By using old and discarded photos I can remove the viewer from the now. This disconnection allows for the retelling and recreation of a new story. The photographs are often found in flea markets or charity shops, and are always unknown, although I like to have a connection with the image, a feeling there’s a story to be told.

The materials I use tend to be natural, elemental or found objects; they come with their own stories or inspire new ones. Often, the objects and images are frail and transient but reinventing, combining, observing, and retelling their tales gives them a new sense of life, place, preservation, and resilience.