"My first experience that I had with photography began in my pre-teen years, when me and my family would go on occasional walks for fresh air and beautiful landscapes. I had recently received my first phone, an iPhone 5s to be exact, and I would take many photographs of the locations we visited. What was originally a hobby has now become an obsession, exploring many fields of photography and pushing my work both narratively and visually.

Years later in 2021, I bought my first camera, a Nikon D90, which I still use to this very day and still holds up tremendously despite the camera being 17 years old, which just goes to show that the latest tech won’t make your photographs better. Yes of course, many features in cameras nowadays can make photographing certain objects easier and more efficient, but the imagery captured ultimately comes down to the one using the camera.

I've been exploring many fields of photography since I began studying photography as a course, and have grown to admire several photographers over the years, including Matt Stuart, Courtney Victoria, Garry Winogrand, Graeme Peacock and so many more that the list could go on forever, with each of their works giving me inspiration and guidance.

After spending 3 years learning of digital cameras, learning the ins and outs of how digital cameras work and operate, I worked my way into learning film photography in the winter of 2024. When I first asked my lecturer about film photography, he showed me all there is to know about film processing and film cameras. At the end of the day, I was left in quite a daze, not knowing how complicated the process sounded, but fast-forwarding to present day, it's nothing but a breeze and has now become my latest obsession. Shortly after, I purchase my first film camera, a Nikon FE, to which I fell in love with instantly and use for my current film work.

Film and street photography are what I consider to be a match made in heaven. When I'm on the streets, photographing the lives of others and events that may unfold, the experience that I get with film is something that I don't get with digital. Not to say that I hate digital in any way shape or form, but I perceive film as a format with more soul and emotion to it, regardless of black and white or colour. Maybe it’s the grain from the film emulsion, or the 20th century feel that it brings, but photographing the streets on film gives me so much more pleasure and enjoyment in comparison to digital."