Research Diary
A photography journal from an upbeat-pessimist — documenting beauty in overlooked places, tracing repetition, stillness, and slow collapse. Part research, part wandering, part attempt to make sense of the noise.
The best laid plans of mice and men…
Exploration into how mental health disorders can be visualised through photographic mediums and how platforms like social media can distort our own self view.
Using retouching techniques through photoshop to distort a self-portrait and using these images to layer upon each other in a conscious yet abstract way to produce an effect that can express the emotion of depression without words
Tales from the Loop: Into the Shadows
A winter night walk through Manchester’s overlooked streets marked the turning point for my new series. A cold, concrete loop near the university revealed its darker side — quiet, strange, and full of charged stillness. This was when the images turned black and white, and the project began to find its voice.
Tales from the Loop: Finding Inspiration in Restriction
What began as a simple lens test became the start of a meditative black and white photo series exploring overlooked spaces and quiet moments on the edges of Manchester. Tales from the Loop uncovers the beauty in repetition, liminality, and the act of returning.