The Start of It all

Going back is necessary to see how far you've come

I have always loved photography as an art form. The ability to capture so much without words, using only a cohesive collection of images, has always fascinated me. This passion has greatly influenced the work I create. After I started traveling and bought my first camera, everything changed. I became obsessed with photography, spending every spare moment capturing sunrises, sunsets, astrophotography, street scenes, portraits—nothing was off-limits. My curiosity was my guide.

Fast forward two years, and photography had become an obsession. I discovered my first photo books, marking a pivotal moment. Photography transformed from simply taking photos to share on social media and printing beautiful landscapes and memories, to becoming an art form. I began obsessively studying the works of the greats—Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Frank, and Joel Meyerowitz. I treated their photo books like textbooks, mesmerised as I tried to understand their techniques and choices

Before long, I was hooked. With my next trip booked—an open-ended journey through Southeast Asia—I gave myself my first assignment. I had visited Vietnam a few years earlier for a quick trip with friends, but this time I traveled alone, with no set plans, just a month-long visa and fully charged batteries. I explored the entire east coast, spending three weeks in the north and one in the south. I visited Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Ha Long Bay, completed the Ha Giang Loop, and went to Hoi An, Hue, Nha Trang, and Ho Chi Minh City, savoring as much pho as I could find. It was the time of my life, and I photographed everything—the morning routines, the people, the nature, the life, and the history of that beautiful country.

Two months later, back home in Perth, I began to compile my findings. It took me a long time to work out the structure, cohesion in edits, and decisions on what to include or exclude. I wanted to tell the story properly. Four years, another book, and four exhibitions later, it remains some of the best work I have ever created. I owe much of this to the inspiration drawn from the masters I studied.

Below is a selection of the works I created. I want to share this with you to illustrate the power of giving something the chance to be more. Individually, these are beautiful photos that I am proud of. Collectively, they form a story—a narrative of my memories and who I was during this trip. They became art as soon as I put them together for someone else to experience what I felt while creating them. They became more