This project is an exploration. It is a meander through a community, one based in northern Tanzania in an area where few outsiders venture. The images are of shops, churches and businesses are inspired by the work of Walker Evans. They provide glimpses, both individually and collectively, into a distant community. And yet, what realities can these photographs truly convey? What layers of interpretation exist within a single image? Familiar and foreign are juxtaposed within each image, pointing to both seen and unseen realities.
The viewer is invited to construct their own interpretation of this community, based on these images, just as the photographer, an outsider, constructed theirs. But while constructing their perceptions, the viewer is also invited to consider what influences their reading of the images and how the dynamic between photographer, viewer and image operates within that reading.

Exhibitions

2018 Once upon an assassination, LIP, London
2017 Cartographica, Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne
2015 Cartographica, The Old Market, Brighton
2014 Cartographica, Brighton Photo Fringe
2014 Old Glory (selected single image), Photomonth, Rich Mix, London
2012 Playing with Matches, Brighton Photo Fringe
2012 Not Dark Yet, Photomonth, Rich Mix, London
2012 Selected Images, Spinelli’s Coffee Shop, Brighton
2012 Selected Images, Lazy Bones Coffee Shop, Brighton
2011 Not Dark Yet, Brighton Photo Fringe (‘3 Minute Open’)

Work is held in private collections in England, Australia, USA and Tanzania.