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When the Work Changes
On collaboration, editorials and learning to let a project evolve.
[Still] In Progress.
[To be] edited, adjusted, and lived with.
[Still] In Progress.
[To be] edited, adjusted, and lived with.
One of the things I wanted to do more of this year was organise collaborative shoots.
Not just to improve my photography, but to develop the parts of my practice that happen long before I pick up a camera.
Bringing people together, communicating ideas, building a world, and figuring out how to move a project forward when the answer isn't immediately obvious.
Fashion editorials felt like a natural place to explore that.
They sit somewhere between portraiture and storytelling, two things I've found myself becoming increasingly interested in.
Through conversations with the team, the idea gradually became Transitions: a visual exploration of moving between private and public space.
The initial story followed someone in the quiet of their own environment before preparing to head out into the day.
I built a mood board around that progression, trying to interpret it through a more editorial lens while working within the resources available.
As we got closer to the shoot, the project began to shift.
The second half of the story was originally meant to be photographed against a studio backdrop,
where I wanted to experiment with wider lenses, exaggerated poses and longer, more graphic silhouettes. Instead, we took it outside.
Looking back, that change gave the project something I hadn't anticipated.
The photographs began to suggest movement rather than performance; waiting at a bus stop, rushing somewhere, arriving late.
The narrative became less about simply getting dressed and more about the feeling of stepping into the world.
That was probably the biggest lesson from the project.
I realised that while it's important to arrive with a clear idea, the work doesn't always become what you imagined.
Sometimes the strongest images come from the moments you didn't plan for.
Collaboration has a way of exposing every weak point in an idea.
Locations change, schedules shift, people become unavailable, and the plan you were convinced would work suddenly doesn't.
None of it felt particularly smooth while it was happening, but that's also part of the practice I'm trying to build:
continuing to make the work even when everything doesn't align perfectly.
More than anything, this project reminded me that making better work isn't just about taking better photographs.
It's about learning how to build ideas with other people, staying open to where those ideas lead, and trusting that the process itself has something to teach you.
This wouldn't have happened without everyone who gave their time, energy and trust to the project.
I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who helped bring it together:
Bella for the makeup,
Lase for helping with creative direction,
Nyeka for bringing the story to life in front of the camera,
Oba and Oyin for helping shape the project through production and video.