INTRODUCTION.

I graduated from SOAS University of London in 2017 with an MA in Anthropology of Travel, Tourism and Pilgrimage and worked as a Higher Education lecturer in Social Sciences and Humanities in the UK for 17 years. 

I have worked as a photographer and darkroom technician since 1998. After transitioning to digital in 2010, I returned to analogue in 2023, building a darkroom and starting again. 

In an era shaped by AI and digital immediacy, this return to film feels like an ethnographic practice in itself. My portfolio (2000–2025) combines analogue and digital work, using Nikon FM2n, Nikon FG, Nikon D200, Zeiss Ikonta, and iPhone SE.

Having travelled extensively since childhood, I first discovered my desire to be an explorer at age eight while living in West Asia / North Africa. This lifelong ambition now anchors my anthropological research into the concept of the "expedition," a theme I have pursued across multiple projects—from travel photography and a visual study of lockdown in Brighton to my Masters dissertation, ‘going Walkabout.’ 

Today, my work focuses on elevating female narratives that have long been excluded from male-dominated documentaries, I hope to deconstruct historic accounts of male conquest in favour of a contemporary, more inclusive view of place, land, and belonging, particularly drawing attention to the practice of decolonisation.

In 2025, I began a solo expedition starting in Norway, travelling east along the 66.33'N latitude line to circumnavigate the Arctic. Using analogue photography, I document stories from "above an invisible line" at a deliberate, unobtrusive pace that enables genuine connections with those I meet. By centering the female narrative, my work moves away from historical accounts of conquest toward a contemporary anthropological view of land and belonging.

All words and images are my own.