From day one my life has been constantly on the move. I have a running joke with a brother about being 'the hitchhiking photographer'.
Moving about as cheaply and as zero-waste as I can, woofing, working, volunteering here and there to make ends meet, has been a privilege that is not lost on me. I've always had the feeling of being an explorer between worlds with family from vastly different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. I was born in Papua New Guinea and moved to Australia as a child. Not only observing the diversity of environments, but the diversity within my own body and self, between indigenous and colonial ancestry, has been a trip itself. I believe this has been a driving force in why I enjoy and am compelled to explore and document different walks of life.
A dream of mine is to return to my village and create a project that celebrates the rich and diverse ways of Being that exist in that special place, and becomes a resource to local people. And another photography project I hope to continue (I have already began) is a documentation of alternative living spaces, or what I like to call "solidarity spaces" throughout the world, and a personal journey exploring the concept of family and living in reciprocity with each other and our environment.
I've worked in hospitality, grassroots communities, refugee camps, schools, even survived a stint in corporate, and lived in squats, monasteries, rented when able, and surfed couches all around the world. Perhaps the most amazing phenomena that I have witnessed and believe we are all a part of is struggle and solidarity. I believe that art and storytelling (in any form, here the camera) is a way forward, and as such, a vehicle for liberation.
