Bio

Photographic artist & doctoral researcher


Examining the toxicity and colonial dynamics surrounding silver extraction for film industries. Creating an alternative archive of film photography’s history that foregrounds social and ecological impacts of the industry. Reimagining ecological futures of photography through the use of hand-mixed, plant-based photo-chemistries.  Based between London and New York.

Project lead at the Sustainable Darkroom, a charity researching lower-toxicity photographic methods. 2024 artist-in-residence at Hong Kong International Photo Festival and visiting scholar at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York. 2023 TRACTS Fellow, Leiden University and 2022 artist-in-residence at Silver City, Nevada. 

Exhibited internationally, including Saatchi (London), London Art Fair, Pointsman (Hong Kong), Halide Project (Philidelphia) and Chappe Contemporary Art Museum (Finland). Published in renowned journals including The British Journal of Photography, The Guardian,  New York Times, as well as PLANT: Exploring the Botanical World (Phaidon Press).



Images courtesy of Edd Carr
Still photographs from I AM A DARKROOM experimental documentary featuring  Sustainable Darkroom artists