Born in Hull, 1988

I first took an interest in photography while on a primary school trip to Whitby, when my grandfather lent me a camera. It was a rubbish point-and-shoot, but to me it was an amazing tool to record my adventures. Years later, when clearing out his flat, he handed me the camera and told me I should keep it and use it for my photography at school. Even though photography was not taught during formal lessons at my secondary school, I had been staying behind once a week to learn about the darkroom and other technical skills until I could take the subject as an A-level. I never had the heart to tell my grandfather that by that point I was into SLR cameras, but that point-and-shoot was the hook that got me addicted to photography.

My qualifications and experience include:

•    BA (Hons) in Documentary Photography

•    MA Photography

•    Placement on the Documentary Photography BA at the University of South Wales

•    Teacher in A-level, BTEC and GCSE Photography, Art and Graphics

•    Community projects such as sheltered housing for the elderly in Duffryn, South Wales and working with the community of the Isle of Lewis as their population shifts with the exodus of the young to mainland Scotland