Greek myths

What pieces or projects have you been working on lately?
I was recently part of a group show exhibiting in Paris, and I have one upcoming in Venice later this year. I’m also working on launching a print store and sorting through recent work from a trip around Sri Lanka.

On a personal note, I’m spending the year driving around the Mediterranean with my husband and our dog, as a sort of “adult sabbatical.” I’m really looking forward to documenting this time and hopefully picking up projects along the way.

What did you learn (or unlearn) while working on it?
Creatively, an important part of my process is the space shooting on film gives me from my work. Waiting for the results allows me to return with fresh eyes, and I’m always looking back through my archives for shots that didn’t speak to me at the time, but catch my eye months or years after I first took them.

What words, ideas or emotions were running through your head?
Currently, excitement. I’m from Australia, and growing up with the beach being so accessible has always drawn me back to the water. It’s my favourite subject to photograph: life on the water, how people interact with it, and the light changing throughout the day. So I’m excited to expand my work documenting these parts of daily life in the Mediterranean.

Was there any conversation, film, music or book that found its way into this work?
I’ve been feeling inspired by old films recently, maybe in response to the AI slop infiltrating digital media. Il Postino and The Talented Mr. Ripley, filmed in Procida, and Luc Besson’s Le Grand Bleu on Amorgos. I’m pretending these are market research as I spend the summer travelling around Greek and Italian islands.

What was the most difficult thing you faced this month in your creative process?
I recently added a medium format camera to my kit, and it’s been great, though challenging, getting to know a new medium again.

What is your favourite coffee shop and why do you like going there?
Being from Australia, I am, tragically, a coffee snob. When I’m at home in Oxford, where I’m now based, I go to New Ground and Society Café, and Opera Café for the vibes.

When I’m visiting Sydney, my favourite thing to do is get a coffee and walk along the coast. You’re spoilt for choice for good coffee, and the views are unbeatable.

If your life were a movie this month, what would its title be and who would make the soundtrack?
The soundtrack to my travels recently has been the audiobook of Stephen Fry’s Mythos — I’m brushing up on my Greek myths.

Have you collaborated with any studios, labs or workshops recently, or would you like to in the future?
Yes. I’m always looking to collaborate and have some exciting partnerships with studios and publishers in the works. I go to Rapid Eye in London for my developing and scans; they are fantastic at what they do.

Recommend us one or several artists you follow who inspire you, and tell us what you like most about their work or their way of working.
For inspiration on composition, I always refer back to some of my favourite photographers who worked with film: Slim Aarons and the original Magnum photographers, as well as Ans Westra and Marti Friedlander, two pioneering female photographers from New Zealand, both masters of storytelling and portraiture.

I’m continually inspired by the work I see online and the supportive community of emerging artists. I love seeing women’s perspectives of the world through photography. Some incredible photographers I’m inspired by are Lucy Laucht, Tanya Traboulsi, Annissa Durar, Anna Pihan, and many more.