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Arranging objects within a rectangle is an old passion: it
began when I was six. I had a small suitcase I used to pack
with all my favourite things, then unpack and re-order as
new favourites emerged.
The suitcase was upgraded to a camera at 13 when my father
gave me his old Olympus. The camera came everywhere with me
during my teens, but I also loved writing and at 17 began
to be published in The Independent and Evening Standard.
My most intense photographic lesson came at 18 when I worked
at Magnum in Paris, and for three months was immersed in great
composition and surrounded by my heroes.
After graduating in French and Philosophy from Edinburgh
University in 2000, I entered the world of photography, focusing
on international humanitarian issues. |
I have had images and words published in publications including
The Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian Magazine, The Observer
Magazine, The Saturday
Telegraph Magazine, Foto8, Marie Claire, The Financial Times
Magazine, BBC Focus on Africa, The Independent and internationally.
I photograph for aid agencies including Save the Children,
UNICEF, Oxfam alongside commercial assignments for advertising
and design agencies, often in reportage style and with a
focus on people.
I first loved photography because it made me look harder
and allowed me to order the world around me. But it is people
that fascinate me most, and my photography is motivated by
a faith in its capacity to move: to reduce the distance between
the subject and viewer, between people or worlds apparently
unrelated. |
My pictures have received recognition in awards from the
Observer Hodge, the Association of Photographers the BBC and
The Commonwealth Photographic Awards and have been the subject
of exhibitions in the UK and internationally.
I was a member of Network then IPG Photographers until 2005
and am now represented by Abby Johnston. I live in London.
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