Until my twenties, my travel experience was limited to a handful of trips within the English and Welsh borders, the result of growing up amid the demands of farm life.

Nevertheless, at Christmastime, boxes full of slides were ritually dusted off, and visions of mysterious other worlds sparked to life under the glow of a projector.  A kaleidoscope of images; the pink walls of Jaipur under hot sun, snake charmers, and packed trains bound for the Himalayas.

As such, I’m fascinated by themes of identity, transformation and place.

For myself, a childhood caught between a different kind of blurring of identities and heritage amid the Welsh Marches, meant belonging remained a nebulous and stubbornly evasive concept. Consequently, I find myself constantly drawn to seek out new places and stories. Immersing in another culture’s rhythms, rituals and narratives is something I will never grow tired of, and I’ve been lucky enough to live, work and photograph across the world:

 

 

The spaces we inhabit as humans are numerous, varied and ever more complicated and cross-cutting.

Photography is both something that allows me to connect, as well as embrace the identity of outsider, the feeling that keeps me off kilter and breathless to explore the next horizon. To see things differently, and observe what others do not.