This project is an on-going beast for me, I say that because i want to finish it and share all I have with the world but finding 100 men willing to pose nude of all ages, sizes, races, and sexuality has been a challenge to say the least. Nonetheless it is my baby, of which I named MAN.
This project acts as a conversation starter surrounding vulnerability, desire, the human body and masculinity. Ive only had a few windows of opportunity showing this including the Victoria&Albert Museum and Coastal Currents festival for a group show & residency.
Transformation: This is an intimate look at the daily lives of two transgender sex
workers living together, in Paris. The experience was insightful and humbling.
workers living together, in Paris. The experience was insightful and humbling.
I wanted to convey their power and bravery to exist in a world that frequently turns against them. The strength to live when love is so often rejected.
I realized that I wanted these images to reveal my subjects in their truest selves, as neither male or female, but as people without labels.
Myae Softs Collection
Womens fashion label Myae wanted to create a line that was breathable and flexible. A line that can mould into many looks for all women. Mothers, entrepreneurs or just the regular girlies on a daily commute. So with that we chose to show a woman on the move across the city landscape. She is vibrant, and focused. For this I chose to play with flash capturing not only detail in the garment but to emphazise the vibrant colours of the line but present a woman who is confident.
This collection is from my first editorial shoot. Shot on 35mm Kodak porta, on location. I worked closely with the designer, working on the creative direction. The brand has a heavy Moroccan/North African influence but created on English soil, I felt it would have the best impact by shooting with a sand coloured/red aesthetic in ref to Morocco but also have iconic images of an English football goal posts. I chose a local park that could deliver our aesthetic needs.
Bikes and Bridges: This project captured the playfulness and eccentricity within Dutch biking culture. I spent two days positioned at the centre of my local bridge where two men sprayed industrial water hoses to keep the bridge cool. As people had to navigate their way across the bridge, sprays of water would momentarily disrupt their commute. It became a beautiful study of both physical form and cultural behaviour.
Celebrating the music industry and the photographers who turn its artists into icons: This was a commision I was asked to be involved with to coincide with Record Store Day on June 12th. BUILDHOLLYWOOD with your space or mine created a one-of-a-kind street gallery with billboard images from legendary photographers Mick Rock and Pogus Caesar displayed alongside those from up-and-coming photographers which included myself and Steven M. Wiggins in London, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff and Edinburgh.
“I wanted to take pictures of people whose careers have been growing alongside mine – artists who I have a lot of mutual respect for. I’ve been watching them build their careers from day one – and they’ve watched my career grow too. I think it’s important to come up together as a unit. Support and encouragement within your own community and within your own space is really important."
Below are the images that were on billboards across the nation including a few extra.
Below are the images that were on billboards across the nation including a few extra.
