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Faces
found
in light

Photography — portraits 2016—2021

An ongoing collection of environmental portraits — friends and collaborators caught wherever the light happens to be: neon signage, fairground bulbs, forest dusk, a passing flash of colour.

01
Approach

Mostly handheld, often after dark — letting whatever light is already there (streetlights, signage, sunsets, gels) shape the frame.

02
Subject

Friends, collaborators and chance moments — fairgrounds, forests, city streets and rooftops at dusk.

03
Equipment

Digital — Nikon 800D, Sony Alpha A7R II. Film — Olympus Trip XB400, Nikon F801s, Mamiya RZ67.

01 Gallery
A woman standing before a brightly lit fairground ride, a ferris wheel glowing behind her
A close portrait beneath a fairground ride, ferris wheel lights blurred in the background
A figure standing by a reflecting pool at night, warm city lights doubled in the water
A woman in a white lace dress resting her chin on her hand, soft forest light behind her
A woman in white standing among ferns, looking up into a darkening forest
Close-up of a face with closed eyes, a fern leaf trailing across the cheek
A red-lit face glowing against bare branches and a dusk sky
A woman in a black top standing against a dark, illuminated office building at night
A woman lit red beneath a glowing signboard and ferris wheel at a fairground
A figure lit red against a wall covered in bright pink flowers
A face lit hot pink under a glowing tent at a fairground at night
A figure standing before a tall apartment building lit blue at dusk
A face lit green against a darkening sky and silhouetted tree
A woman lit red, sitting among ferns in the dark with her hand against her face
A woman standing in a black dress before a tall pine tree at dusk, a lit window glowing behind her
A profile portrait lit warm orange against a backdrop of blurred trees
A woman with long hair lit pink, standing before a neon shopfront sign at night
A woman standing in front of a building with glowing orange windows at night
A windswept portrait against a sky streaked pink and blue at sunset
A red-lit silhouette against a dusk sky, a contrail crossing overhead
A blurred figure walking into pale, foggy water under an overcast sky
A portrait lit red against a wall of trees, eyes closed and head tilted back
In passing light

Light
finds
the
face.

An ongoing collection shot between 2016 and 2021 — portraits of friends and collaborators, made wherever the light happened to fall.

No studio, no setups — just neon, sunsets, fairground bulbs and forest dusk, and whoever was standing there at the time.

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