Originally from New Zealand I have been very fortunate to have experienced living in many different cultures. With an education in nursing, psychology and sociology I have always had a keen interest and concern for many different social issues particularly in health and humanity issues. It is with this background of having worked in many different countries in areas related to the fragility and uncertainty of the human condition that I came to understand the value of visual story telling.

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Whilst living in Turkey I worked for an organization (UNHCR) assisting refugees and asylum seekers from war-torn countries in the process of rebuilding their lives. During this time I was able to use my life long interest in photography to assist in raising awareness of the struggles and difficulties the refugees were facing.

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I also undertook a 2 year project on the Turkish Gypsy Community photographing and documenting their lifestyle and culture which is rapidly disappearing.