Stories

Every click of the shutter records an unrepeatable, fleeting moment in time. The transient leaves an imprint in more than just our memories. Photographs tell the story of our lives or our experience, negotiating our way through the unknown and making sense of the world around us. These short stories are snippets from one single journey on this plane of existence. Like a diary, they are subjective. They are recorded memory from a single perspective.

Tejiendo Oaxaca

It’d been a year since they’d last visited, since they’d been home. Of course, they’d quietly kept in touch, but tonight they were heading back, and even though they knew they’d only stay a short while, they’d been preparing for this day all year.

held

as the Mother cradles her Newborn
and the Roots secure the Tree
the Dam holds back the Water
keeping Everything in its Place

Postcards & Chips

Coming soon.

Print Shop

held

£10.00

Paperback photo book.
held was made during 2 separate trips around Wales during 2021 and 2022. It is a short narrative which explores the embrace of nature, community and social expectations and conventions.

Pier Jumping Framed Silver Gelatin Print

£395.00

Traditional darkroom print made by the artist and signed on verso. Printed onto 8×10″ Ilford Multigrade Resin Coated Deluxe Satin 190gsm paper, front mounted and framed with museum anti reflective glass.

Dreamland Framed Silver Gelatin Print

£595.00

Traditional darkroom print made by the artist and signed on front. Printed onto 11×14″ Ilford Multigrade Fibre Based Classic Matt Double-weight 255gsm, front mounted, rear dry mounted and framed with museum anti reflective glass.

held Framed Silver Gelatin Print

£575.00

Traditional darkroom print made by the artist and signed on front. Printed onto 11×14″ Ilford Multigrade Fibre Based Classic Matt Double-weight 255gsm, front mounted, rear dry mounted and framed with museum anti reflective glass.

Tejiendo Oaxaca

£18.00

Paperback photo book.
Tejiendo Oaxaca explores the relationship between life and death, and the celebration of both, and was created during and after the 2022 annual Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Workshops

Street Photography

5 hours | one-to-one tuition | analogue or digital | £250

Learn fundamental principles and hone your photographic skills during a one-to-one street photography workshop. During this workshop you will gain an understanding of compositional techniques and explore your own photographic voice.

Film Development

3 hours | one-to-one tuition | £190 incl. equipment

During this workshop you will learn how to develop your own black and white photographic film, whether that be 35mm or 120, and gain the knowledge and skills to be able to continue doing this at home or in a darkroom.

Darkroom Printing

5 hours | one-to-one tuition | £350 incl. equipment

Photographs are meant to be printed. On this workshop you will work with your own black and white negatives (35mm or 120) and produce your very own prints using the traditional darkroom process, printing onto photographic paper and learning darkroom printing skills.

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The Margate School
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