Forming part of a new body of work entitled 'Possession' that engages with the increasingly disturbing social issue of scamming, particularly as it touches vulnerable elderly individuals, this series of photographed handmade paper porcelain envelopes feature text taken from letters received as part of scamming schemes. Made from a material historically prized for its combination of strength and fragility, the envelopes have been folded and torn by the artist referencing both the manipulation to which the victims succumb and the hidden and secretive activity in which they become embroiled.
My practice is informed by the materiality and representation of the landscape and still life objects. Where we encounter shape and form, I see also fragility and transience. Using photography as both medium and illusion, I engage in making and disrupting the boundaries of the traditional image to explore the contingencies of existence. By introducing materials, processes and dimensionality, I create work that plays with object and photographic trace.
BA Photography (1st Class), University of Westminster (2015)
MA Photography (Distinction), London College of Communication (2017)
Awards 2017 Photofusion Prize
2016, 2018 Tokyo International Foto Awards, Honourable Mentions
2016 Moscow International Foto Awards, Honourable Mention
2016 Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee
2016 La Grande Photo International Photography Awards, Finalist
2016 Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Photographic Art, Finalist
2015 Travers Smith Art Awards, Finalist
2014, 2016 PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Honourable Mentions
