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Field Notes - October ‘26 - Work on Walls
October was spent trying to get photographs off a screen and onto walls. There were exhibitions to prepare, a journey to Westminster, a garage to leave and the usual problem of trying to pay for everything in between.
Prevention Before the Pavement
How does a sudden housing crisis become homelessness, and where could it have been prevented? A first-person article for NewStart Magazine examining the barriers to finding housing and the importance of earlier intervention.
No Fixed Address | The Pavement
How No Fixed Address began as a photographic record of everyday life while homeless, from a service-station launderette to the routines of living in a car and tent. Published in The Pavement.
Field Notes - September ‘26 - Apparently I Write Now
Photography, writing and nearly sixteen years in workshops had always felt like separate parts of my life. This month they started looking more like parts of the same one.
The Second Shift of Being Homeless | Invisible People
A first-person account of the hidden work involved in staying employed while homeless, from packing away a car bedroom each morning to finding somewhere to wash, change and prepare for work. Published by Invisible People.
I Had a Job but Still Ended Up Homeless | The i Paper
I was working full time as a mechanic when I became homeless in Bristol. In this first-person feature for The i Paper, I examine how deposits, upfront rent and the cost of temporary living can make finding a home difficult even with a regular income.
A roof is the beginning, not the finish line
The day I stopped being homeless wasn't the day everything was fixed. Having somewhere to live gave me the breathing room to start dealing with everything else. A roof is the beginning of stability, not the finish line.
If we can’t agree who counts as homeless, how are we meant to help them?
I had a skilled job, a car and routines that made me look completely ordinary, even while I was homeless. When definitions fail to capture people's circumstances and official advice is difficult to understand, how are those people supposed to find help?
Working but Homeless in Britain.
Featured by the Centre for British Documentary Photography, No Fixed Address documents my experience of spending 23 nights homeless while continuing to work full time as a mechanic.
Through documentary photography, the project explores the routines, uncertainty and often overlooked reality of hidden homelessness, where having a job, a car and an outwardly ordinary life doesn't necessarily mean having somewhere to call home.
Field Notes - August ‘26 - 41 Pence
August was the month I got a fixed address, had 41p left, rebuilt my photography setup and watched No Fixed Address become my first paid national publication. Somewhere between moving boxes, metadata and The Big Issue, being housed slowly started to feel like being home.
Homeless in a Heatwave | The Big Issue
A photographic account of the 23 nights I spent homeless while still working full time, including sleeping in my car during a heatwave. Published in The Big Issue, Issue 1732.
Field Notes - July ‘26 - Berries Out of Reach
July began with forced movement, a car becoming a bedroom and a tent becoming home. Somewhere between rationing fuel, photographing the ordinary machinery of survival and eating blackberries from a hedge, No Fixed Address began turning into a body of work, and photography into a possible route forward.