curriculum
vitae
artist statement
I am an autistic photographer and designer currently based around Yorkshire but with connections to Greater Manchester. I mention my autism here as I believe it aids me as a designer and allows me to visualise a concept and design idea from that initial consultation or briefing. It helps me quickly pick up new softwares or skills and pushes me to be the best I can be at my chosen career. As a disabled photographer I am well experienced with adapting well-known practices to suit my accessibility needs, without compromising on the final product.
Throughout my educational career and in my personal work, I like to focus on advocacy, with my most recent and on-going project focusing on normalising more stigmatised conditions. This type of work ofter includes heavy art and design elements, incorporating texts and statistics into my photographic work in order to properly educate my target audience and work to break stigmas in the wider community. I am very passionate about accessibility in art, whether that be in terms of promoting accessibility or making everyday art and design accessible to the wider population, rather than solely focusing on the able.
Exhibtions
FALLING INTO PLACE.
Manchester School of Art, 14 Higher Chatham St, Manchester M15 6ED.
Friday 10th June 2022 - Wednesday 22nd June 2022.
TOUCH MCR.
The Yard, 11 Bent St, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 8NF.
Wednesday 3rd May 2021 - Thursday 4th May 2021.
THE HUMAN CONDITION.
Benzie Building, Higher Ormond St, Manchester M15 6BG.
Tuesday 10th December 2019.
HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
Wakefield College Refractory, Margaret St, Wakefield WF1 2DH.
Monday 17th June, 2019.
Education
BA (Hons) Photography, MMU, ‘22
UAL Extended Diploma (Level 3) Photography, ‘19
Work Experience
Freelance Photographer and Designer, 2016-Present
Editor at Vogue Photography Studios (Sheffield), 2023-Present
Student Photographer at Manchester Metropolitan University, 2019-2020
Graphic Design Work Experience, PAB Studios, 2015
Web Design Work Experience, Lounge Hopper Ltd, 2015
Skills
I have experience in a range of different design and photographic skills, including Adobe Creative Cloud softwares such as Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom and Illustrator, and am also quite skilled at using ProCreate for digital art and design work.