I am a research-based artist and writer working primarily with photography. My practice broadly concerns the relationship between humans and the wider natural world with a particular emphasis on the cultural history of individual plant species. I am especially interested in the concept of plant intelligence and how working closely with individual plants (or plant species) may narrow the human-nature divide in ways that foreground their existence as beings, rather than things. To approach this, I often incorporate organic matter into photographic processes or use photographic methods that visualise or refer to a plant’s biological functions.

I earned my PhD in Photographic Practice from the University of Brighton in 2025, which resulted in my largest body of work to date, titled “These Rooted Bodies”. For this, I conducted research on how artistic interaction with the concept of plant intelligence can help deepen creative and philosophical engagements with plants, choosing to focus specifically on the English oak tree. My research on photographic interactions with plant intelligence and the cultural significance of the oak tree has so far produced three research papers, all of which can be seen here. Broadly speaking my research interests cover photographic theory, history and practice; plant intelligence; critical plant studies; queer ecology and queer theory.

My creative writing, which usually takes form as short stories, poems or photo-poetry, explore human relationships and memory in relation to queer identity and intimacy. Information about my first short story Under waning moons, a combination of photography, prose and poetry (or photo-poetry), published by At Alta: The Birmingham Journal of Literature in 2020, can be found here.

Currently based in Herefordshire, U.K, I hold an artist studio at Apple Store Gallery, Rockfield Road, Hereford. As of September 2024, I am represented by The Tree Art Gallery, Oxfordshire. A contemporary, online art gallery specialising in the artistic representation of trees and wood.

Alongside my practice I also teach on a freelance basis, having held visiting lecturer positions at the University of Brighton and Hereford College of Arts. I also conduct lectures and workshops on photographic processes, methods and theory.