These photos were taken as a way for me to have some physical memories of of my time in this house in Brixton, London. I have experienced a lot of positive changes to my personal and professional life while living here, and felt the need to try and use the medium of photography to act as a way of transposing my feelings towards the house, while serving as memories in the future as I look back on my time here.
When I look at them now, I feel a sense of melancholy in the images also, due to the bittersweet feelings I have about moving out, as well as the headspace I am currently in. I have basically been locked up in this house for the last year due to the pandemic which has been a great challenge mentally, with feelings of claustrophobia towards the house at times. In recent weeks I have been feeling stuck in limbo, as I wait to move out as well as waiting for our lives to resume once more. I feel all this context about where I was mentally is relevant to understanding the images, and hope that my images reflect all that I have discussed in some way.
I shot on 35mm film pushed one stop for added grain and contrast, I felt the additional grain would add texture and emotion to the images to help give them a more authentic and honest feeling to them.
