I grew up working class. My father was building ships at the local wharf and a unionist, my mother was a social worker and cared for us.
When I was five, my brother died and my family disintegrated. I spent much of my childhood looking at the people surrounding me, watching them live through different stages of grief.
When I got access to my first camera at the age of six, it became my way of trying to understand moments of human interaction and emotion. A way to organise them and categorise them.
Now, my work might be about others, but it is still a way for me to understand my own position in society; still a way for me to try to evolve as a human being. I aim to be honest in my work, as I aim to be honest with myself. My goal is constant development and my fear is personal stagnation.
I work with photography and video. I also like to write and build things for my projects. My aim is to tell stories that make you wonder.
These stories exist in the realm of magic realism, sitting between fact and fiction. I want my audience to be free to explore the world I create and draw their own conclusions.
By focusing on themes of power, control, courage and beauty, I hope to make people question the stories we tell ourselves, and the social structures that bind us. In this way, I want to challenge the inequalities in society.