Cinematography allows me to explore peatland and post-industrial landscapes intimately, uncovering the interplay of light, water, and life. Working from field-based observation, I use moving image and sound to trace subtle ecological processes and the return of life within recovering environments. This work is developed through installation, creating immersive spaces that invite new ways of experiencing these connected landscapes.
A Land Learning to Breath (2026)
A short clip from A Land Learning to Breathe (2026), combining cinematography, sound, and geotextile felt to explore restoration and ecological recovery.
A Land Learning to Breathe explores the post-industrial landscapes of Wigan’s Flashes and former mining sites, where land shaped by extraction is slowly returning. Connected through waterways, these sites form part of a wider, shifting landscape.The work follows the flow of water and plant life through Wigan’s wetlands, zooming in on smaller forms of life, mosses and fungi that are often overlooked but essential to the landscape's regeneration. Using moving image, sound, and geotextile felt, the installation encourages viewers to pause and appreciate the changes that have occurred since mining ended in the area.
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.
Experimental mycelium animations exploring fungal growth, connection, and the hidden networks beneath peatland ecosystems.
Experimental Hydrology animation of interconnected river systems across the North West (2026)
Animated Mycelium Study (2025)
Single-channel animation, 4K colour. Created using Adobe Fresco, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.
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.
