I find it fascinating to consider how our addiction to devices could be influencing our interpretation of the world.
For the generation who are currently teenagers, these devices are an intrinsic means of understanding and experiencing the world. It seems that nothing is real unless witnessed and captured through a phone screen.
But what will happen if one day the super servers simply click off?
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I’ve been playing with fairytales and fables recently, remastering them with a twist that may make them more appealing to modern audiences such as 
Imagine finding these photographs abandoned on a cafe table.
Sometimes a random glimpse contains all the ingredients you need to set a story in motion.
What can you tell about a person from their bookshelves? I snapped this photo of a mobile bookstall at the Extinction Rebellion takeover in Bristol this week, and think the titles on show offer a full backstory for a character.
In a local woodland, I happened across a flash of magenta pink. Intrigued, I reached out, turned it over and discovered a curious work of art – a figure tucked up as though in bed, inside a slipper limpet.
Sometimes a summer storm can creep in like a wall that hangs in the sky and threatens to fall. The contrast is so vivid – a perfect metaphor for a country’s political state or a family in crisis.
The word foster is a slightly curious one, meaning as it does to harbour everything from suspicions to emotions to children.
A bus I was aboard got delayed by this assortment of ponies and contraptions, and what could I do but admire the procession?
As a child, I thought there was little that could match the magic of a beach brimming with rock pools. Each one cradled a world that promised countless living treasures.