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Emerging artist
Photography
Roses of Nairobi (2025)
I: Pink, Blue
II: Orange, Yellow
III: White, Blue
Photography arrests a moment in time. Here I photograph the continuation of the past: Kenya was colonised by British Settlers in the late 1800 and early 1900s. They brought their gardens and roses, trying to inflict an English identity on African land. Because flowers grow from seeds, they are always connected to the first iteration.
Many of Kenya's roses are natural heritage roses, as the genus has died out elsewhere. Today, it is a thriving industry: Kenya makes up 16% of global flower trade, half of which are roses.
Kenyans grow their own roses, too - in any land, these are cultivated, popping up in the urban landscape, rugged and delicate at the same time. The photographs in the series were taken at a mechanic's shop in downtown city.
Here comes the storm, Antibes, 2016
Roan horse, mud, winter (2020)
Synaesthesia (2025)
The Synaesthesia series explores the blending of senses - synaesthesia - through abstraction and limitation. Shot on a simple point and shoot Pentax on expired black and white film, the grain in the film image links to the idea of noise – a term often used to describe unwanted imperfections. The exaggerated grain is also a contrast to today’s digital imagery and the manipulation tools designed to make everything hyper-real.
Speak, Wind, Listen, Midnight, and Murmur, Spring invite the viewer to lean in and experience movement, sound, even colour through a static image. Printed at A0, the size and abstraction overwhelm, creating synaesthesia in the viewer.
Synaesthesia: Murmur, Spring (2025)
Synaesthesia: Listen, Midnight (2025)
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Synaesthesia: Speak, Wind (2025)
Film: Ilford 400, B&W, expired (1978)
Photograph on Felix Schoeller True Fibre 200gsm
94,5 by 128,5 by 5cm
Shot November 2024
Sea Point Pool (2018)
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