There Is Always Light

2024

The flamingo has played such a monumental part in my artistic journey – I began photographing the bird shortly after discovering the camera, I was obsessed with their crimson feathers and sitting on the edge of their lake was a great escape from pressures I was facing at school. Photographing them became my therapy, and I began ‘The Flamingo Project’ with the intention of photographing them closely for a year.

Several years later, I am still adding to the collection, and enjoy the challenge of finding unique perspectives of this increasingly popular bird.

This photograph, one of my new favourites, was taken in early 2024 when I had hit a bump in the road – everything around me was changing, which is one of the scariest prospects for anyone living with autism, and so I returned to the lake, and my flamingos, in search of some solace, and they didn’t disappoint.

There is always light, you just have to know where to look for it!