WORK LED BY ME, CREATED TO IGNITE CONVERSATIONS.
Albinism: An ongoing project challenging the stereotype that the media has portrayed people with albinism to be and to look like. This one was about beauty, uniqueness and colour.
We’re already here: A project created as Artist in Residence for Langara College in Vancouver, Canada. As part of a 4 month residency I created a project that aimed to amplify the voices of people with disabilities. The narrative of the project was curated after asking the disabled community what they wanted to share. There was an ovewhelming response that people wanted to show that people with disabilities already exist in the spaces around us.
‘If you only knew how long I've dreamt of being a mother' : You don’t see many mothers that are pregnant that also have a disability in the mainstream media and so these images are not only beautiful but they act as a visual representation of what has rarely yet been shown. Stacy openly talks about how she’s had over 70 surgeries on her leg and how a part of why she had her leg amputated was so that one day she could carry a baby. The magnitude of that story gives me as the photographer such a responsibility to get it right, to create something so beautiful.
5 Women: There comes a turning point in your life where your friends and family around you start having babies and you realise the fragility of life, the fragility of birth and the side of having a baby that isn’t spoken about. This project is about 5 mothers that all gave birth to premature babies that are now thriving. It’s about that physical touch and those moments when the babies were born that they couldn’t hold them.
Alopecia: A project created in reaction to a blog about a woman with Alopecia feeling isolated. She wrote about how she never saw herself represented in the media and barely saw images of women with Alopecia that showed beauty, joy and community. I decided to change that.
Disability Pride: Disability is something that nearly all of us will experience at some point in our life, yet people with disabilities have spent generations being marginalized and misunderstood. We believe that the disabled community should be acknowledged, valued, and respected. One way to do that is by recognizing Disability Pride Month. Please take a moment to read these five stories, think about what disability means to you, and maybe consider any misconceptions and biases you may hold about disability that you could let go.
Inclusion: An ongoing project working to increase representation in the media.
A Winter with VASS: A winter with VASS, Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports. A chance to showcase the work that the team are doing on the local mountains to ensure the mountains are accessible to all.
Cold Exposure: An ongoing project documenting people using cold plunges as an alternative way to manage mental health.
Backcountry: A body of work created simply for the joy of remembering all the incredible adventures I've had in BC, Canada with friends.