

At work I've been immersed in the work of Vivian Maier, Cindy Sherman, Diane Arbus, William Klein, Bruce Davidson and Platon. I've also rediscovered the power and joy of contemporary portraiture from the work of Rosie Matheson, Dre Salaiz, Portrait of Britain and annual visits to the Taylor Wessing Portrait exhibition.

I continue to add to my portrait project ‘Not Just You’, after an enforced lockdown break, which explores assumptions on mental health. It’s a work in progress, and my practice changed last month when I began shooting medium format film.

Currently the work and practice of Mark Power and his newest book 'Good Morning America #3' has truly inspired me, with his commitment to a long-form documentary project on America. It’s a well researched in-depth project like this that the MA will help me to prepare myself for next, and I’m up for that challenge.

Night photography was one of my first obsessions. Out in the cold, empty locations and freezing my hands off. My earliest memories of experimenting and finding excitement in photography are shooting at night. Influenced by director Dan Gilgroyby and his aesthetic and colour palette of neon lights fighting the relentless inky black night. This project eventually found the title ‘Nightcrawler’ after the unsettling thriller her directed.