“Visually seeking their truth…?”

For one thing – sorry that it’s been so long since I posted – but I thought it time to update you on my work – and how it changed after 2020.

While many went through quite a lot that year; I’d been dealing with a disconnect from life that had started months before – but I began to act on it in February. I wasn’t doing this to improve or change my art but like many creatives before me, a change in my mental health changed the work I produce.

Prior to lock down I’d spent more than five year making sexually charged, fetish-first imagery often adult in nature this is still work I’m very proud of – but it’s just not what feels right to me now.

So – what is my work about now?

I felt most of the images in the recent past were about how we present ourselves – the personas, costumes, veils and masks we wear. My personal life had changed from focusing on what I now think as more superfluous to the small but important aspects of life – being in the present with those around you, having gratitude for what we have, and recognising the contentedness which sits under the troubles which sit upon us like unwelcome.

So, I changed how I worked – posing is replaced with meditative presence, models are now collaborators and my imagery has become simpler yet both more enigmatic and revealing.

As an example – this is a sample gallery of portraits from my 2024 season.

How do my collaborators experience this?

By remembering past experiences – this creates a vibe in themselves and enables presence without performance – and at the same time they are in a vulnerable state of dress. I have proven that this produces the best results in my portraits.

This is as unclothed as they are comfortable with – not for nudity’s sake, but to create a sense of openness, vulnerability and freedom.

While my work focuses on exploring the beauty of the body without clothing, I also love photographing people in clothes that express who they are, it also helps ease them into becoming unclothed while giving me a period to learn how best to work with and how best to light and position them.

Note: while this was written in 2026 it relates to changes 2021+; and features a gallery from 2024 – so I’ve assigned it’s publish date as New Year’s Day 2025.

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