Wild Edges
solo photography exhibition
Wild Edges
The Wild Edges photography exhibition is an exploration of the places where nature’s raw beauty and human curiosity meet. It’s about the fringes and those liminal spaces where the known gives way to the unknown and the wilderness calls us into the mystery of the untamed.
Therefore, each photo is a story and stories tap into the deepest parts of our humanity. They also help us unravel what we know. In addition, they also challenge us to reimagine all that is possible.
Inviting you over a threshold to a place where nature’s messages are amplified. They are also entwined with my own story. Additionally, I also share how I came to meet those boundaries and wild edges within me.
The exhibition ran for 3 months during 2024.
Why wild edges?
You’ll find wild edges where you meet a threshold. They represent a transitional zone or boundary where cultivated or human-managed land meets natural and untamed wilderness. For me, a wild edge has both literal and metaphorical meanings, and the alchemy of how they fuse is also deeply entwined with how I shoot.
In ecological terms, the wild edge is the area where farmland, gardens, or urban environments border forests, meadows, wetlands, or other natural landscapes. Additionally, it’s where the low tide line meets the sea, islands, and where day meets night. This liminal space is hard to pinpoint exactly where one stops and the other starts. Moreover, wild edges are often rich in biodiversity. As they combine elements of both managed and wild ecosystems, they create unique habitats for a variety of plant and animal species.
Metaphorically, the wild edge represents a space of transformation and possibility for our inner landscape and how it navigates the outside world. It’s where the structured, predictable aspects of life intersect with the unpredictable, raw beauty of nature. Therefore, this edge is a place of potential, where new ideas, creativity, and growth can flourish, unbound by conventional constraints.
When you are deeply connected to nature, the wild edge symbolises the merging of human experience with the natural world. By opening your heart to curiosity, you too can embrace the untamed aspects of life and find beauty and meaning in places where control meets chaos, cultivation meets wilderness, and order meets enchantment.
This exhibition was presented by
POW Thanet
A great honour to be invited to exhibit in my motherland with a portion of the proceeds benefiting POW – supporting their mission to promote gender equality through creativity.
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Unveiling two new photo stories from the wild edges
some of the most unique images i’ve ever captured
wild news
Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024
2nd place – Conservation / Impact Category
It is with immense gratitude and a sense of deepening purpose to have be shortlisted as a finalist and go on to gain second place in the ‘Conservation/Impact’ category this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards, hosted by Oceanographic Magazine.
About me
My Wild Edges photography exhibition invites you to rewild your connection to nature through the power of storytelling. Stories tap into the deepest parts of our humanity and unravel what we know. In doing so, this challenges us to reimagine all that is possible. Therefore, it is my mission is to re-enchant the collective imagination and curiosity and bring us together to live and work from a place of devotion to our planet. As well as take radical action to protect it.
As a result of being diagnosed with ADHD later in life, I have embraced how this gives me a unique perspective and challenges patriarchal norms. Interestingly, this also encourages others to show up as their true selves. Additionally, my work reflects a profound shift towards a conscious and sustainable lifestyle. That also rejects hyper-consumption and embraces authentic living.
Through my lens, I deepen my connection to nature and advocate for healing both the planet and ourselves.
I envision a world where everyone feels safe to be seen just as they are, free from societal constructs. My photography is a call to radical self-expression and sustainability, as well as promoting change and progress. Therefore, each image is a testament to my belief in rewilding our souls and reawakening our sense of awe and enchantment.
A journey of authenticity and connection, and the relentless pursuit of a more harmonious world.
I believe stories have the power to transform the world.
My soul’s calling is to illuminate and amplify nature’s messages and messengers by harnessing the transformative power of storytelling.
However, change begins with individuals. Storytelling meets people where they are at and the hook of intrigue walks people over a threshold. A threshold where imagination unlocks and interestingly, it opens the door to a whole new way of being.
Therefore, story is remarkable. Sparking individual awakening and enchantment with the interconnectedness of all life. It also amplifies collective action for positive change.
As a result, it is my mission to ignite this ripple effect through storytelling.
On overcoming wild edges…
1997
Interestingly, my Saturday job while I was at school involved developing 35mm film, and this is also where my photography obsession began.
2010
Additionally, I started my photography business while I was also lecturing and gradually built it up. However, this was until I reached the wild edge of taking the leap to go full-time self-employed.
2020
Upon realising I had ADHD, I therefore decided to stop shooting weddings and pivot toward nature-connected lifestyle and branding photography.
2021
Diagnosed with ADHD in December ’21, this diagnosis also opened up so many wild edges that had previously felt off-limits to me.
my story of meeting wild edges
An unexpected moment…
and how i came to meet a wild edge
Suffering from extreme motion sickness my whole life, interestingly one of the amazing side effects of my ADHD diagnosis is that the meds have taken me over a wild edge I never thought I’d cross. As a result, they’ve cured my motion sickness. This has allowed me to explore liminal places and islands that I had always dreamed of seeing but never thought possible. Furthermore, my diagnosis has opened up opportunities to travel to these places and, in turn, share these incredible stories with you.
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Wild edges that I love…
Iceland
I have been traveling to Iceland since 2014, and it is a place that truly feels like my heart home. Additionally, shooting stories with clients has taken me there more than two dozen times across all seasons. However, winter is my absolute favourite because it takes you to the wildest edge and unforgivingly reminds us that nature is all-powerful.
Chasing light
Seeing and sensing light is like a sixth sense for me. Additionally, the liminal moments that arrive, painting epic light, are where the dopamine is at. I savour every moment because I know that, at the wild edges of day’s end, the light changes so quickly.
The aurora borealis
It is fair to say I have a lifelong love affair with the aurora, where photons dance together to illuminate the wild edges of our atmospheres. Additionally, I’ve built an online course to help you see and shoot the aurora, and I have also talked about it globally.
Seeing the world from above
I am so obsessed with seeing how different the world looks from above, and I love to chat about taking to the skies with my drones. Additionally, for me, it is the wild edges that are most fascinating from the sky. How a riverbed moves, and the dynamic, ever-changing edges between land and water are truly captivating.
Snorkelling
Snorkeling is literally my favorite thing to do because I love the enchantment of it all. Additionally, it feels like you have left Earth, and it is utterly awe-inspiring beneath the surface. Moreover, it is a wild edge we are so close to, yet so few people take the time to look under the sea, where awe-inspiring scenes await.
chasing last light
Light chase at the wild edge of the UK with me
shetland islands
Stories I’ve captured have been seen in
National Portrait Gallery
The i Paper
London The Inside
Country Life
Isle of Thanet News
The Times
Evening Standard
Margate Mercury
Remodelista
BBC
Bubble
Stella Magazine
Gestalten
National Geographic
The Telegraph
Metro
Wallpaper*
TimeOut
Conde Nast Traveller
The Guardian
Stylist
Rangefinder
Iceland Monitor
HuffPost
Kent Life
Bloomsbury
Rough Guide
Ernest Journal
The Spaces
ITV
Dwell
SheerLuxe
Hello!
OK!
The KM
BuzzFeed
The Beaney
Dame Traveller
Broadstairs beacon
Pebble Mag
Previous exhibitions
HOLD STILL – National Portrait Gallery
