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Portraits

Studio sittings, formal nights, library afternoons and one wet October day by the water. Mostly people I know, photographed in the moment they forget the camera is there.

Year
2023–2026
Photographs
26
A young woman with long dark hair shelters under a navy umbrella on a rain-wet waterfront, glancing to one side.
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The same woman looks back over her shoulder beneath her umbrella, a grand stone building and wet promenade behind her.
02
Panned in the rain — the woman in a camel coat stays sharp under her umbrella while traffic and city lights streak past behind her.
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Studio portrait of a young woman dressed in black with gold hoop earrings, against a dark backdrop.
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Studio portrait of a smiling young woman with long dark hair in a grey cardigan, against a dark backdrop.
05
Studio portrait of a young man in a navy suit and burgundy tie, facing the camera against a dark backdrop.
06
A young man with curly hair lit in saturated violet light, looking up and away from the camera.
07
A figure framed inside a glowing magenta light sculpture, face half-lit in pink.
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Portraits

A young man in a blue suit and lilac tie stands by a window, side-lit by low sun, his reflection faint in the glass.
09
A young man in an orange sweatshirt and glasses sits in a dim doorway, looking down at his phone.
10
A boy in a red helmet sits on a whitewashed window ledge with a skateboard beside him.
11
A young man in a beanie sits on a window ledge above a skate ramp, feet resting on his board.
12
Two friends lean into each other and laugh — one with curly hair and a black blazer, the other in a black slip dress and pearls.
13
At a party, a young woman in sequins is pulled into a hug by a friend, framed between the shoulders of other guests.
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Two young women in long black dresses pose together in a hall, stacked chairs behind them.
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A couple in formal wear stand side by side beneath an arched window, lit in blue and violet.
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The same couple embrace beneath the arched window, fairy lights glowing to one side.
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A woman standing in the desert
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Guests at an evening party talk and laugh, faces caught between blurred figures in the foreground.
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A young man in a dark suit sits among friends at a party, green and violet light washing across the room.
20
Students work on laptops around a polished table in a wood-panelled library.
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Seen over a shoulder, a group of students listen around a library table lined with bookshelves.
22
A student in a pink hoodie smiles across a long, reflective library table.
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A young man in a white hoodie and dark jacket turns away against a wall of red and orange graffiti.
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A man in a black puffer jacket and wide jeans stands in a graffiti-covered tunnel, looking up at the painted arch.
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Portraits

A woman in a dark coat and cream scarf moves past a mural of cartoon skulls, her face blurred by motion.
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