A Satirical Glimpse into the Essex Girl Archetype
Essexified is an 84-page photography book that dives headfirst into the bold, complex, and often misunderstood world of the ‘Essex Girl’. Through a series of striking, highly stylised images, the book reclaims and reimagines a cultural stereotype that has long been shaped by tabloid headlines and reality TV. Rooted in my personal upbringing in Essex, Essexified is both an intimate self-portrait and a sharp cultural commentary.
Staged with intention and a playful eye, the photographs blend early 2000s celebrity aesthetics with knowing irony—think pink velour, oversized rollers, fake tan, lip gloss, and glittering club scenes. But behind the glossy surface is a deeper reflection on identity, femininity, and the performance of self. By embracing the clichés, the project subverts them, inviting viewers to look beyond the surface and consider how pride, humour, and self-awareness can turn stereotype into strength.
Absurd, sincere, and undeniably fun, Essexified is a vibrant visual statement on growing up female in a place where identity is as much about attitude as it is about aesthetics.
Water portraiture in detail
This 50-page photography book presents a quiet, immersive study of water through a series of intimate portraits that focus on its intricate surface and subtle movement. Each image captures the fleeting shapes, textures, and reflections that form when light meets liquid, revealing water not just as an element but as a subject full of depth, emotion, and abstraction.
Drawing the viewer in close, the photographs move beyond landscape or environment to treat water as a living surface. The ripples, distortions, and refracted patterns seen across these pages create a visual language that is both delicate and powerful, inviting meditation, stillness, and sensory attention.
H20 is not about where the water is, but how it behaves, how it feels to see it up close, slowed down, and given the space to be observed as art. A study in texture, light, and transience, this book offers a contemplative journey into the quiet complexity of nature’s most familiar element.