I was only a kid when I first remember framing a view I was gazing at; imagining how I would contain the scene, where the edges would form the space into a perfect idea. I’m not sure I was aware then as I am now, that this desire to control and know the world around me came from deep within. My surroundings had changed so variously and significantly by the time I was a teenager that I had created a script to explain myself. The contrasting landscapes of light and dark, and the muted greys in between, all overlapped and merged into each other. 

I was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up between the Middle East, America, and Northern Ireland. Since graduating with an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art in London, I’ve taught photography in the Sultanate of Oman and the UK, and now live and work in Norway.

Rooted in autobiography, my work explores intersecting themes of family, landscape, and longing. Often beginning with a personal encounter; a place, a memory, a fragment of the past, and growing into a reflection on belonging, time and photographic seeing.

Since relocating to Norway in 2020, I’ve become a member of Stiftelsen Bjørka, a collective of analogue artists in Oslo. Along with two colleagues, I co-run FRAKT, a public arts space for photography and moving image, and I also teach as a visiting lecturer at Bilder Nordic School of Photography.