About

I am a photographer with a practice invested in pursuing a symbiosis between the directorial mode and socially engaged photographic practices.  My work is centred around auto-ethnographic experiences and I direct my gaze towards producing constructed imagery conveying social commentary on issues such as homosexuality, sex, and queer identities. I have a Master of Fine Art (MFA) degree in photography from the Belfast School of Art and I am currently working towards my PhD with the research focussing on how photography intersects with homosexuality mediated by the duality of power and affect.

I am currently based between Dundee and Belfast.

CV

• The Fourteenth International Conference on The Image, Poster Presentation. Zaragoza, Spain. 2023.

• Queer Joy Exhibition with Getty, Gay Times, Skittles and Queer Britain. King’s Cross, London. 2023.

• LGBTQ Research at Ulster Conference, Speaker. Ulster University, Belfast. 2023.

• PhotoVoice Online Comprehensive Training. 2023.

• Commission for Drug Discovery Unit, Annual Report. 2022.

• Photo Ireland Critical Academy Think Tank (panelist). Photography: An Empathetic Gesture? Dublin. 2022.

• Awarded PhD Scholarship from Belfast School of Art, 2022-2025.

• Picture Editor: Scotland’s The Courier and Press & Journal, 2021-2022.

• Scottish Portrait Awards, Fine Art finalist. 2021.

• The Royal Photographic Society, IPE163. 2021.

• Belfast Exposed, Belfast: A Lightness of Touch (Group Exhibition). Belfast. 2021.

• MFA Photography (with Distinction), Ulster University. 2019-2021.

• Glasgow University Queer Arts Festival. March 2021.

• British Photography Awards; Finalist in Self Portrait. 2021.

• LifeSpace Gallery, University of Dundee: Transitions. 2020.

• Commission for Natural England: Peat Caretakers. 2020.

• Commendation: Richard Coward Prize in Photography: Lou Moon. 2019.