Freelance journalist and photographer operating in Madagascar and East Africa.
My aim is to work with the voices of forgotten places; to give face to the beauty and brutality of life lived on front lines; and to offer a sharper lens through which we might see each other.
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I grew up and studied in London, completed an MA at the University of Edinburgh then enrolled in a year of fine art at City & Guilds.
In 2015, aged 24, I was offered a position in Madagascar with the opportunity to work in some of the most inaccessible parts of the island; photographing, filming and reporting for a humanitarian NGO.
Over 2 years, my work with this NGO trained me to read the human stories through the veils of culture, history and language. The richness I witnessed in these perspectives compelled me to communicate the truths of marginalised people.
With this vocation, I returned to Madagascar independently to explore the unheard stories of this vast and intricate nation.
Currently based in Nairobi, I am operating across East Africa but forever plotting my next return to Mada.
In secret valleys at the eastern limits of Madagascar's high plateau, toaka gasy (illegal super-strength rum) has been distilled for centuries.
In the vast roadless expanses of Madagascar's South and Western plains, the cattle rustlers reign.
For generations these nomadic fishermen have followed seasonal shoals of fish along the coasts of Madagascar. Now though, the 21st Century is dawning on the Vezo's ancient way of life.
UK run NGO HoverAid use hovercraft on the wide shallow rivers of Madagascar's western plains to serve the needs of isolated communities that live beyond the frontiers of government care and the reach of other aid organisations.
Despite the weed, there is nothing chilled about the legendary desert bus Besalama Rasta.
The cyclone that barely left a mark on the international news, left a trail of devastation across Madagascar. In the faces of those affected are stories of courage and survival.
Oasis bar in Morondava is being targeted by local gendarme looking to make money on the side.
Officially a healing ceremony, the Bilo is a day of abundance to interrupt a threadbare existence.
In secret valleys at the eastern limits of Madagascar's high plateau, toaka gasy (illegal super-strength rum) has been distilled for centuries.