Photographer and community organiser based in LDN. [They/He]
[ Creative Portraits * Candids * Nightlife * Performance * Fashion * Behind-the-Scenes ]
My work usually aims to document and replicate the vibrance, noise, and atmosphere of alternative Queer night-culture, fashion, and beauty from my own perspective as a black, trans, ND person coming of age within the 21st century, in a loud, unapologetic community populated by other “outsiders”.
Freelance since 2018.
In that time I've shot a pretty dizzying array of shot events, demonstrations, portraits, and archive material in and around LGBTQ+ spaces across London; acting as in-house photographer for performance hub The Chateau, Dalston-based trans+ activism and liberation collective TransMissions, and photographing London Trans+ Pride annually since 2019.
Recent and ongoing collaborations include Dazed Magazine -- donating prints and running a free portrait photo booth for their Dazed Live 30th Anniversary event, with proceeds benefiting youth homelessness charity Centrepoint -- and Syrup Magazine on their "Southwark Today" mini gallery exhibition.
Featured in British GQ, Vogue UK Online, and Dazed Digital.
Work history
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Editorial AssistantCOLD LIPS
London, United KingdomInternship
You can find me working presently as chief Editorial Assistant at COLD LIPS -- an independently published "punk poetry" arts & literature magazine run out of The Temple of the Burning Sun in Peckham. I create written content for the magazine, covering topics of interest within London's less-seen cultural landscape. I'm also responsible for photo and video, producing content for our social media, behind-the-scenes activity, and coverage of events such as London Fashion Week. Given that we're a small company, I'm also on-call to assist with budgeting, site coding, mail-outs, correspondence, and a host of other general administrative responsibilities.
Skills
- Video Director
- Video Art
- Creative Writing
- Video Editing
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Final Cut Pro
- Art Journalism
- Cinematography
- Art Film
- Freelance Writing
Education
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Bachelor of Arts (BA) Royal Holloway, University of London
- Egham, United Kingdom
Studied BA Film, Television, and Digital Production, with specialisations in Cinematography and Creative Digital Arts. Trained in camera operation, directing, shooting, and editing my own short films in addition to conceptualising and creating small scale mixed-media installations within the latter course.