Cinematography allows me to explore peatlands intimately, uncovering the interplay of light, water, and life, and inviting audiences to experience these ecosystems in new and unexpected ways.
Hydrosignal: Broadcast from the Bog (2025)
Single-channel video installation, 4K colour with stereo sound. Recorded using iPhone 16 Pro, Zoom H5, and JRF hydrophone.
Hydrosignal explores the vital role of water in peatland regeneration. It traces the slow pulse of bog breathing, the rise and fall of moisture that sustains life and keeps carbon safely stored within the peat. When water levels drop, the bog exhales carbon; when wet, it heals. The work lingers in this delicate balance, revealing the peatland as a living system of flow, reflection, and renewal.
Animated Mycelium Study (2025)
Single-channel animation, 4K colour. Created using Adobe Fresco, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.
Experimental mycelium animations exploring fungal growth, connection, and the hidden networks beneath peatland ecosystems.
Bowland 21-03-2025 (2025)
Single-channel video, 4K colour with stereo sound.
Recorded on location in the Bowland Fells using a handheld smartphone camera.
Recorded on location in the Bowland Fells using a handheld smartphone camera.
Bowland 21-03-2025 captures the subtle colours and textures of a thriving peatland, revealing the small plants and hidden life often unseen from afar. Layered footage and reversed sound create a calm, reflective atmosphere, a shifting umgebung that invites viewers to sense the delicate balance of these living, breathing landscapes.
Studio screening of Bowland 21-03-2025. Photographed during an open studio day at Leigh Spinners Mill, where a coir projection screen, a material used in peatland restoration and soil stabilisation, was tested for its ability to enhance texture, depth, and connection to place.
Plantations 21-03-2025 (2025)
Single-channel video, 4K colour with stereo sound.
Recorded on location in the Bowland Fells using a handheld smartphone camera.
Recorded on location in the Bowland Fells using a handheld smartphone camera.
Plantations 21-03-2025 opens in quiet observation, the camera moving through woodland to linger on moss, shadow, and filtered light. Wind stirs the trees, carrying birdsong through the scene. As the lens shifts its gaze, unease begins to surface: deep gullies and fractured ground reveal traces of human design beneath the forest floor. Although the purpose of this plantation is uncertain, many such forests were historically established on peatlands, where tree roots drain and disturb the bog below. Landscapes once rich in carbon and water have been altered by intervention. The voice within the film heightens the tension between growth and loss, where the forest’s beauty conceals a more fragile truth.
Chatt Moss 27-03-2025 to 29-04-2025 (2025)
Single-channel video, 4K colour with stereo sound.
Recorded on location in the Bowland Fells using a handheld smartphone camera.
Recorded on location in the Bowland Fells using a handheld smartphone camera.
Shot from a low angle, this piece looks up through the long grasses and shrubs and meanders through it, as if trying to perceive the world from another's umwelt, eventually focusing on some peat-forming sphagnum moss. This is a place that has been restored; it's brimming with life, and you can hear a heartbeat created from slowing audio samples down, along with various bird calls. The clatter of the trains reminds you that this place is close to the city, but the AI voice is reassuring you that this is a place that is healing.
