When I left school at 16 I bought a local paper and sought the most creative job I could find - a darkroom assistant for a photography studio. I bought a second hand camera from a bloke in my local pub in Kings Cross and took pictures of some mates in a nearby mannequin factory. It was here that my first creative outlet was born. Photography seemed like an accessible creative medium for working class kids at that time.
I use photography and film to learn about and become intimate with my participants and their surroundings. My work explores concepts of identity through the everyday lived experience within the structures of class and race, seeking for creative ways to instigate dialogue.
