Yorkshire in the Nineteen Eighties.  God’s own country?  Maybe, but not a place to voice self-doubt, let alone discuss your mental health.  Margaret Thatcher’s government was in power, and by 1981, the de-industrialisation of the north had begun with rapidly increasing unemployment.  A deep economic depression set in.  All around, companies were going to the wall, and my own future looked far from certain.  It soon became a destabilising and anxiety-inducing time.

This work presents an optimistic story about the family, colleagues and friends I photographed and how authentic human connectivity became central in my fight agains self-doubt and debilitating low mood. I present here a small selection from the forthcoming book, which contains a foreword by Sean Tucker and an introduction by myself.