Born Free explores the lived experience of Alfie, my uncle, and aims to present a story of a man’s life and the way he lives it. Alfie has severe OCD, a number of health issue’s and a complicated history, all of which present him with challenges in his day to day life. This body of work was my attempt exploring our relationship and how important of a role he played in my upbringing in the absence of my dad as well as a hopeful attempt to portray a person living with daily struggles and how it manifests. 
This is a study of love, friendship and family. I lived with Alfie in his one bedroom apartment over a number of months to make this body of work and together we chose an edit that we felt was an honest representation of all that we wanted to communicate. Thank you Alfie for his willing and loving participation in this work, his ongoing investment in my work generally and for his support and leadership growing up. 
This body of work was awarded the Photomonitor Commendation award in 2017 and more can be read about the project in an interview with photomonitor HERE