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Overview
My photography brings together the subjects and long-form projects that have shaped my practice, all rooted in a deep interest in culture, community, and the spaces in between. I’m drawn to people and groups whose voices are often overlooked, not through a lack of importance, but through gaps in language, understanding, or attention. Communities that sit just outside the mainstream conversation are quietly edited out of view. From working closely with people from the albinism community to photographing those living with blindness and partial sight, and many others, my focus has consistently been on visibility, dignity, and presence. The camera, for me, is not about extraction; it’s about listening.
Alongside this, I’ve worked with NGOs across the world, producing campaigns and documentary projects that bring overlooked realities into public view. From poverty in America to my search for America’s forgotten history of Black Cowboys, to my ongoing Black Britannia portrait project, the thread is the same: stories that deserve to be seen, named, and remembered. What drives this work is a restless curiosity and a refusal to accept that important stories should remain unseen simply because they’re inconvenient, complex, or unfamiliar. I photograph where attention is thin, and meaning runs deep.
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