The Time We Once Had is a body of work rooted in the lockdowns of the Covid-19 pandemic and represents the photographer’s struggles with identity, solitude and the loss of time.
Upon returning to his family home for the lockdown, he began documenting the moments around him that portrayed the solitude of the landscape - the sombreness of the images reflecting the vulnerability and loss the world was experiencing. There is an observable silence to the works, where peaceful images of a poppy, a pertinent symbol for recently lost loved ones, are juxtaposed with dynamic images of flocks of birds, puncturing the sorrow with hints of freedom and hope.
Battling with a sense of identity and direction in life, his lens became an emotional bridge to the past, as he began to find peace and clarity through his image making.
