About

I originally studied Fine Art specialising in surround sound installations and sculpture, but more than twenty years ago I found my medium in photography.

My current body of work, Between Skin and Silence, is the result of a three-year journey and the realisation of an idea I have wanted to embark upon for many years. It explores the body as a sculptural form through which identity, presence, and emotion can be quietly observed. The discernible subject may be the nude, but beyond this is performance, vulnerability and skin that dances with light. Stripping away the clothes that shield us and redressing the human form with luminance, I attempt to form a new perception of the individual represented and invite the viewer to join in a visual journey of light and skin.

I regularly photograph myself as part of this process. Beyond the practicalities of testing light and ideas, it feels important to me to be placed in the position, metaphorically and physically that I ask others to take.  I have found this process extremely valuable in understanding how I perceive my own body, appreciating what I am asking of others and informing how I direct from behind the camera.

Although I spend many hours experimenting in the studio, the photographs are rarely made alone. They are built through collaboration and trust. Many of the people I photograph have never posed nude before and the work becomes a fusion of ideas, communication and mutual vulnerability coming together.

Alongside my practice, I work as a photography educator. Teaching reminds me that creativity cannot be forced. The best work often emerges when we relinquish control, remain curious, and allow the process to lead us somewhere unexpected.