I was born in 1998 and raised in the Andalucían countryside by British expatriate parents, growing up bilingual between two cultures. My childhood was a mix of stick fights, bonfires and river adventures, and I spent much of school doodling in class. I bought my first camera at 15 and went on to study Fine Art Photography at the University of Gloucestershire, graduating with first-class honours.
WORK
My work explores sex, drugs, religion, mortality and identity, approaching uncomfortable subjects through aesthetically pleasing imagery. In other words, I make pretty pictures about difficult topics. I use signs, symbols and semiotics to create visual tension, often juxtaposing beauty with taboo, so that viewers are drawn in by the surface and then challenged by the meaning beneath it.
PROCESS
I work almost entirely in-camera, avoiding Photoshop beyond minor exposure adjustments. Over the years I have collected techniques like languages: flash gels, light painting, long exposures, lens masking, ghosting, intentional camera movement and Vaseline on the lens. Each has its own personality, and I choose whichever best expresses an idea, often working late at night in a flow state.
RECENT WORK
My father passed away in September 2024, and my recent work has become a way of processing that loss. Memoirs of a Grieving Artist unfolds across five chapters: White Knight, Gradient Loss, Residual Noise, Mourning Routine and Transparent. Moving from red and blue haze to black and white and grain, the series shifts from control to release, turning grief into something ritualistic, tender and, I hope, beautiful.
ACHIEVEMENTS
I was named Conceptual Photographer of the Year by the 1839 Awards, and my work has been recognised by the International Photography Awards, Refocus Awards, Boynes Award and Fine Art Photography Awards. I've appeared on the covers of F-Stop and Al-Tiba9, exhibited in Paris, Arles, Berlin, Bangkok and Barcelona, and my 2021 bin-bag graduation protest went viral, reaching over a billion people worldwide.
