People Make Things is a series of pinhole self-portraits on large format orthochromatic film. Placing myself at the centre of the narrative, I use long exposure times to access unprocessed experience. Through a combination of time and the unique sensitivity of the photographic materials a ‘spirit’ version of me comes into focus as control is relinquished, buried perceptions are unlocked and that which is hidden reveals itself.

“People make things…as a way of expressing their need for contact, or their fear of it; people make objects as a way of coming to terms with shame, with grief. People make objects to strip themselves down, to survey their scars, and people make objects to resist oppression, to create a space in which they can move freely.”

Olivia Laing, The Lonely City.