Personal Work

Almost every story I have published or exhibited began as personal work. Many of these are long-term projects — Chedino, Calendar Girls, and Rainbow Girls, as well as series such as The Black Mambas and Queens League, all started from my own initiative.

I often work this way because, in my experience, publications rarely commit without first seeing the shape of a story. By investing the time myself, I can explore freely, build trust, and show editors what the work could become. That approach usually means spending months in one place, returning again and again until the story has had time to unfold.

  • Remote Guardians

    Tristan da Cunha, 2023 - present

    A photo documentary exploring the relationship between the community of Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island, with the ocean that surrounds it.

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  • Ruthy Goes To Church

    South Africa, 2012

    A photo documentary following Ruth Jones, second-in-command in the Anglican Church Brigade, and her musicians, Manenberg, South Africa.

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  • Chedino

    South Africa, 2012 - present

    Longterm photo documentary following the personal journey of Chedino Rodriguez-Martin, a South African trans activist to become Miss Trans Global Africa.

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  • Rainbow Girls

    South Africa, 2012 & 2022

    Photo essay and accompanying short documentary film consisting of portraits of a group of lesbian women in Kayelitsha township, Cape Town, taken 10 years apart.

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  • Maternity Ward

    Rwanda, 2013

    A photo essay exploring knowledge-sharing at Kanombe Military Hospital’s maternity ward in Kigali, Rwanda.

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  • The Black Mambas

    South Africa, 2015 & 2017

    A photo documentary about the Black Mambas, an all-female anti-poaching unit, working in Balule Nature Reserve, South Africa.

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  • Malawi Eleven

    Malawi, 2016

    Photo essay covering Malawi’s first Under -19 female national cricket team.

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  • Fish For Sex

    Malawi, 2018

    Investigative photo documentary looking at the transactional sex trade between fish traders and fishermen in Malawi’s inland fisheries.

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  • Calendar Girls

    South Africa, 2019 & 2022

    Photo documentary covering separate editions of Calendar Girl, a LGBTQ beauty pageant in South Africa.

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  • WDDU

    Malawi, 2020

    Photo essay documenting the work of the Wildlife Detection Dog Unit, an anti-poaching unit that uses dogs to combat the illegal wildlife export in Malawi.

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  • IJ-nimfen

    The Netherlands, 2020 - 2023

    Photo documentary following a group of women who swim in the IJ river in Amsterdam everyday of the year. Come rain, snow, gale, or global pandemic, the IJ-nimfen enter the water, in the name of perseverance and mental health.

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  • The Unheard

    Malawi, 2020 - present

    Collaborative portrait series with Deaf women which aims to break with the negative stereotypes that surround deafness in Malawi.

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  • Queens League

    The Netherlands, 2020-2023

    Photo documentary following the final, turbulent season of the Queens League, the first all-female American football league in The Netherlands.

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