Perfect Strangers 2018
These portraits are of people who responded to an advertisement I posted on a Facebook group set up for cat owners in my local area of Levenshulme in Manchester. The aim was not to make images of cats per se, but rather the pet offered access into strangers’ homes and to possibly learn more about local people who had little more in common than owning a cat. Each portrait I took was a negotiation and a collaboration with the participant, and the project offered me a way to connect with my local community in a way that is often hard to do today.